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Litigating Commercial Spyware: The Promise and Limits of Private Enforcement in a New Age of Cybersurveillance
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (339+ words) Commercial spyware firms'private companies that develop and sell sophisticated hacking tools to governments'are operating in a legal environment marked by weak oversight and notable regulatory gaps. NSO Group, the Israeli company behind the Pegasus spyware, offers a prominent example. Although…...
The Platform-Property Paradox
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (395+ words) In digital markets, the essential functions of property turn against each other. Common law property divides the world into mine, yours, and others" by excluding non-owners. This exclusion strategy generally serves three essential functions in economic ordering: internalizing externalities by…...
No Single Age Fits All: A Neuroscience Approach to Online Child Safety
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (738+ words) Australia introduced a world-first law banning children under 16 from accessing social media platforms. The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age), which took effect in December 2025, requires providers [] Australia introduced a world-first law banning children under 16 from accessing social media…...
Stanford's Orin Kerr on Court's Decision Requiring Warrant for Google Location Data
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (138+ words) Stanford Law School Chatrie is a surprising opinion." Five Justices joined together and wrote an expansive pro-privacy opinion." The Court took its past precedents on smart phone privacy and extended them. Traditionally, the greatest Fourth Amendment protection has been in…...
Stanford's John Donohue on the Supreme Court's Affirmation of Gun Rights
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (236+ words) The June 25decisionfocuses on the right to carry guns into private establishments such as a store or restaurant. Can you give us the highlights of the decision and why it is an important gun safety decision? Did the Court make a…...
Thoughts on Supreme Court's Monsanto Co. v Durnell Decision
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (436+ words) Thoughts on Supreme Court's Monsanto Co....
Stanford's Jennifer Chac'n on Supreme Court's Immigration Decision
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (388+ words) Stanford Law School Jennifer Chac'n, Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor of Law A few months ago, I wrote an essay for the Yale Law Journal discussing the importance of state and local laws as a counterweight not only to the Trump…...
The Case for a Public Share in AI
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1660+ words) Jeremy Bearer-Friend and Sarah Polcz discuss their proposal to require leading AI firms to pay taxes in equity, reshaping how the gains from AI are distributed The conversation explores a central question: If AI was built on vast amounts of…...
State Supreme Courts Can Resolve Early Legal Recruiting Mess
1+ week, 2+ day ago (162+ words) (Originally published by Bloomberg Law on June 23, 2026.) A first-year law student will sit in the library this November preparing for exams, after having ceded study time applying to [] (Originally published by Bloomberg Law on June 23, 2026.) A first-year law student will…...
Stanford Reg Lab and Colorado Labor Department Receive Award for AI Adjudication Tool
1+ week, 1+ day ago (306+ words) Resolving an unemployment claim often turns on asking the right questions. Adjudicators must determine which facts matter, identify what is missing or disputed, and decide what to ask claimants and employers next, often while managing a heavy caseload and pressure…...