Volume 23, Issue 1
Watching Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Immersive Technology, Biometric Psychography, and the Law
Apr. 9, 2021—Brittan Heller | 23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 1 (2021) Virtual reality and augmented reality present exceedingly complex privacy issues because of the enhanced user experience and reality-based models. Unlike the issues presented by traditional gaming and social media, immersive technology poses inherent risks, which our legal understanding of biometrics and online harassment...
A Litigator’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Look at the Pragmatic Questions for Adjudicating Future Outer Space Disputes
Apr. 9, 2021—Michael J. Listner & Joshua T. Smith | 23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 53 (2021) Since the beginnings of the space age, outer space activities have been the realm of government with ancillary involvement by non-governmental actors. The international legal framework for outer space contemplated the involvement of non-governmental actors, but in creating...
Algorithmic Opacity, Private Accountability, and Corporate Social Disclosure in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Apr. 9, 2021—Sylvia Lu | 23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 99 (2021) Today, firms develop machine-learning algorithms to control human decisions in nearly every industry, creating a structural tension between commercial opacity and democratic transparency. In many of their commercial applications, advanced algorithms are technically complicated and privately owned, which allows them to hide from...
Murphy’s Law: How to Avoid Going Wrong with Federal Regulation of Sports Gambling
Apr. 9, 2021—Savannah Malnar | 23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 161 (2021) Sports betting plays a major role in how fans and spectators enjoy sports. Fans place bets in their living rooms, engage in online fantasy sports, and travel to Nevada for massive Super Bowl parties just for the thrill of wagering on the “big...
Grown from the Shadows: How Technology and Taxes Can Bring Private Companies into the Public Light
Apr. 9, 2021—Alon Sugarman | 23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 189 (2021) The initial public offering (IPO) has started to make a comeback, but in forms that require less oversight and at a later point in a company’s lifecycle. These new trends cut main street investors out of early-stage corporate growth and have imperiled the...
The Regulation of Commercial Speech: Can Alternative Meat Companies Have Their Beef and Speak It Too?
Apr. 9, 2021—Eryn Terry | 23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 223 (2021) Would you eat a hamburger that was made in a petri dish? Consumers may have this option soon as laboratory-grown meat begins to hit supermarket shelves. Laboratory-grown meat is made from animal stem cells that eventually transform into primitive fibers and tissue within...