Monthly Archives: February, 2026
Georgios Stathis and others, ‘Towards a Foundation for Intelligent Contracts’
ABSTRACT This article investigates the incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within LegalTech. We define an ontology to form the basis for Trustworthy AI processing of contract automation. The value of our research is that it applies an ontology, as existing tool, in contract automation. Two perspectives are emphasized: communications analysis and risk analysis. They are […]
‘Crossroads: Privacy Law and Copyright Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence’
Alicia Solow-Niederman, ‘AI and Doctrinal Collapse’, 78 Stanford Law Review (forthcoming 2026), available at SSRN (8 August 2025). Government actors across the globe have responded to the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence by adopting or proposing various forms of legislation. For instance, on September 29, 2025, California adopted the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, […]
‘Contract Interpretation and Patent Renewal Services’
Sid DeLong provided the helpful reminder on this Blog that, in order to understand a case, you have to understand the business. With my background in the humanities and my disinterest in commercial matters, this was a challenge for me as a law student. But in practice, I found the process of getting to understand […]
Chen Chen, ‘The Unfinished Architecture of Private Nuisance: Bridging the Gap Between Coventry v Lawrence and Fearn v Tate Gallery’
ABSTRACT This article argues that the changes to the tort of private nuisance introduced by the Supreme Court in Fearn v Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 necessitate reconsideration of three areas of uncertainty created by its earlier decision in Coventry v Lawrence [2014] UKSC 13: the principles governing the assessment of locality, the status and […]
Nancy McLaughlin, ‘Donor Standing to Enforce Charitable Gifts in the 21st Century’
SYNOPSIS This Article outlines the current state of the law regarding donor standing, which illustrates two realities. First, there is an increasing lack of coherence in the law, which has negative consequences, including that the same charitable gift may now be subject to different donor-standing rules depending on completely arbitrary factors. Second, the trend is […]
Nancy McLaughlin, ‘Donor Standing To Enforce Charitable Gifts In The 21st Century’
ABSTRACT This Article outlines the current state of the law regarding donor standing, which illustrates two realities. First, there is an increasing lack of coherence in the law, which has negative consequences, including that the same charitable gift may now be subject to different donor-standing rules depending on completely arbitrary factors. Second, the trend is […]
Mao, Huang and Shen, ‘Optimal Liability Design for Medical AI’
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into medical decision-making, yet its liability implications remain complex, particularly when physicians differ in diagnostic skills and their quality is unobservable. This paper develops a principal-agent model in which a social planner designs medical liability to regulate a physician with private quality information who chooses between a standard […]
Elizabeth Rosenblatt, ‘Social Justice and Copyright’s Excess’
ABSTRACT This Article uses the experience of rapper Nipsey Hussle as a lens to examine how copyright law tends to favor corporate interests at the expense of individuals, particularly individuals in often-racialized musical genres such as rap and hip hop. The Essay connects that favoritism to Glynn Lunney’s research in Copyright’s Excess: Money and Music […]
Clark Asay, ‘Artificial Code’
ABSTRACT Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed software development, enabling the production of high-quality code at unprecedented speed and scale. Yet despite widespread litigation over the use of copyrighted works to train AI systems in fields such as music, journalism, and visual art, the software industry has thus far remained largely absent from the […]
Paula Zito, ‘Crafting identity: lessons for Australia from the European Union’s geographical indications framework – crafting culture, anchored in place’
ABSTRACT Australia’s current geographical indication (GI) framework primarily serves the wine industry under the Wine Australia Act 2018 (Cth). This limited application overlooks the broader potential of GIs to protect and promote a diverse range of origin-linked products, from regional foods to artisanal crafts. In contrast, trade marks dominate Australia’s IP landscape, offering individual brand […]