Winter 2020 Volume 60 Number 2

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Cybersecurity

The Research Exemption Carve Out: Understanding Research Participants Rights Under GDPR and U.S. Data Privacy Laws

Mabel Crescioni and Tara Sklar

ABSTRACT: The use of medical and wellness devices containing sensor technology continues to evolve as does the protection of an individual’s data privacy for consumers as well as research participants.

Biotechnology

The Need for Soft Law to Regulate Synthetic Biology

Justin Firestone

ABSTRACT: Today, the number of amateurs and experts engaged in synthetic biology is growing so rapidly worldwide that discussions about ethics, dual uses, or regulations through hard law are perhaps far too late.

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Science & Engineering

The Ultimate Opinion Rule and Forensic Science Identification

David H. Kaye

ABSTRACT: For decades, scientists, statisticians, psychologists, and lawyers have urged forensic scientists who compare handwriting, fingerprints, fibers, shoeprints, toolmarks, paint chips, and other items to change their ways.

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Technology

Permission to Print: A Proposed Licensing Regime for 3D Printed Firearms

Nicolas R. Obermeyer

ABSTRACT: On May 6, 2013, the open-source firm Defense Distributed created and released a computer-aided design (CAD) file containing blueprints of a 3D printable pistol known as the “Liberator.” The U.S. Department of State quickly responded in demanding the file be removed as its sharing violated firearm export laws.

Cybersecurity

Personal Data Vulnerability: Constitutional Issues with the California Consumer Privacy Act

Alexandria J. Saquella

ABSTRACT: The Cambridge Analytica scandal as well as closely connected disinformation campaigns, which analyze social media users’ personal data to implement targeted propaganda, showcase the growing problem of data collection and its vulnerability to misuse.

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Jurimetrics Winter 2020

The Research Exemption Carve Out: Understanding Research Participants Rights Under GDPR and U.S. Data Privacy Laws

Articles

The Research Exemption Carve Out: Understanding Research Participants Rights Under GDPR and U.S. Data Privacy Laws

The Need for Soft Law to Regulate Synthetic Biology

Reflections

The Ultimate Opinion Rule and Forensic Science Identification

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Permission to Print: A Proposed Licensing Regime for 3D Printed Firearms

Personal Data Vulnerability: Constitutional Issues with the California Consumer Privacy Act

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Jurimetrics Winter 2020

The Research Exemption Carve Out: Understanding Research Participants Rights Under GDPR and U.S. Data Privacy Laws

Articles

The Research Exemption Carve Out: Understanding Research Participants Rights Under GDPR and U.S. Data Privacy Laws

The Need for Soft Law to Regulate Synthetic Biology

Reflections

The Ultimate Opinion Rule and Forensic Science Identification

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Permission to Print: A Proposed Licensing Regime for 3D Printed Firearms

Personal Data Vulnerability: Constitutional Issues with the California Consumer Privacy Act

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