Volume 21, Issue 1
The ABA Science & Technology Law Section recognizes the contributions of Past Section Chairs 1974-2024 and the cutting-edge issues of The SciTech Lawyer magazine 2004-2024.
A look back at 50 years of collaboration between the American Bar Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science through the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.
The effort to build a legal framework for digital signatures led to the creation of a Law Track at the RSA Conference, where attorneys and tech types discuss the interaction between law and technolog…
Fair Information Practices (FIPs) explain personal information privacy developments in the past five decades, but they are no longer sufficient to provide specific guidance given technological and da…
Artificial intelligence will be widespread in its impact on life sciences and healthcare. Light needs to be deliberately and more proactively shone in several directions.
Discussion science and technology roles in legal and regulatory approaches to mitigating and adapting to climate change, this article concludes with comments on near-term developments and recommendat…
Due regard and harmful interference concepts set forth in Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty may impact private actors engaged in the exploration, use, and exploitation of space and space resources…
Book reviews of Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk, Simon & Schuster (2023) and Ben Mezrich’s Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History, Grand Central Publishing/H…
The proliferation of artificial intelligence across industries such as biomedicine necessitates legal frameworks that uphold safety, accountability, and ethical standards in its development and use.
A look back at the technological advances that have underpinned the ABA Science & Technology Section’s work the past 50 years and a look ahead to where the next generation of technology and scitech l…
The 51st chair of the ABA Science & Technology Law Section looks back on the 50 years of the Section servicing as an essential voice in the nexus of law and scientific and technological advancements.