Platform and application 'marketplaces
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) companies such as Afterpay, Klarna, Affirm, and Zilch, have grown faster than any other payment method during the pandemic and the BNPL payment method is expected to continue to grow exponentially well into the future. Under BNPL arrangements, consumers buy relatively moderately-priced items online and pay for them in installments, typically without...
Dark patterns
Development of a comprehensive legal privacy framework in the United States should be based on identification of the common deficiencies of privacy policies. We attempt to delineate deficiencies by critically analyzing the privacy policies of mobile apps, application suites, social networks, Internet Service Providers, and Internet-of- Things devices. Whereas many studies have...
By Lukasz Grzejdziak, Published on 01/01/22
When large technology companies, known as "Big Tech," became prevalent, they engendered tremendous debate in antitrust circles. On one hand, many of the companies seemed to vanquish competition using methods that could hardly be described as fair or meritorious. But the problem with harnessing antitrust enforcement was that most tech markets appear to be innovative, high-quality...
By Liz Coll and Christine Riefa, Published on 01/01/22
By Kiana Baharloo, Published on 01/01/22
By Jackson Paller, Published on 01/01/22
By Justin Deffenbacher, Published on 01/01/22
This article argues that, from a legal perspective, the American Bar Association ("ABA") is the functional equivalent of a government agency and so is subject to the United States Freedom of Information Act. Under Soucie v. David and related cases, the fact that the ABA has the final decision-making authority to decide whether a United States law school is or is not to be...
As smart contracts increase in popularity and use, there is a greater importance for the European Union to ensure that consumers are adequately protected under their consumer protection regime. This Article evaluates the extent to which the principal European consumer protection directives can respond to the use of smart contracts. After providing background on what 'smart contracts
By Bret N. Bogenschneider and Arkadiusz Mironko, Published on 01/01/22