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The Conclusions of SCCR 44
Get PDFLast week, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and related Rights (SCCR) held its 44th meeting where substantial progress was made in protecting public interest issues within the two major standing items of the agenda -- on the Broadcast Treaty and on Limitations and Exceptions. This document summarizes the decisions made at the meeting as recorded in the Chair’s Summary
LLM Class of 1991
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Using State Law Before the Glaciers Thaw: Climate Torts After BP v. Baltimore
Get PDFWe are living in the beginning stages of Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Since the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century, the burning of fossil fuels has released huge quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses (“GHGs”) into the atmosphere. The increased concentration of GHGs causes the atmosphere to retain more heat. Consequently, ecosystems and weather patterns shift and change faster than most plants, animals, and human societies can adapt. Climate change threatens global peace, crashes economies, and creates humanitarian crises
Regulation of Football Agents in Europe: A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis
Get PDFThe structure of this contribution is as follows. First, we provide a theoretical framework concerning the need to regulate football agents and the appropriate instruments. Second, we present the evolution of the regulation at the international level of FIFA. This is followed by our examination of the regulatory framework in a few selected European jurisdictions. Lastly, Section V provides a critical comparative analysis, and Section VI concludes
Opinion: Felony Murder Should be Removed from Maryland Criminal Law
No full textOne spring evening in Prince George’s County, a friend called David saying she needed help in going after some friends who had hurt her. He declined. She then called David’s friend Keith for help; he agreed and said he would meet her
The Endangered Species Are Not Alright: The EPA’s Recent Progress Trying to Reconcile FIFRA and the ESA Does Not Go Far Enough
No full textOver the past few decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved over one thousand pesticides and active ingredients for sale and distribution throughout the United States. Pesticides are engineered to indiscriminately harm living things, meaning that they can, and do, unintentionally harm endangered species. Currently, EPA-registered pesticides that harm endangered species are used throughout the United States, primarily on agricultural land, but also on lawns, gardens, schoolyards, and more. The EPA’s unwillingness to cancel or suspend pesticides stems from the difficult balancing test between the benefits pesticides provide, such as crop yields and disease prevention, and the harm caused to humans, animals, and the environment. Throughout the registration process, the EPA has failed to meet its obligation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to ensure that none of its actions jeopardize any threatened or endangered species. In response, environmental groups have sued the EPA in an effort to revoke or suspend certain pesticide registrations
How to Get Away With Discrimination: The Use of Algorithms to Discriminate in the Internet Entertainment Industry
Get PDFIn July 2021, Ziggi Tyler posted a video on TikTok, a popular video sharing platform, where he expressed his frustration with being a Black content creator on TikTok. The video showed Ziggi typing phrases such as “Black Lives Matter” or “Black success” into his Marketplace creator bio, which the app would immediately flag as inappropriate content. However, when Ziggi replaced those words with “white supremacy” or “white success,” no inappropriateness warning appeared. Although a TikTok spokesperson responded to the video clarifying that the app had mistakenly flagged phrases without considering word order, Ziggi refused to let an algorithm absolve TikTok from blame, telling Vox that the company should have identified the system’s issues sooner
Class of 1917
No full textClass of 1917, third floor, right wallhttps://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/photo_1910/1008/thumbnail.jp