Today Boston University School of Law hosts the Eighth Annual Nonmarriage Roundtable, organized by Albertina Antognini (Loyola LA), Aníbal Rosario Lebrón (Rutgers), Cynthia Godsoe (Brooklyn), Kaipo Matsumura (Loyola LA), Linda McClean (Boston University) & Naomi Cahn (University of Virginia). Here’s
Hijacking the Castle: The Rise of Autonomous Adversarial Cyber Warfare
Cambridge, MA – MIT Media Lab – EmTech Future. In modern corporate cybersecurity, an uncomfortable truth has emerged: the bad guys adopted generative artificial intelligence faster, more aggressively, and with far fewer ethical inhibitions than corporate boardrooms. During the session
Curiosity Burnout: Why Exponential Change Punishes the People Most Eager to Understand It
MA Appeals Court Reverses Enforcement of Lodging House Bylaw Where Appellant Had Received Prior Approval for a Comprehensive Permit With Greater Occupancy
This post was authored by Yann Camara, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Plaintiff, SLV Bridgewater PO, LLC (“SLV”), appealed from a Superior Court judgment upholding a cease and desist order issued by the Town of Bridgewater’s building inspector.
Consumers Know a Copy When They See One. Does Trademark Law?
Key Takeaways from New Balance v. Decathlon
Today’s consumers can spot a copy. Trademark law, however, is still largely built around a different question: are consumers confused?
That tension sits at the center of New Balance Athletics, Inc. v. Decathlon
Beyond the Wet Lab Bottleneck: The Race to Build Biology’s Generative Engine
Cambridge, MA – MIT Media Lab – EmTech Future. Nature has spent roughly 3.8 billion years conducting the most sprawling, creative research and development campaign in history. Evolution engineered millions of functional molecular machines, intricate cellular networks, and robust organisms
Establishing Breach of Contract Due to Cardinal Change
The government may sometimes unilaterally direct the contractor to perform additional work outside the scope of the changes clause of a government contract. Such an order for alterations is a cardinal change and amounts to a breach. In order to
We Would Get Sanctioned If We Behaved Like That
Several years ago, the Blog started posting fairly regularly about decisions challenging vaccine mandates and policies enacted by a range of public and private entities. The reason why there was a spate of such decisions starting around mid-2001 is pretty
NCL Crew Member Arrested in Boston and Charged for Trafficking Child Sexual Abuse Material
A 35-year-old Filipino crew member was arrested in Boston after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents found numerous child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) during a review of his two phones, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s
When Divorce Ends Employer Health Coverage: Court Dismisses Former Spouse’s ERISA Claims as Untimely and Preempted
In Ioannidis v. Benefit Program for Mass General Brigham and Membership Organization Plan (501), No. 25-12197-FDS, 2026 WL 2874084 (D. Mass. Sept. 24, 2026), District Judge Saylor granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss a former spouse’s ERISA action seeking