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This Article is the first to examine the risk that attorneys’ use of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) in legal practice poses to personal data and offer a comparison of the American Bar Association’s (“A.B.A.”) and European Union’s (“EU”) differing approaches to providing guardrails for the use of AI technology. It is also the first to …

The murder of Daniel Anderl, the son of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, exposed the ease with which publicly available personal data can be weaponized against members of the judiciary. In response, Congress enacted the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, and several states adopted analogous statutes—commonly known as “Daniel’s Laws”—to restrict the dissemination …

You stand on a city street corner, and a driverless robotaxi crosses the road in front of you. To operate safely, the robotaxi identifies you as a person, tracks your movements, determines your relative location, and stores data about you. What are your privacy interests in these data? This Article examines the “third-party privacy problem”—a …

Therapy and companionship have become the number-one use case for generative artificial intelligence chatbots in 2025. Talking to artificial intelligence (“AI”) “companions”—digital personas designed to provide emotional support, show empathy, and proactively ask users personal questions through text, voice notes, and picture—is no longer a niche service but has become mainstream, with users numbering in …

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Bad faith actors have long used intimate imagery to inflict pain and smear the reputations of the vulnerable and famous alike. In recent years, new technologies have developed that enable the creation of more of this content, often requiring only a simple image of the victim’s face. The TAKE IT DOWN Act represents a monumental …

The robo-will software industry’s market penetration into the world of estate planning has changed how lawyers do their job. An industry taking on a profession—and transforming what traditionally was a service into a product—challenges the lofty ideals of advocacy and professionalism. Meanwhile, lawmakers have taken a largely permissive approach. This Note confronts the robo-will software …

The digital age is dangerous. Among those most at risk are child content creators, who often face financial exploitation by the hands of a parent or guardian. Although California’s recent amendments to the Coogan framework—legislation designed to protect the earnings of minors in the entertainment industry—mark a meaningful step towards protecting children, the state legislature …

Across the United States, lawmakers are turning to age restrictions and verification mandates as a catchall solution for online risks to children. However, these laws raise concerns in the legal landscape and beyond, not the least of which are First Amendment constitutional issues. This Note critiques mandatory age gate policies and projects future applications in …