Ipse Dixit

In this episode Nicole M. Boyson, the Patrick F. and Helen C. Walsh Research Professor at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, discusses her article The Worst of Both Worlds? Dual-Registered Investment Advisers. Boyson discusses the investment advice landscape and some of the risks for investors. The working paper is available now on SSRN. Boyson is on Twitter at @nikir1.

This episode was hosted by Benjamin Edwards, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law. Edwards is on Twitter at @BenPEdwards.

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In this episode, Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes, Associate Director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic at Boston University School of Law, discusses her article "Reparations for Central American Refugees," which was published in the Denver Law Review. Sherman-Stokes begins by explaining the legal definition of "refugee" and why refugees are entitled to asylum under United States immigration law. She describes the many practical and legal hurdles facing refugees seeking asylum, both long-standing and recently adopted. She observes that many asylum applicants are from Central America, and that the United States played a role in creating the conditions that made them refugees. Accordingly, she argues that the United States has a legal and moral duty to provide assistance. Sherman-Stokes is on Twitter at @sshermanstokes.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Hannah Bloch-Wehba, Assistant Professor of Law at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project, discusses her article "Global Platform Governance: Private Power in the Shadow of the State," published in the Southern Methodist University Law Review. Bloch-Wehba begins by discussing the dynamics of policies created and enforced by content providers on the internet, noting that terms of service created by platforms are influenced both by their personal interests and the interests of states. She details how the existing notice-and-takedown approach in intellectual property protection and hate/terrorist speech regulation intersects with state interests in those areas, and how the regulatory landscape is beginning to switch toward more proactive measures to be adopted by platforms. And she details how such actions lack legitimacy and accountability, and discusses potential solutions through unilateral platform action and state legislative efforts. She concludes by discussing why the developments matter and what regulators, platforms, and people should take away from the developments in global platform governance. Bloch-Wehba is on Twitter at @HBWHBWHBW.

This episode was hosted by Luce Nguyen, a college student and the co-founder of the Oberlin Policy Research Institute, an undergraduate public policy research organization based at Oberlin College. Nguyen is on Twitter at @NguyenLuce.

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In this episode, Brandon Magner, a 2018 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law who practices labor-side employment law at the Gath Law Firm in Indianapolis, Indiana, discusses his article "Grand Theft Auto: Calibrating Laboratory Conditions to the New Normal in Union Elections," which will be published in the Concordia Law Review. Magner begins by explaining what a union is, how unions are organized, and how unions are formed. He describes the process of running a union election and why they can be difficult for unions to win. And he explains how certain recent union elections illustrate the need for the National Labor Relations Board to apply the "laboratory conditions" doctrine in order to prevent outside interference on the outcome of union elections. Magner is on Twitter at @BrandonMagner.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Ari Z. Bryen, Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, discusses his article "Responsa," which will be published in the Oxford Handbook of Law and the Humanities. Bryen begins by describing the jurisprudential landscape of ancient Rome. He explains the role of jurists in the Roman legal system, focusing on their creation of "responsa" or opinions providing answers to legal questions. He explains how Romans conceptualized the role of jurists and how the function changed over time. And he reflects on what the law of ancient Rome can tell us about legal culture more generally. Bryen's scholarship is available on Academia.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Eric Kades, Thomas Jefferson Professor of Law and Cabell Research Professor of Law at William and Mary Law School, discusses his article "Of Piketty and Perpetuities: Dynastic Wealth in the Twenty-First Century (And Beyond)," published in the Boston College Law Review. Kades begins by discussing the implications of Thomas Piketty's work related to his seminal text Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which argues that the rate of return on capital is returning to its historical status of outpacing the rate of economic growth (r>g). He shows that this reversion to the historical norm will lead to the growth of dynastic wealth in trusts and estates, creating a "new feudalism." Policy tools in place to prevent such capital accumulation, mainly the common law Rule Against Perpetuities to prevent "dead hand" control over property and the estate tax, have been weakened through state and federal political developments. Kades notes that these developments are antithetical to the social, economic, and revolutionary legacy of American history. He suggests, as a potential solution to the growth of dynastic wealth, of a Tax on Perpetuities to prevent the over-accumulation of saved income and dis-incentivize the formation of excessive inter-generational trusts. And he discusses what people and policymakers should take away from these socioeconomic developments.

This episode was hosted by Luce Nguyen, a college student and the co-founder of the Oberlin Policy Research Institute, an undergraduate public policy research organization based at Oberlin College. Nguyen is on Twitter at @NguyenLuce.

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In this episode, Matthew Lawrence, Assistant Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law School and affiliate of the Harvard Law Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, discusses his article "The Social Consequences Problem in Health Insurance and How to Solve It," forthcoming in the Harvard Law & Policy Review. Lawrence begins by defining the social consequences problem in health insurance, in that a combination of economic, emotional, and social consequences combine to provide additional stresses on patients and their loved ones. He details how the status quo of medical coverage, where patients must pay co-pays and deductibles out of pocket directly to medical providers, creates perverse incentives for providers who now hold a status of both practitioner and bill collector. He provides an account of how the legal environment of healthcare coverage developed and discusses potential solutions and their challenges to the social consequences problem. And he concludes by discussing what insurers, providers, and policymakers should take away when trying to address this issue. Lawrence is on Twitter at @mjblawrence.

This episode was hosted by Luce Nguyen, a college student and the co-founder of the Oberlin Policy Research Institute, an undergraduate public policy research organization at Oberlin College. Nguyen is on Twitter at @NguyenLuce.

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In this episode, Louis Rosen, Reference Librarian and Associate Professor of Law Library at Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, discusses his article "The Lawyer as Superhero: How Marvel Comics' Daredevil Depicts the American Court System and Legal Practice," which was published in the Capital University Law Review. Rosen begins by describing the history and symbolism of Marvel's Daredevil character, a blind masked vigilante, whose alter ego is the lawyer Matt Murdock. He explains how different writers and artists have addressed the vigilante/lawyer dialectic, especially the recent writer Charles Soule, who is himself an attorney. And he reflects on how the Daredevil storyline educated popular audiences about the law and could usefully illustrate law classes. Rosen is on Twitter at @LawLibrarianLou.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Clark Asay, Associate Professor of Law at Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, discusses his article "Artificial Stupidity," which will be published in the William & Mary Law Review. Asay begins by reflecting on the current state of artificial intelligence, which many experts consider still quite "stupid," in the sense that its capabilities are limited and based on fundamental conceptual innovations generated decades ago. He observes that our current tools for promoting the development of artificial intelligence innovation through various forms of intellectual property are unlikely to be effective, as they offer limited incentives and may practically encourage consolidation rather than efficient competition. And he argues that government grants would probably be a better way to promote innovation in artificial intelligence. Asay is on Twitter at @cdasay.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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