Off the Page

Today we talk with University of Chicago Professor Ryan Doerfler about his article The Ghost of John Hart Ely. This article was written with Yale Law Professor Samuel Moyn. The full article will be available soon in the Vanderbilt Law Review. 

Professor Veronica Root Martinez discusses her piece "The Diversity Paradox." This piece is a response to "Duty and Diversity" by Professor Chris Brummer and former Chief Justice and Chancellor of the State of Delaware Leo E. Strine Jr. You can read both these pieces, as well as other responses to Brummer and Strine's article in the Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc's roundtable. https://wp0.vanderbilt.edu/lawreview/2022/03/duty-and-diversity-roundtable/

Today we discuss hot topics in intellectual property law with two special guests. David Gindler is the head of Milbank's Intellectual Property Litigation and Licensing Group. Jasper Tran is an Intellectual Property Litigation associate at Milbank. Topics include biotechnology, Covid technology waivers, and patent subject matter eligibility.  David Gindler's Bio:https://www.milbank.com/en/professionals/david-i-gindler.htmlJasper Tran's Bio:https://www.milbank.com/en/professionals/jasper-tran.html 

Climate change is a generation defining problem that affects many disciplines and areas. Vanderbilt Law Review member Peyton Klein joins us to discuss his Note and climate change's impact on the coastal lending market. Peyton's Article can be found here or at this web address: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/wp-content/uploads/sites/278/2021/10/Underwater-Mortgages-for-Underwater-Homes.pdfHave any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!

A "Tenth Justice" has been exercising an outsized influence on the U.S. Supreme Court for quite some time. Darcy Covert, coauthor of The Loudest Voice at the Supreme Court: The Solicitor General's Dominance of Amicus Oral Argument, discusses her Article about the Solicitor General in this month's episode.Darcy's Article can be found here or at this web address: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/2021/04/the-loudest-voice-at-the-supreme-court-the-solicitor-generals-dominance-of-amicus-oral-argument/The New York Times piece about Darcy's Article can be found here or at this web address: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/us/supreme-court-solicitor-general-amicus.htmlHave any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!

Professors Cesare Fracassi and William Magnuson are this month's guests on Off the Page. In this episode, they preview their Article that argues that an American dream of data privacy is actually quite misguided. Instead, Professors Fracassi and Magnuson argue that the most beneficial campaign is one that achieves data autonomy rather than data privacy, particularly in our financial sector. Professors Fracassi and Magnuson's Article can be found here or at this web address: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/2021/03/data-autonomy/Have any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!

Before you make that next impulse purchase on Amazon, you'll want to listen to this. Vanderbilt Law School 3L and Vanderbilt Law Review's Notes Development Editor Molly Dillaway is this month's guest, and she discusses her Note, The New “Web-Stream” of Commerce: Amazon and the Necessity of Strict Products Liability for Online Marketplaces. In this conversation, Molly briefly outlines the evolution of products liability law, how Amazon has structured its business to largely evade liability under these laws, how this can have disastrous consequences for some of Amazon's customers, and how she proposes to fix this issue.Molly's Note is available here or at this link: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/2021/01/the-new-web-stream-of-commerce-amazon-and-the-necessity-of-strict-products-liability-for-online-marketplaces/.Have any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!

Professor Jonathan Gould of Berkeley Law School joins the show to discuss his article that breaks down all aspects of swing voters, including what defines a swing voter, what gives them power, what their power enables them to do, and how swing voters might play a role in our government today.Professor Gould's article can be found here or at this web address: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/2021/01/rethinking-swing-voters/Music:Geovane Bruno - Inspiring by geovanebruny from PixabayInspiring Action Epic Cinematic Trailer by Timmoor from PixabayAwakening Instrumental Soundcloud by Wataboi from PixabayHave any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!

A "wicked problem" is much more technical than its name suggests. In October 2019, Professor J.B. Ruhl of Vanderbilt Law School coordinated a Symposium for Vanderbilt Law Review titled "Governing Wicked Problems," a conference that featured presentations from scholars housed at institutions all across America. The presenters at the Symposium then turned their presentations into written pieces for the December 2020 edition of Vanderbilt Law Review. Professor Ruhl joins Brett in this episode to discuss what defines wicked problems, how he organized an entire Symposium about them, and how the scholarship in the December edition of Vanderbilt Law Review add to the conversation around wicked problems.The entire December 2020 edition of Vanderbilt Law Review, including Professor Ruhl's introductory piece, is available here or at this link: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/category/volumes/vol-73/vol-73-6/MusicJingle Bells Jazzy Style - Christmas Swing Music by JuliusH on PixabayWe Wish You a Merry Christmas by United States Marine Band on PixabayAuld Lang Syne by The U.S. Army Band on YouTube Audio LibraryHave any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!

Women are susceptible to deepfake pornography, now more than ever. Vanderbilt Law School 3L and Vanderbilt Law Review Articles Editor Annie Gieseke is our guest this month, and she discusses how deepfake technology is being weaponized to create pornographic material targeted at everyday women, how this trend is shattering the sexual privacy of its victims, and how she proposes to halt this assault in the future.Annie's Note is available here or at this link: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/2020/10/the-new-weapon-of-choice-laws-current-inability-to-properly-address-deepfake-pornography/.Music:More Country by Caffeine Creek Band from PixabayCustom by sabelo2010 from PixabayHave any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!

Vanderbilt Law Review is proud to present our official podcast, Off the Page! For every published edition of our journal, we will also publish an episode of Off the Page in which we interview one of the authors whose work appears in that edition. Through our discussions with some of the best legal minds, we will highlight important developments and aspects of the law. Our debut episode features Professor Deborah Archer from NYU School of Law. Her article, “White Men's Roads Through Black Men's Homes”: Advancing Racial Equity Through Highway Reconstruction, explores the history of our country's highway system, the little-discussed racial discrimination and negative impacts surrounding it, and how our leaders can begin to correct these wrongs. Professor Archer's full article is available for free at this link: https://vanderbiltlawreview.org/lawreview/2020/10/white-mens-roads-through-black-mens-homes-advancing-racial-equity-through-highway-reconstruction/.Have any comments or questions? Please email us at offthepage.vlr@vanderbilt.edu!