Talking Regulation at Workshop on Molecular Diagnostics
This article was written by LSI Scholar Walter G. Johnson, class of 2020, who attended the 7th annual Workshop on Regulation and Reimbursement of Molecular Diagnostics. The Center for Law, Science & Innovation (LSI) recently hosted its Workshop on Regulation and Reimbursement of Molecular Diagnostics. Speakers from various backgrounds shared insights on how current law and […]
Blockchain Proponents on Business, Regulation, and Society
[vimeo 277026957] Faculty Director Gary Marchant sat down with Congressman David Schweikert, co-chair of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus, and Sweetbridge CEO Scott Nelson as part of LSI’s recent Blockchain Speaker Series. Marchant, Schweikert, and Nelson engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of the regulatory challenges facing blockchain innovation, as well as the opportunities for streamlining a host of private and governmental functions […]
Legislative and Policy Perspectives on Blockchain Technology
LSI and the ASU Law Blockchain Interest Group are putting on a Blockchain Speaker Series this spring at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. The second of four speaker events, Blockchain and Government Policy, will be held on Wednesday, February 21. This event will feature State and Federal legislators, as well as policy experts, who are working […]
Marchant on the Year in Artificial Intelligence
Professor and Center Faculty Director Gary Marchant recently spoke with Quartz about the explosion of activity in artificial intelligence (AI): This year the world woke up to the society-shifting power of artificial intelligence. Marchant teaches courses like Artificial Intelligence: Law, Ethics & Policy at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and is co-chairing the […]
Center Fellows on Regulating Nanomaterials in Cosmetics
Faculty Fellows Diana Bowman and Andrew Maynard, with ASU College of Law alum and Research Fellow Nathaniel May, authored a chapter on regulating nanomaterials in cosmetics in the recently published Analysis of Cosmetic Products, Second Edition. Cosmetics are big business with estimated global sales of $675 billion by 2020. Competition in the market drives innovation […]
Marchant on Regulating Gene Editing in Plants and Animals
Faculty Director Gary Marchant spoke at the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists in San Francisco on October 26th. He presented as part of a Symposium On New Genetic Technologies: Ethical Debates And Global Science Policy organized by The Hastings Center. Marchant discussed the regulatory challenges and opportunities with respect to editing the genes of […]
LSI Faculty Fellow, Diana Bowman, Co-edits Book on Technology Integration
Available on Amazon “The embedding of any new technologies in society is challenging. The evolving state of the scientific art, often-unquantifiable risks and ill-defined developmental trajectories have the potential to hinder innovation and/or the commercial success of a technology. The are, however, a number of tools that can now be utilized by stakeholders to bridge […]
Wednesday Web Watch for October 29, 2014
Law lag. We hear about it all the time, as we continually move to resolve cutting-edge issues involving avant-garde technologies. The oft-discussed concern is whether we can effectively use laws applied to early 21st Century technologies to regulate novel, emerging systems. Are they horses of the same color? “No” says Ryan Calo,”[t]oday software can […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for September 17, 2013
3 questions. 3 hints. 3 answers. Every Tuesday. Question: what is worse than antibiotic over-prescription? Hint: Answer: not being able to prescribe antibiotics. Certain antibiotics previously used to treat particular pathogens are no longer effective, leaving groups of individuals, particularly those in a hospital or care facility setting, vulnerable to distinct pathogens. While this news […]