Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.

The paradox of public regulation (data privacy edition)

“And who here is to do the regulating? Government is one of the biggest violators of our privacy, and also a driving force behind electronic medical records, another massive medical privacy violator (for better or worse) …. The governmental system of … Continue reading

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There are no free lunches (Facebook edition)

How much would you be willing pay Facebook or Google to use their Internet platforms without being subjected to ads? (Hint: “$0” and “they should pay me” are the wrong answers.) Geoffrey A. Fowler poses this thought-provoking question in this … Continue reading

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Role reversal thought experiment

Update (4/12/18): The Fox

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Soundtrack to Spring

Below is this week’s cover page — created by artist Tom Gauld — for The New Yorker. It’s the first musical cartoon in that venerable publication’s storied history. You can listen to the music corresponding to each springtime speech bubble … Continue reading

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Your tax dollars at work (reply to Cardi B)

Our favorite line (sung too Cardi B’s Bodak Yellow) is, “The tax code is the worst thing scribbled since Ben Affleck’s back tattoo …”

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Is bitcoin a scam?

Below the fold is an extended excerpt from this excellent essay by Kai Stinchcombe:

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Leave Facebook Alone

Julia Angwin suggests “four ways to fix Facebook” in this essay. We restate and then critique each one of her suggestions below:

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Legal Methods

Below the fold are two fun quotes comparing and contrasting civil law versus common law approaches to judging via the Volokh Conspiracy:

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Assorted Links (Twitter Feed Edition)

We are so over Facebook, and we don’t use Instagram or Snap, but we have really grown to love Twitter. Below the fold is just a small sampling of some of our favorite Twitter accounts on our Twitter feed (@lawscholar):

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