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.

In honor of my mentor and friend Jorge Luis Cordova

  My colleague and friend Jorge Cordova recently went to a better place. Jorge and I both taught law at the Pontifical Catholic University School of Law in Ponce, P.R. for many years. (Before UCF, I started my teaching career … Continue reading

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Ethical Experiments?

Michelle N. Meyer and Christopher Chabris, professors at Union Graduate College in Schenectady, New York, recently published a thought-provoking essay in the Sunday Times on the ethics of nonconsensual “A/B testing” like the Facebook mood contagion experiment, the inconclusive results of which were … Continue reading

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Consensual Trespass

Hat tip: Rugger420 (via reddit).

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“Negotiating the Legal Risks of Daily Fantasy Sports”

That is the latest paper of our friend and colleague, the excellent Marc Edelman (pictured below), who has written up a detailed primer on federal and State anti-gambling laws and their potential application to the world of “daily fantasy sports.” … Continue reading

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“The Influence of Immanuel Kant on Evidentiary Approaches in Eighteenth Century Bulgaria: A Reply to Professor Kerr”

That is the title of our long-awaited and latest legal research paper, which is now available on SSRN. Why did we write a paper on such a seemingly narrow subject? Well, a few years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts made … Continue reading

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Hacker Name Algorithm

Hat tip: French87 (via reddit).

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Is your Uber driver an employee or an independent contractor?

The ride-sharing company Uber has appealed a recent decision of the California Labor Commissioner’s Office declaring a former Uber driver to be an “employee” of the company and not an “independent contractor.” (For more information, here is the actual decision itself, and here is a … Continue reading

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The (Mis) Allocation of Talent?

Originally posted on Cherokee Gothic:
Hat tip to@PankajPachauri for this interesting table.  I had a couple of thoughts on it: 1. Very disconcerting that the DOD is the #1 employer in the world.  Great stagnation anyone? 2.  The UK only…

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Stay in your lane!

Via Utah Valley University.

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Start of India’s Monsoon Season

Via NASA.

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