Front And Centaur

 My brilliant colleague, Bill Tomlinson, and I were delighted when the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law ("TAMUJPL") decided to publish four of our biodiversity law articles in a special issue.  The four articles can be found here:

Invasives: The How of Biodiversity Loss 

Population: The Who of Biodiversity Law 

Pollution: The What of Biodiversity Loss 

Overharvesting: The Why of Biodiversity Loss

The excellent editors penned a thoughtful introduction to the issue in which they announced a paradigm shift toward acceptance of articles produced by what Ethan Mollick has named the "Centaur" method.  Bill and I have been experimenting since 2022 on a project of integrating artificial intelligence ("AI") into the process of scholarly research and writing.  We even published an article in 2023 on how to write with AI, entitled "ChatGPT and Works Scholarly: Best Practices and Legal Pitfalls in Writing with AI".  This TAMUJPL special issue marks an important milestone in our project.

So, it was gratifying to see coverage of the special TAMUJPL issue, the special introductory editorial article, and our four articles in ABOVE THE LAW ("ATL") on June 9, 2025, and in the ABAJOURNAL on June 10, 2025.  The ATL article is entitled "Law Review Puts Out Full Issue Of Articles Written With AI, with a wonderful subtitle (that is, "Do androids dream of electric footnotes") that nods to one of Philip K. Dick's masterpieces.  The ABAJOURNAL article is entitled "AI takes on starring role in 4 articles published by law journal".

We hope Chiron, Cloudbirth, and Firenze would approve.

Quill To Query

 Thank you to Julianne Hill, who published "Does Artificial Intelligence Have a Role in Legal Scholarship?" in the ABAJOURNAL on May 2, 2025.  I was honored and delighted to be interviewed for the article.  The article also has a great photograph of my brilliant friend, Prof. Dan Linna of Northwestern Law School, along with his sage insights. 

The Right To Invent Tomorrow

 Aidan McCullen is an innovation leader.  Gifted entrepreneur, speaker, university lecturer, and former professional rugby player, he is the founder and host of The Innovation Show.  I was delighted to be Aidan's guest this past week.  We had a wonderful conversation together about roles the law plays, and could better play, in fostering innovation, especially in its open, user, collaborative, and free flavours.  Along the way, we discovered unexpected commonalities in ancestry and interests.  Here is my appearance on Aidan's The Innovation Show:

Thanks again, Aidan, for the golden opportunity to meet and speak with you about innovation and how to make it thrive.  I look forward to crossing paths with you again soon.

Maith thú, a dheartháir!

ChatGPT And Works Scholarly

 In 2023, my colleagues, Professors Bill Tomlinson and Rebecca Black, and I published an article in the SMU Law Review entitled "ChatGPT and Works Scholarly:  Best Practices and Legal Pitfalls in Writing with AI".  It discusses the power and pitfalls of co-authoring with AI.  Morgan Kromer, of The College Fix, covered our article, and a fun chat he had with me, on February 19, 2025.

Should California Stay Or Should It Go?

I had the good fortune of being interviewed by journalist Elizabeth Weise for her article, written with Josh Peter, today (January 24, 2025) in USA Today, entitled "A free California? Trump visits as initiative to leave U.S. cleared to gather signatures".  Her interest was sparked by an article Prof. Bill Tomlinson and I published in 2020, entitled "Fault Lines: An Empirical Legal Study of California Secession", available here.   Here's the article by Weise and Peter:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/24/country-of-california-secession-newsom-trump/77907859007/

	Trump greeted by Newsom in Los Angeles ahead of wildfires tour Trump and Newsom have been trading barbs over water. How far could this dispute go? www.usatoday.com

The conundrum California faces is nicely summarized by The Clash, in its song, "Should I stay or should I go?":

Whatever route California decides to take, it will not easy:  "If I go, there will be trouble.  And, if I stay, it will be double."

Third Time's A Trademark

 Matthew Kelly wrote a very nice article about how trademark law might affect use of the phrase "Three Peat" to describe a third consecutive Kansas City Super Bowl victory in February 2025.  To kick off the trademark issues implicated by "Three Peat", Matthew interviewed, and quoted, me in the article.