By Natalie Ram Editorial Policy A full version of this article, published in the Fall 2009 issue of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, is available here. Today, more than 300 million tissue samples from more than 178 million individuals are stored in the United States, and this number has been growing by more than 20 million samples every year. Through genetic analysis, researchers hope to identify disease-related and other genes and to measure the frequency of such genes’ ... Read More...

First Circuit Holds That Artists Have Moral Rights In Unfinished Works By Debbie Rosenbaum – Edited by Alissa Del Riego Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation v. Büchel, No. 08-2199 (1st Cir. Jan. 27, 2010) Slip Opinion On January 27, the First Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded for further proceedings the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Museum of Contemporary Art, holding that artists have moral rights in unfinished artworks. The First Circuit decided ... Read More...