Column The Transporter Conundrum: Do People Die When They’re Teleported? One of the coolest technologies depicted on Star Trek is the transporter, which can be used to send a person tens of thousands ... By Adam AdlerJuly 19, 2020
Column How Would We Punish Supervillains? The Legality of Arkham, the Phantom Zone, and More The justice system is not well equipped to handle supervillains. In the past, I’ve written about some of the challenges associated with supervillain ... By Adam AdlerJuly 5, 2020
Column How ‘What If’ Comics Could Save the World We don’t have time machines. We don’t have access to the multiverse. We don’t have absolute knowledge. Instead, all we have is an ... By Adam AdlerJune 21, 2020
Column The Most Famous of the Universal Monsters Might Be Universal Itself Universal Studios owns many of the most popular movie franchises. To name just a few, the studio is responsible for Back to the ... By Adam AdlerMay 31, 2020
Column Can Corporations Be Superheroes? And If So, Are They Batman… or The Punisher? One of the strangest quirks of the law is that corporations are “legal persons.” Corporations and other business organizations can sue and be ... By Adam AdlerMay 17, 2020
Column Blackbeard Just Broke Copyright Law, and Now States Are the Pirates Blackbeard is one of the most famous and feared pirates of all time. Like all legendary pirates of old, he pilfered, he plundered, ... By Adam AdlerMarch 29, 2020
Column May the GeForce Be with You: GeForce Now’s Legality & Publisher Wars There can hardly be any dispute: Nvidia’s GeForce Now is cool. Instead of shelling out for a high-powered PC, you can rent a ... By Adam AdlerMarch 15, 2020
Column Shoot for the Moon: Are You Safe from Crimes Committed in Space? Space: the final frontier. It’s big. It’s empty. It’s… the perfect place to commit a crime? This week, we’ll channel our inner Hal ... By Adam AdlerMarch 1, 2020
Column Dear Mr. Law: Can I Use a Love Potion on the Person of My Dreams? Dear Mr. Law, There’s a person I like, but they won’t even notice me. Would it be legal for me to use a ... By Adam AdlerFebruary 16, 2020
Column What Happens to Trade Secrets in a World Where Professor X & Mind Reading Are Real? One of the most interesting narrative devices in science fiction stories is mind reading. Some of the more prominent uses of mind reading ... By Adam AdlerFebruary 2, 2020
Column Game of Pwned: Game of Thrones’ Trial by Combat Has Real-Life Applications A Kansas man recently made the news after asking a judge for permission to resolve a custody battle through “trial by combat.” As ... By Adam AdlerJanuary 19, 2020
Column The Legal Legacy of the 2010s in Entertainment and Pop Culture Now that the 2010s are over, it’s safe to say that the last decade was full of legal events and movements that had ... By Adam AdlerJanuary 5, 2020