C|M|LAW Associate Professor and Associate Dean Mark J. Sundahl recently attended the meeting of the United Nations’ Scientific and Technical Subcommittee to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna as an advisor to the U.S. delegation and gave a presentation on February 4^th before the subcommittee.  The purpose of the presentation (given jointly with Mike Gold, an executive at Bigelow Aerospace) was to encourage other countries to adopt the U.S. practice of inviting industry input during the formation of new regulations regarding space activity.

Professor Candice Hoke, along with six prominent scholars and experts in cyber security and copyright law, filed a comment with the United States Copyright Office on February 6,  regarding a proposed exemption under 17 U.S.C. Section 1201 or Software Security Research (Class 25). According to the Comment, “[a]n exemption for software security research is essential to promote the active research and testing efforts necessary to keep pace with evolving cybersecurity risks.”  The text of the Comment is available here: 1201_comments_–_security_research

Associate Dean Mark Sundahl

Associate Dean Mark Sundahl has published a chapter on Financing Space Projects in the newly released Handbook on Space Law published by Edward Elgar Publishing.  The Handbook addresses the legal and regulatory aspects of activities in outer space and major space applications from a comprehensive and structured perspective. It discusses the dichotomy between the state-oriented character of international space law and the increasing commercialization and privatization of space activities.  More information about the book is available here.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently recognized a constitutional right to strike.  In its decision, the Supreme Court of Canada cited an article written by Eric Tucker, Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University (Canada) and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (co-authored with Professor Judy Fudge), entitled “The Freedom to Strike in Canada: A Brief Legal History” (2009-2010), 15 C.L.E.L.J. 333.  The Supreme Court opinion is available here:  Sask_Labour_en