Content Posted in 2017
Achieving Policymaking Consensus: The (Unfortunate) Waning of Negotiated Rulemaking, Jeffrey Lubbers
A Different Class of Care: The Benefits Crisis and Low-Wage Workers, Trina Jones
A Higher Power Produces Greater Problems: How Religious Honor Codes and Religious Schools Exacerbate Campus Sexual Assault, Samuel T. Jay
Ahistorical Indians and Reservation Resources, Ezra Rosser
America's Forgotten Constitutions: Defiant Visions of Power and Community, Robert Tsai
Amicus Curiae - Artavia Murillo contra Costa Rica - final.pdf, Macarena Sáez and Mauricio Albarracin
Amiguity and the Academic: The Dangerous Attraction of Pan-Indian Legal Anaylsis, Ezra Rosser
An Empirical Analysis of Investment Treaty Awards, Susan Franck
A North-South Struggle: Political and Economic Obstacles to Sustainable Development, Imrana Iqbal and Charles Pierson
Anthrax Hoaxes, Ira Robbins
Apportioning Receipts from Wasting Assets under the Uniform Laws: A Proposal for Legislative Reform., Evelyn Abravanel
Appraising the Role of the IFC and Its Independent Accountability Mechanism: Community Experiences in Haiti’s Mining Sector, Kate Nancy Taylor
Are au pairs cultural ambassadors or low-wage nannies? A lawsuit enters the fray., Janie Chuang
Aryans, Gender, and American Politics, Robert Tsai
As a Matter of Fact, No: Appellate Jurisdiction to Review Denials of Deferral of Removal Under the Convention Against Torture, Sarah M. Vogt
Assumptions Regarding Indians and Judicial Humility: Thoughts from a Property Law Lens, Ezra Rosser
A Survival Guide for Small Businesses: Avoiding the Pitfalls in International Dispute Resolution, Susan Franck
Attempting the Impossible: The Emerging Consensus, Ira Robbins
AT&T v. Microsoft: A District Judge's Perspective, William H. Pauley III
"Bad Juror" Lists and the Prosecutor's Duty to Disclose, Ira Robbins
Batteries Included: Incentivizing Energy Storage, Lindsay Breslau, Michael Croweak, and Alan Witt
Beneficiaries of Misconduct: A Direct Approach to IT Theft, Andrew Popper
Benefitting from Sustainable Development, Victoria Frappaolo
Beyond Freedom and Dignity: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the American Gulag, Ira Robbins
Big Pharma Monopoly: Why Consumers Keep Landing on "Park Place" and How the Game is Rigged, Mark S. Levy
"Borrowing" Help? Using Conflicts of Law to Aid Clients and Lawyers, Susan Franck
Botched Execution in Oklahoma, Ira Robbins
Bridging the Divide Between Theory and Practice, Susan Franck and Leah Harhay
Can the EU Carbon Tax the U.S. in Retaliation?, Annum Rashedi
Capping Incentives, Capping Innovation, Courting Disaster: The Gulf Oil Spill and Arbitrary Limits on Civil Liability, Andrew Popper
Caution, Cooperative Agreements, and the Actual State of Things: A Reply to Professor Fletcher, Ezra Rosser
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION SSM.pdf, Macarena Sáez
CHAPTER 4 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN THE UNITED STATES.pdf, Macarena Sáez
Child Custody and Child Neglect: Parenthood in Legal Practice and Culture, Ann Shalleck
Citizen Petitions: Long, Late-Filed, and At-Last Denied, Michael A. Carrier and Carl Minniti
Closing the Gaps: A Guide for Improving Internal Controls in Law Firms, Billie Jo Kauffman
Cloudy with a Chance of Abused Privacy Rights: Modifying Third-Party Fourth Amendment Standing Doctrine Post-Spokeo, Sarah E. Pugh
Colonial Optics: Dancehall and Legal Imperatives against the “Unnatural,”, Camille Nelson
Comparative Postconviction Remedies, Ira Robbins
Conclusion — The Migration of Legal Ideas: Legislative Design and the Lawmaking Process, Robert Tsai
Concurring in Result Without Written Opinion: A Condemnable Practice, Ira Robbins
Confining Cultural Expression: How the Historical Principles Behind Modern Copyright Law Perpetuate Cultural Exclusion, April M. Hathcock
Consensus-Building in Administrative Law: The Revival of the Administrative Conference of the U.S., Jeffrey Lubbers
Considering Tortious Racism, Camille Nelson
Constitutional Borrowing, Nelson Tebbe and Robert Tsai
Court Rules to Achieve Permancy for Foster Children: Sample Rules and Commentary, Ann Shalleck
Creating Space for Reservation Growth, Ezra Rosser
Creation of "death-qualified jury" for alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Ira Robbins
Criminal Law, Angela Davis
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Denying Ex-Felons the Right to Vote, Amy Heath
Customary Law: The Way Things Were, Codified, Ezra Rosser
Cybersecurity, Identity Theft, and Standing Law: A Framework for Data Breaches Using Substantial Risk in a Post-Clapper World, James C. Chou
Death Penalty Habeas Corpus: Defining the Issues, Ira Robbins
Democracy's Handmaid, Robert Tsai
"Dependent Contractors" In the Gig Economy: A Comparative Approach, Miriam A. Cherry and Antonio Aloisi
Destabilizing Property Conn. L. Rev. 2015 [Rosser].pdf, Ezra Rosser
Developing an International Carbon Tax Regime, Steven Specht
Difference Makers - Robert Ekas, Ira Robbins
Digitus Impudicus: The Middle Finger and the Law, Ira Robbins
Disabled Prisoners and the Law, Ira Robbins
Discretionary Support Trusts, Evelyn Abravanel
Doing Justice During Wartime, Abraham Sofaer and Paul Williams
Domestic Homicides: The Continuing Search for Justice, Caroline Anne Forell
Double Inchoate Crimes, Ira Robbins
Earned Sovereignty: Bridging the Gap Between Sovereignty and Self-Determination, Paul Williams and Francesca Pecci
Editor's Note, Caitlin Buchanan
Editor's Note, Caitlin Buchanan
Editor's Note, Ryan Schmidt and Kimberly Reynolds
Editor's Note, Kimberly Reynolds and Ryan Schmidt
Elder Law: Portfolio Series, Billie Jo Kauffman
Eloquence and Reason: Creating a First Amendment Culture, Robert Tsai
Emerging International Trends and Practices in Guardianship Law for People with Disabilities, Robert Dinerstein
Empirically Evaluating Claims About Investment Treaty Arbitration, Susan Franck
Experiential Learning in a Global Context, Myriam Benlolo-Carabot and Jennifer de Laurentiis
Exploiting the Poor: Housing, Markets, and Vulnerability, Ezra Rosser
Exploring the Concept of Post-Tenure Review in Law Schools, Ira Robbins
Fair For Whom? Why Debt-Collection Lawsuits in St. Louis Violate the Procedural Due Process Rights of Low-Income Communities, Aimee Constantineau
Fair Use Is Good for Creativity and Innovation, Bill Patry
Fighting the Wrong Fight: Why the MLP Parity Act Is a Misguided Attempt at Achieving Renewable Energy Capital Raising Parity, David Powers
Finding and Using Statistics in Legal Research and Writing, Billie Jo Kauffman
Fire, Metaphor, and Constitutional Myth-Making, Robert Tsai
Flamenco, Fascism and Legal Education: Intersecting with Country Context to Enhance Study Abroad, Aviva Abramovsky, Adam Dubin, Ann Murphy, and JR Swanegan
Flipping 'The Bird' Just Isn't Obscene Anymore, Law Professor Argues, Ira Robbins
Foreign Direct Investment, Investment Treaty Arbitration and the Rule of Law, Susan Franck
Genealogies of cost–benefit analysis in transatlantic regulatory cooperation, Fernanda Nicola
George Bush's America Meets Dante's Inferno: The Americans with Disabilities Act in Prison, Ira Robbins
Getting to Know the Poor, Ezra Rosser
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: U.S. Perspectives on Recognition of Academic Credit for Coursework Completed Abroad, William E. Adams Jr. and Diane Penneys Edelman
Global World, Global Externships, Melanija Radnovic and Avis Sanders
Green Is Good: How Green Bonds Cultivated into Wall Street’s Environmental Paradox, Luke Trompeter
Habeas Corpus Checklists, Ira Robbins
Habeas Corpus Relief, Ira Robbins
Has this [the Middle Finger] Taboo Lost its Power?, Ira Robbins
Hiding Behind the Cloak of Invisibility: The Supreme Court and Per Curiam Opinions, Ira Robbins
Home Health Care Law: Liability and Risk Management, Billie Jo Kauffman
Host of problems, Janie Chuang
How to Push an Elephant Through a Straw: Using Wireless Technology in a Web-enhanced Skills Program, Billie Jo Kauffman
ICSID Institutional Reform: The Evolution of Dispute Resolution and the Role of Structural Safegaurds, Susan Franck
Immigrant Remittances, Ezra Rosser
Impact of the Delegation Doctrine on Prison Privatization, Ira Robbins
Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Lebanon: Reflections on Hurdles, Opportunities, and Hope, Camille Nelson, Zeina Chemali, and Tanya Henderson
Indoor Aquaponics in Abandoned Buildings: A Potential Solution to Food Deserts, Lisa Tomlinson
Insider Trading Flaw: Toward a Fraud-on-the-Market Theory and Beyond, Kenneth R. Davis
Interjurisdictional Certification and Choice of Law, Ira Robbins
International Decisions: Occidental Exploration and Production Company v. The Republic of Ecuador, Susan Franck
Interstate Certification of Questions of Law: A Valuable Process in Need of Reform, Ira Robbins
Investing in Resiliency: Prioritizing Water Systems and Investing in Green Infrastructure, Caitlin Cutchin
it Down and Count the Cost:" A Framework for Constitutionally Enforcing the 501(c)(3) Campaign Intervention Ban, Benjamin Leff
JASTA Straw Man? How the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act Undermines Our Security and Its Stated Purpose, Katherine Holcombe
John Brown's Constitution, Robert Tsai
Judge Shopping in the Eastern District of Texas, Jonas Anderson
Judge Wright and Her Husband's Advice, Ira Robbins
Judicial Integrity, the Appearance of Justice, and the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus: How to Kill Two Thirds (or More) with One Stone, Ira Robbins and James Sanders
Judicial Sabbaticals, Ira Robbins
Jurisprudence "Under-Mind": The Case of the Atheistic Solipsist, Ira Robbins
Justice by the Numbers: The Supreme Court and the Rule of Four-Or Is It Five?, Ira Robbins
Kidnapping Incorporated: The Unregulated Youth-Transportation Industry and the Potential for Abuse, Ira Robbins
Last Words: A Survey and Analysis of Federal Judges' Views on Allocution in Sentencing, Ira Robbins
Learning from Our Mistakes: Using Immigration Enforcement Errors to Guide Reform, Amanda Frost
Legal Aspects of Prison Riots, Ira Robbins
"Lifting as We Climb": The American Council on Human Rights and the Quest for Civil Rights, Gregory S. Parks
Litigating without Counsel: Faretta or for Worse, Ira Robbins and Susan Herman
Lodging the Sustainable Development Goals in the International Trade Regime: From Trade Rhetoric to Trade Plethoric, Nasser Alreshaid
Lofty Goals in Dire Times: South Sudan's Obstacles to Achieving the New SDGs, Harjot Dhillon
Lovin’ the Man: Examining the Nexus of Irony, Hypocrisy and Curiosity, Camille Nelson
Lunch Discussion: The Impact of Study Abroad - Reflections of Program Alumni in the Workforce, Nomi Goheer, Rachel Gordon, and Scott Lyons
Lyrical Assault: Dancehall versus the Cultural Imperialism of the North- West, Camille Nelson
Magistrate Judges, Article III, and the Power to Preside Over Federal Prisoner Section 2255 Proceedings, Ira Robbins
Make-Whole or Make-Short? How Courts Have Misread Title VII's Limitations Period to Truncate Relief in EEOC Pattern-or-Practice Cases, Sara A. Fairchild
Managed Health Care in Prisons as Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Ira Robbins
Maryland's Bundle of Joy: A Constitutionally Stronger, More Comprehensive Take on Contraception Coverage, Alexi Nathan
MGM v. Grokster, Brief Amici Curiae of the Computer & Communications Industry Association and Internet Archive, In Opposition to the Writ of Certiorari, to the United States Supreme Court, Laura Quilter and Peter Jaszi
Middle Finger Flashed in ’06 Lives On in Suit, Ira Robbins
Military Intervention and Diplomatic Engagement in Libya: A Collage of Policy, Force and Law, Paul Williams and ANna Triponel
Moral Judgments in Trademark Law, Ned Snow
Multicultural Feminism: Assessing Systemic Fault in a Provocative Context, Camille Nelson
Mystery of Citizens United Sequel is Format, Not Ending, Ira Robbins
NATO Intervention on Trial: The Legal Case that Was Never Made, Paul Williams and Michael Scharff
Never For-GATT: What Recent TBT Decisions Reveal About the Appellate Body’s Analysis of Environmental Regulation Under the WTO Agreements, Ravi Soopramanien
No Hard Questions on Private Prisons, Ira Robbins
Notes on Borrowing and Convergence, Robert Tsai and Nelson Tebbe
Obligations of Privilege, Ezra Rosser
O.J., Batson and Snyder: Lessons from an Intersecting Trilogy, Camille Nelson
Opening Remarks, Jamie Welling
Opinion: Pondering Nightclub Nightmares, Ira Robbins
Our Taz, Ira Robbins
Overcoming Biased Views of Gender and Victimhood in Custody Evaluations When Domestic Violence Is Alleged, Ruth Leah Perrin
Patents v. Antitrust: Preempting Conflict, Matthew G. Sipe
Peace Agreement Drafting Guide: Darfur, Paul Williams, Matthew Simpson, and Christina Sheetz
Planning for the Future: Providing a Meaningful Life for a Child with a Disability After Your Death, Billie Jo Kauffman
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution and Imprisonment, Angela Davis
Political Possibilities of Reparations [Rosser].pdf, Ezra Rosser
Poverty Offsetting, Ezra Rosser
Prisoners and the Law, Ira Robbins
Prisoners' Rights Sourcebook: Theory, Litigation, Practice, Ira Robbins
Private Corrections and the Law, Ira Robbins
Privatisation of Corrections: A Violation of U.S. Domestic Law, International Human Rights, and Good Sense, Ira Robbins
Privatization of Corrections: A Violation of U.S. Domestic Law, International Human Rights, and Good Sense, Ira Robbins
Privatizing Corrections: Defining the Issues, Ira Robbins
Promises of Accession: Reassessing the Trade Relationship between Turkey and the European Union, Fernanda Nicola
Promises of Non-State Representatives, Ezra Rosser
Prosecute Tobacco Companies, Executives for Homicide, Ira Robbins
Protecting Non-Indians from Harm? The Property Consequences of Indians, Ezra Rosser
Public Relations & Marketing - A Twentieth Century Necessity, Billie Jo Kauffman
Racializing Disability, Disabling Race: Policing Race and Mental Status, Camille Nelson
Racial Paradox and Eclipse: Obama as Balm for What Ails Us, Camille Nelson
R&D Spending and Patenting in the Technology Hardware Sector in Nations With and Without Fair Use, Michael Palmedo
Reclaiming Demographics: Women, Poverty, and the Common Interest in Particular Struggles, Ezra Rosser
Reconsidering Gobitis: An Exercise in Presidential Leadership, Robert Tsai
Redefining Reality: Why Design Patent Protection Should Expand to the Virtual World, John R. Boulé III
Regional Disputes: It Is Not Just Ground Beef, Nicholas W. Laneville
Rendered Invisible: African American Low-Wage Workers and the Workplace Exploitation Paradigm, Llezlie Coleman
Report of the Committee of Experts on Nation Rebuilding in Afghanistan, Paul Williams and Michael Scharff
Restoration of Historical Memory and Dignity for Victims of the Armenian Genocide: A Human Rights Law Approach to Effective Reparations, Richard Wilson
Ridding PES Systems of the “Pay to Pollute” Principle: PES Optimization Strategies, Kelly Carlson
Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts (Excerpt page 97), Herman Schwartz
Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts (Excerpt pages 184-85), Herman Schwartz
Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts (Excerpt pages 198-99), Herman Schwartz
Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts (Excerpt pages 51-53), Herman Schwartz
Right Wing Justice: The Conservative Campaign to Take Over the Courts (Excerpt pages 75-76), Herman Schwartz
Rural Housing and Code Enforcement: Navigating Between Values and Housing Types, Ezra Rosser
Sabbaticals for Judges: Necessary in the Pursuit of Judicial Excellence, Ira Robbins
Sacred Visions of Law, Robert Tsai
Same-Sex Couples - Comparative Insights on Marriage and Cohabitation, Macarena Sáez
Sanctions for Frivolous Challenges to Arbitration Awards, Susan Franck
Settlement Sentiments, Ira Robbins
Should Prisons Be Privately Run?: No Quick Fixes, Ira Robbins
Situating the Corporation within the Vulnerability Paradigm: What Impact Does Corporate Personhood Have on Vulnerability, Dependency, and Resilience, Heather Kolinsky
Small Sustainability Supply: How Small Business and Lean Manufacturing Can Change Supply Chains, Carlos Lopez
Solicitation to Commit Crimes, Ira Robbins
Solipsism and Criminal Liability, Ira Robbins
Sovereignty as Discourse, Robert Tsai
Speech and Strife, Robert Tsai
Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials, and Problems, N. Jeremi Duru, Matthew Mitten, Timothy Davis, and Rodney Smith
Starting Anew: The ADA's Disability with Respect to Episodic Mental Illness [Symposium], Camille Nelson
State Succession to Debts and Assets: The Modern Law and Policy, Paul Williams and Jennifer Harris
Strengthen Section 702: A Critical Intelligence Tool Vital to the Protection of Our Country, Deborah Samuel Sills
Sunrise at the American Market, Andrew Popper
Taking the wireless route at NSU (Nova Southeastern University Law Library), Billie Jo Kauffman
Tax Benefits of Government-Owned Marijuana Stores, Benjamin Leff
Tax Planning for Marijuana Dealers, Benjamin Leff
Teaching Perspectives on Prisoners' Rights, Ira Robbins
The Aftermath of CARE v. Cow Palace and the Future of RCRA in CAFO Cases, Lauren Tavar
The Ambition and Transformative Potential of Progressive Property, Ezra Rosser
The Battle Over U.S. Water: Why the Clean Water Rule "Flows" Within the Bounds of Supreme Court Precedent, Ashleigh Allione
The Breakthrough: Human Rights in the 1970s (Book Review), Richard Wilson
The Business of Sports Agents, N. Jeremi Duru, Kenneth Shropshire, and Timothy Davis
The Case Against For-Profit Charity, Benjamin Leff
The Changing Needs of the Workplace: Looking to State Statutory Expansions for Guidance on FMLA Reform, Christina Potter-Bayern
The Circular Logic of Actavis, Joshua B. Fischman
The Cry of Wolfish in the Federal Courts: The Future of Federal Judicial Intervention in Prison Administration, Ira Robbins
The Ethics of Melancholy Citizenship, Robert Tsai
The Federal Circuit's Acquiescence (?), Timothy R. Holbrook
The Functions of Justice and Anti-Justice in the Peace-Building Process, Paul Williams and Michael Scharff
The Illusion of Fiscal Illusion in Regulatory Takings, Bethany R. Berger
The Investment-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Peter K. Yu
The Law and Processes of Post-Conviction Remedies: Cases and Materials, Ira Robbins
The Law of the Seas: A Barrier to Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, Alexi Nathan
The Legal Dimensions of Private Incarceration, Ira Robbins
The Liability of International Arbitrators: A Comparative Analysis and Proposal for Qualified Immunity, Susan Franck
The Mental Health of our National Security: Protecting the Minds That Protect the Homeland, Alan Wehbé
The Nature and Enforcement of Investor Rights Under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have a Bright Future?, Susan Franck
The Nature of Representation: The Cherokee Right to a Congressional Delegate, Ezra Rosser
The New FISA Court Amicus Should Be Able to Ignore its Congressionally Imposed Duty, Ben Cook
The Noteworthy Absence of Women Advocates at the United States Supreme Court, Jennifer Crystal Mika
The Ostrich Instruction: Deliberate Ignorance as a Criminal Mens Rea, Ira Robbins
The Paris Agreement and the International Trade Regime: Considerations for Harmonization, Charles E. Di Leva and Xiaoxin Shi
The Patently Unexceptional Venue Statute, Paul R. Gugliuzza and Megan M. La Belle
The Perils and Possibilities of Refugee Federalism, Burch Elias
The Price Is Wrong: Reimbursement of Expenses for Acquitted Criminal Defendants, Ira Robbins
The Radical King: Perspectives of One Born in the Shadow of a King, Camille Nelson
The Role of Justice in the Former Yugoslavia: Antidote or Placebo for Coercive Appeasement?, Paul Williams and Patricia Taft
The Strong Do as They Can: How Employment Group-Action Waivers Alienate Employees, Matthew B. Seipel
The Supreme Court and Inmate-on-Inmate Violence: Commentary on Luttrell v. Nickel, Ira Robbins
The Trade-off Between Self-Determination and the Trust Doctrine: Tribal Government and the Possibility of Failure, Ezra Rosser
The Tragedy of the Commons: Toward a Hybrid Property/Relationship Understanding of Trade Secrets, Jonathan Stroud
The Two-Trillion Dollar Carve-Out: Foreign Manufacturers of Defective Goods and the Death of H.R. 4678 in the 111th Congress, Andrew Popper
The Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act: A Proposal for Reform, Ira Robbins
The War Against Authority: From the Crisis of Legitimacy to a New Social Order, Nicholas Kittrie
The Weaponized Lawsuit Against the Media: Litigation Funding as a New Threat to Journalism, Lili Levi
This Field is Our Field: Foreign Players, Domestic Leagues, and the Unlawful Racial Manipulation of American Sport, N. Jeremi Duru
Three Arguments About War, Robert Tsai
Through the Looking Glass: Understanding Social Science Norms for International Investment Law, Susan Franck, Calvin Garbin, and Jenna Perkins
Towards a Relational Conceptualization of the Right to Personal Autonomy, Yael Braudo-Bahat
TRANSFORMING FAMILY LAW THROUGH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LESSONS FROM (AND TO) THE WEST.pdf, Macarena Sáez
Transforming into an International Lawyer, Susan Franck
Trial Stories, Angela Davis and Michael Tigar
Tribes, Land, and the Environment, Sarah Krakoff and Ezra Rosser
Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Female Correctional Workers’ Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody, Brenda Smith
United States: Developing Tribal Trust Land for Native Americans, Ezra Rosser
Using Data Exclusivity Grants to Incentivize Cumulative Innovation of Biologics' Manufacturing Processes, Eric Lawrence Levi
Using Information to Enhance Your Study Abroad Programs, Laura Fernandez, Rachel Gordon, and Theresa Kaiser-Jarvis
U.S. Judge Charges Bias against Saudi, Ira Robbins
Vilifying the Vigilante: A Narrowed Scope of Citizen's Arrest, Ira Robbins
Water, Water, Nowhere: Adapting Water Rights for a Changing Climate, Caleb Hall
Welcoming Remarks, Robert Kogod Goldman
What Is the Meaning of Like: The First Amendment Implications of Social-Media Expression, Ira Robbins
When Two Wrongs Make a Right: Deferred Action and the Rule of Law - A Response to Hiroshi Motomura, Amanda Frost
Whither (or Wither) Habeas Corpus?: Observations on the Supreme Court's 1985 Term, Ira Robbins
Without Charge: Assessing the Due Process Rights of Unindicted Co-Conspirators, Ira Robbins
Writings on the Wall: The Need for an Authorship-Centric Approach to the Authentication of Social-Networking Evidence, Ira Robbins
You Probably Shouldn’t Build There: Watershed-Based Land Use Strategies for Mitigating Global Climate Change in New Jersey’s Freshwater Systems, Matthew Knoblauch