In this episode of Show Cause, we welcome Shannon Minter, the Vice President and Legal Director of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, to discuss his involvement in an event at Memphis Law examining an upcoming Supreme Court case regarding trans athletes and school sports teams and also talk with him about the history of the LGBTQ rights movement, it's history, it's future, and his role in all of it over the years.

This episode of Show Cause features Memphis Law 2L, Jeff Engle. Jeff is the current Director of Technology & Resources for the AI & The Law Society and joins the show to share some information about the new student organization he's a part of, as well as the reasons why this is such an opportune time for AI & The Law Society to launch at the law school.

Additionally, drawing upon his background as a seasoned technology executive, entrepreneur, and U.S. special operations veteran with deep expertise in cybersecurity, Jeff goes into detail about what misconceptions surround AI, it's potential uses for law students, faculty, and practicing attorneys, and the ways AI is already working behind the scenes throughout much of our daily lives.

For years, the U.S. government has tried to police antitrust and monopoly issues in the technology industry with varying degrees of success.

Several recent rulings have pushed the topic back into the spotlight, with a landmark ruling in a case against Google garnering headlines across the country, though many experts say Google is still winning in the long-term game of monopoly. Additionally, Epic Games (maker of the popular Fortnite game) took on Apple in a long-running antitrust case, with the decision and remedies potentially changing how online commerce and transactions are carried out across the board.

Antitrust expert University of Memphis School of Law Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence, Professor John Newman, joins the podcast to go in-depth about these cases and more. He goes into the cultural relevance of these antitrust cases, what they mean to us as consumers, and how they could potentially change the way Big Tech operates in our daily lives.