Insights & Musings

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties or his possessions. ”― James Madison “Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams In her thought-leadership, Allyson Cavaretta has consistently helped influence the intersection of business, law, politics, and […]

A century ago, the world experienced economic and social collapse from failing to respond to the pressures that innovation wrought upon trade.[1] A mere 13 years ago, the world skirted disaster during the Great Recession.[2] A scant two years ago, COVID devastated the global economy and more.[3] And now, war has erupted in Europe.[4] Each […]

As nations address the problems surrounding individual security, there are four legal areas where new metrics could emerge to provide equitable access and appropriate treatment of individuals under a vertical regulatory framework. These are telecommunications, labor, antitrust, and national security. Telecommunication regulation is critical to the first prong of an Equitable Network Standard because it […]

The creation of an Equitable Network Standard faces many challenges, including discerning social cohesion post COVID, regulation resistance, defining a successful distributive principle, and developing appropriate metrics. The disruption of COVID across communities means that a rebuilding of social cohesion will need to occur. To provide an oversimplified yet concrete example, let us consider the […]

Principles for Defining Access to and Behavior Within the Global Network The modern global network relies on information and communication technology to traverse national borders and create global economic benefits. At the international level, nations must ensure that equitable access to this technology occurs for individuals. Access provides reassurance that an individual may participate in […]

The modern realignment of legal norms by nations to address the trade in identity is driven in part by a desire to retain sovereignty.[1] The explosion in information and communication technology threatens sovereignty because the resulting trade in identity has exposed a failure in the social contract to adequately protect individual security from intrusive market […]

The examples provided from the Gilded Age caution that a similar inflection point is lurking today as vertical regulatory frameworks experience inequitable adjustments to information and communication technology. Modern innovations in telecommunications parallel the dramatic changes to individual security experienced between 1880-1918.[1] Globally, instant internet access, increasingly delivered wirelessly, connects billions with big data, artificial […]

As a means of recap, innovation often leads to political upheaval when nations neglect to adjust their vertical regulatory frameworks. The failure to revise legal norms creates a dissonance between the law and individual security. Multiple concerning conditions can surface to indicate strain on a nation’s social contract.[1] Individuals often seek outlets to express their […]

Concept of Buon Governo and a Social Contract Individual security is central to the relationship between a nation and a citizen. The Italians called this relationship ‘Buon Governo’ and the concept holds governments accountable to act reasonably when enacting legal norms around its citizens.[1] The importance of this reasonable conduct to the political, and in […]

This insight explores the effects of information and communication innovations upon individual security, defined as the individual privacy to confidently form one’s identity, and in turn how nations may consider addressing those effects to deliver global justice. The terms discussed are broad and often polymorphic. As such, clarification on their meaning in the context of […]

At the conclusion of World War II, the Bretton Woods Framework created international institutions to preserve economic stability and political stability for peace.[1] Designed at a critical point in history, this Framework was organized around the core principles that international economic cooperation built around more goods produced, more jobs, and more trade would lead to […]