Juyoun Han, Esq.

Technology and Discrimination 

• Section 1557 Rule Mandates Identification And Mitigation Of Discriminatory Clinical Algorithms (Health Affairs, November 2024)
  • Discusses the impact of new federal rules governing the use of clinical algorithms with public health and medical experts.

• How a Race-Based Medical Formula Is Keeping Some Black Men in Prison (New York Times, April 22, 2022)
  • Putative class action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners whose compassionate release decisions hinged on allegedly discriminatory medical algorithms, resulting in nationwide policy changes within 2 months.

• Lawsuit: Student says being marked as black patient makes it harder to get kidney transplant (Buffalo News, November 8, 2021)
  • Putative class action case on behalf of Black and multi-racial patients who faced race-based discrimination in the process of kidney transplant evaluations. Resulted in successful treatment outcomes for patient and policy changes in hospitals while litigation continues.

• Leveraging Affordable Care Act Section 1557 to Address Racism in Clinical Algorithms (Health Affairs, September 2022, Co-author)
  • Juyoun Han co-authors an article discusses federal regulations (Section 1557) that govern clinical algorithms with public health and medical experts.

• Does Artificial Intelligence Impact Hiring People with Disabilities (Ability Magazine, 2019)
  • Article informing that artificial intelligence poses an opportunity for employers to promote efficiency in hiring but raises concern of discrimination by way of disability, gender, or race.

 

Social Media Victims’ Rights

• A teen who was bullied on Snapchat died. His mom is suing to hold social media liable.
  • Case on behalf of Carson Bride and Kristin Bride in a nationwide class action against anonymous app developers who misrepresented their products’ safety policies. The anonymous apps were removed two days, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the misrepresentation claims brought by the teen’s family.

• Apple Sued for Failing to Address Child Sexual Abuse Material in iCloud
  • Case on behalf of Jane Doe, a 9 year-old victim of online Child Sexual Abuse Material, against Apple. Nation-wide putative class action alleging Apple’s “Privacy-Washing” and hypocritical position regarding their commitment to safety and privacy of young users.

• Mom Wants Safer Internet After Son Died in a Viral Choking Challenge (2024)
  • Case on behalf of parents who have lost children due to a trend on TikTok and Youtube instructing and encouraging users to participate in ‘choking’ as a form of entertainment.

• A teen girl sexually exploited on Snapchat takes on American tech (Washington Post, 2022)
  • Nationwide putative class action on behalf of 13 year-old victim of Child Sexual Exploitation in a putative class action against Snapchat, Chitter, and Apple. Quoting Juyoun Han: “We cannot expect the same companies that benefit from children being harmed to go and protect them . . . That’s what the law is for.”

• Hugely Popular NGL App Offers Teenagers Anonymity In Comments About Each Other (Forbes, June 2022)
  • Juyoun Han comments on the features and designs of anonymous apps and governing laws.

 

Protecting Whistleblowers

• Dutch Publisher Sued by Ex Employee Over Greenwashing Concerns (Bloomberg, 2024)
  • Represents a whistleblower and former employee of a mega-publishing company for engaging in greenwashing by making misrepresentations to investors about commitment to environmental protection, and retaliating against its own employees for advocating for sustainable practices.

• Amicus Brief for California Attorney General’s Age Appropriate Design Code
  • Amicus Brief drafted and filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Fairplay and a coalition of whistleblowers, experts, and advocacy organizations defending the Attorney General of California’s Age Appropriate Design Code.

 

Protecting Artwork (Street Art Preservation, Copyright Protection, Digital Art Contracts)

• Artists Have Final Victory in a Case of Destroyed Graffiti (NYTIMES, 2020)
• • Represented the street artists of 5Pointz against New York City developers who painted over the acclaimed murals, cements a ruling that awarded $6.75 million to the artists, in the district court and the court of appeals.

• Artist says NYPD’s graffiti removal flouts First Amendment rights
  • Represented Street Artist Kaves against the NYPD arbitrary graffiti removal campaign. Juyoun Han and Eric Baum of Eisenberg & Baum said in a statement that the NYPD’s campaign “tramples upon street artists’ right to free expression and right to property.”

• What Visual and Street Artists Need to Know about NFT and the Law (Americans for the Arts Blog, June 2022)
  • Article written in a question-and-answer style format on the topic of Non-Fungible Tokens from a legal perspective.

• AI Generated Art – Copyright Critique (Americans for the Arts Blog, December 2020)
  • Article discusses the challenges regarding copyright law and artistic protection in connection with AI created artworks.

• Black Art Matters: Does Federal Law Protect and Preserve Protest Street Art? (Americans for the Arts Blog, December 2020)
  • Article discusses legal protection for artists whose Black Lives Matter movement street murals have been defaced as well as what steps can be taken to prevent such occurrences.

• Control+Art+Delete (Art Asia Forum, 2021)
  • Article discusses the fine line between digital censorship and the control given to tech companies through Section 230, primarily allowing them to create their own content moderation policy.