That's a great question where there's not an easy answer, to be honest. Choice of law (the question of which state's law apply) is a complex field with each state having its own rules as to how it decides. It's also a separate question from where you can sue for a particular thing. So it's difficult analyze either question in the abstract.

Thank you, this is helpful feedback and I agree, we could do a better job of framing this distinction as a useful overall heuristic!

FYI, Thomas (aka tptacek) would be an excellent resource in your area, in case you don't already know that. (He consistently tops the leader board of HN karma points.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders

I think they're pretty well sourced already! :)

Author (Kendra Albert) here! We did indeed use LaTeX (more specifically Overleaf) to format the document.

Maybe I'm being extraordinarily dense, but why is that noteworthy here?

Most lawyers can barely manage Microsoft Word print to PDF.

> Maybe I'm being extraordinarily dense, but why is that noteworthy here?

GGP here: I said it was trivia; please see the edit above.

The scent of authentic technical chops?

Just to let you know, the citation at the end of 26 falls over and causes the entirety of page 27 to be a link to it.

(It took me a while to understand what was being said here: in case it helps anyone else, there is a line break inside of a hyperlink inside of a footnote that is spreading the hyperlink across an entire page of PDF content somehow, so very little is visually wrong--it isn't that page 27 is showing nothing but a link, which is how I initially interpreted this issue report--but the behavior is very wrong: all of the text on page 27 acts as the link.)

Thank you! We'll fix that.

Is there a chance you'd be willing to release the template eventually?

The DMCA isn't relevant if you host your own website - they could sue you for copyright infringement, but that seems unlikely. Of course, IANAL.

As a commenter below said, you would be the one taking the risk, but it would add a huge amount to the credibility of your claim if you posted the legal notices.