Since the enactment of the first safe harbours and liability exemptions for online intermediaries, market conditions have radically changed. Originally, interme…
"“If there is no driver, there is no need for a driving license, just as the passenger in a taxi needs no license to get a ride,” Bryant Walker Smith, assi…
"As the ACLU argues in a letter, the existing law essentially violates the fourth amendment, protecting citizens against unreasonable search and seizure. R…
"Richard Salgado, director of law enforcement and information security at Google (GOOG, +0.47%), said in a statement the measure would "fix a constitu…
""These tech companies are determined to make self-driving cars seem boring by comparison!" said Bryant Walker Smith, associate professor at the…
"“The tech industry has been increasingly active in recent years in cases that involve the civil rights of their customers or, like in this case, their emp…
For more than forty years, electronic surveillance law in the United States has drawn a strong distinction between the protections afforded to communications &q…
As "leader of the free world," every post-World War II US President has expressed some form of public support for refugees through speeches and White…
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, pointed out that the police chief has the authority to bar an officer from viewing a recording, particularly if it inclu…
"But standing up to a president also carries risks, especially for publicly traded companies, which face a legal obligation to put profit ahead of protest.…
"The upcoming letter will be another show of unity for the industry, said Andrew Bridges, a lawyer at Fenwick & West who is not involved in the draftin…
"“Waymo’s report would seem to suggest substantial improvement,” says Bryant Walker-Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina. “But I’d want t…