Memo to President Obama: You Have Another Memo to Withdraw
The election of Donald Trump has triggered an anxious conversation about how President Obama can entrench some of his accomplishments before January 21, 2017.…
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Apple hints that self-driving car rumors may be true in recent letter to NHTSA
"Should it begin experimenting with driverless technology, Apple would join companies including Google, Tesla, Uber, and Intel in the autonomous vehicle ma…
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State Justices Suppress Smartphone Evidence in Child Porn Case
"Catherine Crump, acting director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at University of California, Berkeley and co-counsel for Maca…
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David Levine joins editorial board of Secrecy and Society
"Associate Professor David S. Levine is one of 18 leading scholars from around the world - and the only law professor - serving on the founding editorial b…
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How Otto defied Nevada and scored a $680 million payout from Uber
"Otto’s argument might not hold up if challenged, says Ryan Calo, a law professor who teaches a class on robotics law and policy at the University of Washi…
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What will the Data Breach Landscape Look Like in 2017?
"Omer Tene, Vice President of Research and Education for International Association of Privacy Professionals, added “Clearly, the biggest challenge for busi…
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Lawyers: New court software is so awful it’s getting people wrongly arrested
"Elizabeth Joh, a criminal law professor at the University of California, Davis, told Ars that this situation was alarming. “Errors do occur in the crimina…
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How Algorithms Can Bring Down Minorities' Credit Scores
"Preventing algorithmic discrimination is a challenge. It’s not easy to hold companies to the laws that would protect consumers from unfair credit practice…
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Symposium Print Preview: Reflection on iGovernance and Professor Scott Shackelford’s Presentation
"“Our decision to conclude the litigation was based solely on the fact that, with the recent assistance of a third party, we are now able to unlock that iP…
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My Dissent from Professor Kerr's Opinion on the Consequences of the Microsoft Ireland Case
In his November 29, 2016, Volokh Conspiracy post, Professor Orin Kerr raised some important points about the unintended or unanticipated consequences of the so-…
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Gap Between Wiretaps Reported By US Courts And Recipient Service Providers Continues To Grow
"Albert Gidari of Just Security/Center for Internet and Society has been looking into the US Courts' wiretap reports for 2014 and 2015. The problem wit…
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Are Blockchain Patents a Bad Idea?
"Daniel Nazer, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told Fortune that applications to patent the blockchain — which is a form of software — fa…