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After 9/11: Are we safer at home from terrorism?
""It looks very different than it did in 2001. There are fewer big threats and more small threats," said Brian Nussbaum, an assistant professor i…
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Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review
On August 30, 2016, the Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 9,430,468, titled; “Online peer review and method.” The owner of this patent is none other than Els…
Amicus Curiae Brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy and Technology, Daphne Keller, Eric Goldman and Eugene Volokh in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Included in this PDF are: 1. Notice of Motion and Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief 2. Amicus Curiae Brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cent…
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Driverless car bills speed through Michigan Senate
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who studies self-driving car regulation, called the bills “a mixed bag.” “Critic…
When Toasters Attack: 5 Steps to Improve the Security of Things
There is a great deal of buzz surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), which is the notion, simply put, that nearly everything not currently connected to the I…
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The Lawyer Protecting Your First Amendment Rights
"When a federal civil rights case accusing a Yale professor of sexual misconduct landed on BuzzFeed reporter Katie Baker’s desk, the words that had dominat…
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Microsoft’s Top Lawyer Becomes a Civil Rights Crusader
"Challenging the government over the scope of search warrants may seem like administrative arcana next to causes that get crowds of protesters onto the str…
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Michigan moves forward with autonomous vehicle testing
"But Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who has studied the legal impact of self-driving cars, said that so…
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When your driverless car crashes, who will be responsible? The answer remains unclear
""Liability is a poorly understood word," said Bryant Walker Smith, one of the leading experts in the legal aspects of autonomous driving. "…
Does the Int’l Criminal Court Have Jurisdiction Over U.S. Forces in Libya?
Recent US airstrikes against ISIL targets in Libya raise an intriguing question: does the International Criminal Court (ICC) have jurisdiction to investigate an…
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Michigan's Automated Driving Bills
Michigan's Senate will soon consider, and I'm told will likely pass, several bills related to automated driving. SB 995, 996, 997, and 998 are now out o…
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Multinational Companies Remain Wary of U.S.-EU Data-Transfer Pact
"Legal experts offered several reasons why companies aren’t embracing Privacy Shield, including the possibility that it, too, will be invalidated. “There i…