Press
•
This Week President Biden’s Executive Order on Big Tech
To understand more about what the executive order means for Big Tech and how the FTC is likely to act on it, I spoke this week with Woodrow Hartzog, a professor…
Recent posts
Press
•
Insurers ask: Who pays when self-driving vehicles crash?
Thomas B. Considine, CEO of the National Council of Insurance Legislators, said there aren’t yet special legal or regulatory requirements related to personal in…
Press
•
Robot-only roads face costs and limited benefits
Given that it will take years, or perhaps decades, before AVs are in the majority on roads, a self-driving vehicle mandate may be a long and gradual process bef…
Press
•
Traffic cones confused a Waymo self-driving car. Then things got worse
Bryant Walker Smith, who studies autonomous vehicles at the University of South Carolina, said he was surprised a command was never issued to halt the Waymo veh…
Press
•
DMV probing whether Tesla violates state regulations with self-driving claims
While a driver is legally responsible for such misbehavior, the fine print in Tesla advertising provides a weak defense against deceptive marketing allegations,…
Blog
•
I Have a Lot to Say About Signal’s Cellebrite Hack
This blog post is based off of a talk I gave on May 12, 2021 at the Stanford Computer Science Department’s weekly lunch talk series on computer security topics.…
Brief of Amici Curiae Internet Law Professors in Support of Appellee
ACA Connects, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rob Bonta, Defendant-AppelleePlaintiffs argue SB-822 is preempted because Congress occupied the entire field of…
Press
•
Broadband Industry Sues New York State For Promising $15 Broadband
The industry used similar arguments in its attempts to prevent states like California from passing net neutrality rules. But so far, the courts haven’t looked k…
Press
•
Elon Musk makes a big promise to Texas, but critics worry he may fall short
And the "sheer size of the state" is another important factor, said Bryant Walker Smith, associate professor in the School of Law and the School of En…
Press
•
Insight: Tesla Drives on Autopilot Through Regulatory Limbo
NTSB also says NHTSA does not have any method to verify whether carmakers have adopted system safeguards. For example, there are no federal regulations requirin…
Press
•
INSIGHT-Tesla drives on Autopilot through a regulatory grey zone
"NHTSA is drafting rules on autonomous vehicles, but it has been slow to regulate semi-autonomous vehicles," said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor…
Blog
•
AI Creations: Legally Protected?
Imagine you just purchased a painting from Sotheby’s called Portrait of Edmond Belamy (“Portrait”) for $432,500. Portrait was AI-generated. Your neighbor Jim ta…