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Google can face wiretap claims in Street View suits, court says
""The court makes a number of intuitive holdings, which might seem simple, but the complicated language and structure of the Wiretap Act can make comm…
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How designer Margaret Hagan drew her way through law school
"When Margaret Hagan wanted to understand complex subjects at Stanford Law School, she would sketch talking heads with their words inside bubbles or jot do…
Good Info Design Helps Clients Get Justice
The problem? Not enough access to justice for those in need of legal services.A solution: Legal information design that puts the client first. For CIS Student F…
Framing Big Data and Privacy
Video of the first session from the Big Data & Privacy: Making Ends Meet conference held on September 10, 2013. The event was co-hosted by the Future of Pri…
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Drone Skies: The Unmanned Aircraft Revolution Is Coming Read more: Drone Skies: The Unmanned Aircraft Revolution Is Coming
""Drones drive down the cost of surveillance considerably," Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law, test…
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Killer Robots: Warfare's Friend or Foe?
Peter Asaro, the director of graduate programs at The New School for Public Engagement’s School of Media Studies, is a killer robot expert, and an active member…
Better Engineering, and Better Laws
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. It’s a noisy, nosy world. For example, our cellphones are nonstop tracking devices that occasionally make ca…
Sales Pitches From Your Refrigerator
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. Everyday devices are getting smarter, more connected. Soon your refrigerator will tell you when it’s time to…
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Alalalai! . . . Rojadirecta is Up for Battle Again in Italy
The ongoing claims against the Rojadirecta website for linking to streams of sporting events are novel and quite important in defining the rights and responsibi…
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Welcome Giancarlo Frosio!
We here at CIS are delighted to welcome Giancarlo Frosio to our team. Giancarlo is our new Intermediary Liability Fellow, studying the ways that liabilities, i…
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Penal code: The coming world of trial by algorithm
""An officer can devote more resources to investigating the theft of a vital piece of medical equipment than the theft of an iPod," says Woodrow…
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Recurring Myths About the Legal Obligations of Online Platforms
Cross-posted from Ammori.org In recent months, some copyright holders, pharmaceutical companies, and state attorneys general have made allegations against Inte…