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Where Men and Dads Fit in the Work-Family Balance Equation
At an event at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday, the White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest, discussed his own challenges as a new dad. He noted…
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Spanish Court Criminalizes Linking to Copyright Infringing Materials and Reverses Consolidated Case Law
As we reported a few days ago, the recent Spanish copyright reform granted enhanced powers to the Spanish Copyright Commission to target websites providing link…
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AGCOM Regulation Challenged before the Italian Constitutional Court: an Update
As we reported here, the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio (TAR Lazio) referred the question of constitutionality of the AGCOM Regulation regarding Onli…
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What to look for in this week's network neutrality announcement
This week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will circulate a draft of the Open Internet rules to his fellow Commissioners. According to news reports, the Chairman will…
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When Algorithmic Surveillance Becomes Structural Surveillance
A recent Wall Street Journal article revealed an ongoing DEA program designed to use automated license plate readers to build a real-time database of vehicle mo…
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36 Leading Scholars to Federal Officials: Only the FCC Can Protect the Open Internet
Today, 36 leading scholars published a letter stating that the only way to protect network neutrality is for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adop…
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Global Magnitsky Act Re-Introduced
Senators Bill Cardin (D-Md) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) have re-introduced the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (S. 284) aimed at expanding the U.…
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Seven Reasons the New GOP Bill Will Not Give Us Net Neutrality
This blog post was co-authored by Barbara van Schewick and Morgan Weiland. Valarie Kaur contributed to this post. After a year of debates on network neutrality…
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Intermediary Liability Updates from Turkey: Forcing Online Intermediaries to Create a Website Blocking-Friendly Infrastructure
Turkish governmental control of web traffic is on the rise. Recently, the Information Technology and Communications Authority (the "ITC Authority") up…
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Seminar on the Law of the Newly Possible
One of my courses this semester is Technology Law: Law of the Newly Possible. This seminar, at the University of South Carolina School of Law, examines how law…
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Spanish Copyright Reform Enters into Force: Special Focus on Online Intermediaries
At the beginning of January, most of the controversial reform of the Spanish Copyright Act entered into force. As it has been widely publicised, the reform has…
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Italian Court Decides an Important Case on Liability of Video-sharing Platforms
A few days ago, an important Italian judicial precedent on hosting providers’ liability has been overturned by the Milan Court of Appeal. The appellate court re…