by Julia Deng | Mar 31, 2020 | Commentary |
Facial recognition technology continues to experience an onslaught of complications and backlash. In February, Clearview AI, Inc., a facial recognition software company, experienced a data breach. The stolen data included its entire customer list, the number of...
by Natalie Vicchio | Mar 30, 2020 | Commentary |
Social media influencers need to stay abreast of intellectual property laws so their content does not violate them. This post explores the relevant U.S. legal issues implicated by every video or post creation. Trademarks A trademark is “a word, phrase,...
by Charles Crane | Mar 23, 2020 | Commentary |
A Look at the California Consumer Privacy Act Are you a resident of California? Or are you a business owner whose business reaches consumers in California? If your answer to either of these questions is “yes,” then you should familiarize yourself with the...
by Ian Sterlin | Mar 19, 2020 | Commentary |
On September 10, 2018, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (“Federal Circuit”) affirmed the ruling of the United States Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“the Board”) in Regents of the University of California v. Broad Institute, finding that there was no...
by Katherine Klein | Mar 16, 2020 | Commentary |
The number of people shot and killed by police officers in the past several years is disturbingly consistent: 987 in 2017, 992 in 2018, 1004 in 2019. People of color and those with mental illnesses are disproportionately the victims. Body cameras worn by law...
by Carlino Mark Natividad | Mar 13, 2020 | Commentary |
After serving seven years in prison, Lydell Grant was released on bond in November 2019 as a result of exonerating DNA evidence. Grant was convicted of murder in 2012 primarily based on eyewitness testimony, despite the fact that Houston police could not conclude the...
