by Margaret Mantel | Nov 22, 2019 | Commentary |
Increased development of virtual reality (“VR”) technology brings a host of legal questions surrounding both the intellectual property (“IP”) of the actual technology as well as unlawful activity within the VR space itself. For example, VR creators could face lawsuits...
by Jennifer Huseby | Nov 20, 2019 | Commentary |
Massachusetts is a hot battleground for Right to Repair movements – first for cars, and now for smartphones. Right to Repair legislation advocates for consumers to be allowed the access, information and materials that they and third party repair shops require in order...
by Kelsey McQuilkin | Nov 14, 2019 | Commentary |
Should a probationer be forced to submit to warrantless searches of their electronic devices at any time, including being forced to provide all electronic passwords to a probation officer to allow remote and continuous monitoring? In its recent decision in In re...
by Daniela Sanchez | Nov 8, 2019 | Commentary |
What do WeWork, Lyft, and Smile Direct Club have in common? They are “tech companies,” their IPOs underperformed or didn’t happen at all, and they all hired JP Morgan as their underwriter. What is an Underwriter? When a company is planning to go public, they...
by Laura Kirtley | Nov 6, 2019 | Commentary |
From the transferability of social media or email accounts to maintaining online accounts linked to a client’s virtual assets, estate planning issues regarding digital assets have existed for some time. But, now that blockchain based assets such as cryptocurrencies...
by Brenna Gibbs | Oct 30, 2019 | Commentary |
While video manipulation has been around since before Tom Hanks was shown meeting with President John F. Kennedy 31 years after his assassination in Forrest Gump, there has been a recent proliferation of a more sinister use of editing technology. The term “deepfake”...
