by Benjamin Black | Apr 24, 2019 | Commentary
On August 13, 2018, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) became law, radically expanding the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS is an interagency committee chaired by the Department...
by Emily Huang | Apr 23, 2019 | Commentary
MGM Resorts International stunned and enraged many after it filed a countersuit against the victims of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. MGM’s litigation launched into the public spotlight the theretofore obscure “Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective...
by Solana Gillis | Apr 22, 2019 | Commentary
In February 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) collected the largest civil penalty for a violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) to date. The target: TikTok, a popular video sharing app. Tik Tok paid $5.7 million in a settlement after...
by Ryan Rypka | Apr 18, 2019 | Commentary
[slider]Open source software was born out of the idea that many people working together could produce better software—software that could be used by all who wanted it. For a program to be open source, the source code must be freely available to its users. With ideal...
by Dimitra Rallis | Apr 16, 2019 | Commentary
One of today’s most popular videogames is at the heart of several high-profile copyright battles. Fortnite Battle Royale is a free-to-play shooter game rendered in punchy technicolor graphics. Though the game allows for solo play, Fortnite functions primarily as a...
by Amara Lopez | Apr 15, 2019 | Commentary
It surprises no one to say that the largest companies in today’s economy have a consumer base with little geographic boundaries. Facebook, for example, is used by people in almost every country. Over the past few years, Facebook has been forced to confront the...
