by Morgan Restaino | Oct 9, 2017 | Commentary |
On September 7, 2017 Equifax announced a data breach that compromised the personal data of over 143 million Americans. Despite this breach occurring in May, Equifax did not find out about it until July, after which it waited until August to report it to the FBI and...
by Julie Michalski | Sep 29, 2017 | Commentary |
As Hurricane Irma headed toward Florida, thousands of people evacuated. Electric car owners were no exception, and some Tesla owners received an unexpected boon: a software update that unlocked the full range of battery power available on their vehicles, giving owners...
by Christa Nipper | Sep 29, 2017 | Commentary |
Can tokens be securities? The SEC just weighed in. Background: As a decentralized ledger, blockchain enables users to exchange digital assets — called tokens — without a middleman. The earliest tokens functioned as currency. No entity issued this currency;...
by Dillon Lappe | Sep 27, 2017 | Commentary |
Although hate groups have organized online since the beginning of the internet, there has been an increased awareness of their activities since the deadly “Unite the Right” protest earlier this month in Charlottesville, Virginia. One of the most prominent of these...
by Raven Lanier | Jun 4, 2017 | Cases, Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
Internet service providers (ISPs) are traditionally protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) section 230 safe harbor for most copyright infringements committed by a user of their service. There are several stipulations that ISPs have to...
by Catherine Merdinger | Jun 4, 2017 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
In September 2016, the Second Circuit handed down its decision in FTC v. LeadClick Media, LLC, holding the operator of an affiliate-marketing network liable for the fake news published by its affiliates. This case could serve as a tool in combatting fake news stories...