by bfin | Oct 7, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Borders has gained final court approval for its $13.9 million intellectual property sale to former competitor Barnes & Noble. Borders was once the second-largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble. So after being the...
by salari | Oct 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
In December 2010, the FCC announced its new ‘net neutrality’ rules, in efforts to promote “freedom and openness” of the Internet and to prevent service providers from limiting which Internet sites and services their customers can access and...
by nsehic | Oct 1, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
In a little under two months, the United States Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in United States v. Antoine Jones, regarding the government’s ability to perform warrantless GPS tracking of a criminal suspect’s vehicle. Although the case addresses...
by anickow | Sep 28, 2011 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations
In a 2009 Berkeley Technology Law Journal paper, E-Health Hazards: Provider Liability and Electronic Health Record Systems, Sharona Hoffman and Andy Podgurski argued that potential liability arising from the widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) could end...
by Anne Phillips | Sep 28, 2011 | Cases, Commentary
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the term “marketplace of ideas” in his 1919 Abrams v. United States dissent. He compared freedom of information to the economic idea of the “free market,” in which the quality of a product determines consumer demand,...
by prewittm | Sep 21, 2011 | Commentary
Lionel Messi is perhaps the world’s most celebrated soccer player. Despite standing only 5’6”, the Argentinian striker is strong, fast, and impossibly skilled. However, as a child, doctors predicted he wouldn’t grow any taller than 4’7”. Diagnosed at age 11 with a...
