by Lauren Babst | Feb 19, 2015 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Last month, the Supreme Court invited input from the Department of Justice regarding the ongoing Java dispute between Google and Oracle, asking for advice on whether the Court should hear the case. According to the Court’s memo, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli,...
by Adam Stefanick | Feb 18, 2015 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
On June 10, 2014, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler published an op-ed championing municipality-funded broadband. Noting Chattanooga, Tennessee’s past as a 19th century railroad boom town, he juxtaposed the city’s history with its recent decision to fund its own...
by Lauren Babst | Jan 22, 2015 | Legal/Tech News, Technology |
This past May, the Court of Justice of the European Union approved “the right to be forgotten” in a case brought by Mario Costeja against a newspaper and Google, a move which fundamentally changed our notions of Internet privacy. More than a decade earlier, Costeja...
by sedand | Jan 15, 2015 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
After JP Morgan’s computers were penetrated in the early summer of 2014 by hackers, exposing the personal information of the firm’s customers, the firm did not disclose the breach until late in the summer.[1] Over 76 million customers’ contact information—phone...
by Eric Scharphorn | Jan 8, 2015 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
In the midst of the battle for the future of the Internet, President Barack Obama has made his allegiance clear. Obama released a statement on November 10th urging the FCC to adopt new regulations that would treat the Internet like a utility in order to preserve a...
by Charles Lu | Nov 25, 2014 | Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
Ello, an ad-free social network, recently closed another round of venture funding, raising $5.5M. Exciting right? Another social media start-up getting some Series A funding. While $5.5M is surely nothing to sneeze at, perhaps the more interesting feature of this next...