by rogerlee | Nov 13, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the impending settlement, is reporting that Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are close to a settlement over alleged deceptive practices with respect to several Facebook features, including its privacy settings....
by robinska | Nov 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
Most everyone you know has an account with social media sites such as Facebook. This includes your friends, your employer, the people sitting near you at Starbucks, and, even, your 10-year-old cousin. But unlike the rest, your cousin isn’t supposed to, according to...
by sandc | Nov 3, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Back in August, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) garnered national attention when it shut down cell phone service to limit a political protest over the shooting death of a homeless man by BART police. BART released a statement the following day stating that “a civil...
by anickow | Oct 30, 2011 | Commentary, Technology |
How much do streaming services pay artists? The question has been asked with increasing frequency of online services from Spotify to Rhapsody and even iTunes, yet is often met by disparate – and thus unenlightening – figures, or naïveté. Illustrating...
by anickow | Oct 12, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
My first semester of law school, our torts professor explained to the class that we were training for a career in which we would essentially become nothing more than very expensive transaction costs. I’m pretty sure her intention with this comment was to cut short a...
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...
