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 mmconrad | Apr 26, 2012 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News
The advent of the internet has accelerated the evolution of business models by creating the possibility for countless novel companies with low start-up costs. One need only look at the fate of newspapers across the country and the pains of the music industry to...
by jmacpher | Mar 21, 2012 | Commentary, Quick Links
Last year, two teams of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) succeeded in genetically modifying the H5N1 avian flu virus. The modified virus is capable of respiratory transmission between ferrets, suggesting that it would also be...
by nsehic | Jan 25, 2012 | Commentary, Technology
This past Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard lively oral arguments in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (No. 10-1293) addressing the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority to regulate “indecency” on broadcast television. ...
by alyssaca | Nov 7, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News
On Monday, October 31, 2011, the Supreme Court denied the first of three petitions this Term – Doninger v. Niehoff, et al (11-113) – requesting the court to rule on the whether public school officials may discipline students for online comments or postings made on...
