Since the appointment of former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), internet service providers (ISPs) have received a steady stream of good news from Washington.…
Is Fake News a Free Market Problem?
Since the 2016 presidential election, the term “fake news” has resurfaced in the vocabulary describing our current media landscape. False stories about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spread across social…
Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Replacing Lawyers but It Can Make Them More Efficient
Continuous developments in machine learning technology carry implications for the way firms of all sizes will manage workloads and business development. Although it has not been as widely accepted in…
Lawyers Sue Company for Buying Their Names as Keywords in Adwords: Is That Really Trademark Infringement?
On March 23, 2017, two competing personal injury lawyers Scott W. Schiff and Kevin F. Kurgis joined forces to sue a marketing company that was buying their names as keywords…
Half of Americans’ Faces Are in FBI’s Facial Recognition Program
On March 22, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to review the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s use of facial recognition technology and other programs. Facial…
Customs Agents are Downloading U.S. Citizens’ Data and It’s Legal
A Democratic Senator is pushing for a privacy focused overhaul regarding device searches at the border. The suspicious scientist Sidd Bikkannavar, a U.S. born citizen and employee at NASA’s Jet…