Throughout the last year, JOLT has covered crowdfunding in various iterations several times. From funding plaintiff’s cases to the Ant Simulator disaster story, the new form of capital-generation has continued to push new legal boundaries. As a brief re-cap, crowdfunding to date has been characterized by websites such as Kickstarter.com, allowing entrepreneurs to solicit donations …
In recent years, car manufacturers have made news with their advancements in driverless cars. In October 2015, Tesla transformed the Model S into a nearly driverless car with a new software update. Audi and Toyota have joined the bandwagon, announcing plans to launch driverless cars in the next five years and Ford is currently testing …
On December 2, 2015 Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik carried out a deadly mass shooting at Farook’s workplace in San Bernardino, California. The attack, which was likely inspired by extreme anti-western views, has been labeled the “worst terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11.” Farook and Malik were killed the same day …
“‘Welcome to today’s game between the Baltimore Blackskins and the San Francisco Yellowmen. . . . [T]he Yellowmen . . . [are] led by their famous cheerleaders, the Geisha Girls. . . .’ Ask yourself these questions: If your skin color, race or religion were parodied in nicknames or mascots or team logos, wouldn’t you …
In the 21st century, any Internet user is able to obtain personal information such as phone number, email, address, birthday, and even the income of just about any one else. Some people post this information voluntarily about themselves on social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, while other websites were created for the sole …
If the court order compelling Apple to assist with overriding iPhone security measures should be appealed, or if effort by Apple should fail for whatever reason, could Apple protect their software rights from infringement by the government through intellectual property law? On the 16th of February 2016 Federal Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym presiding over United …
Its operation is like Snapchat but more visible and completely unfiltered. “By cloning Snapchat’s visual layout and campus chatter app Yik Yak’s open browsing structure—you don’t have to discover and add specific accounts, just peruse a list of schools and check in wherever you like—Yeti is the no-holds-barred hybrid app of an 18-year-old binge drinker’s …
New York City’s state-of-the-art, Domain Awareness System was developed as a partnership between the NYPD and Microsoft. The first partnership of its kind in the United States, DAS has evoked comparisons of New York City to ‘the steel ring’ of London. Still others are convinced carte blanche surveillance has arrived in the U.S. for good. …
In August of 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its first 3D-printed pharmaceutical drug. It’s not surprising that almost immediately, attorneys began to warn of two potential legal issues; one concerning product liability, and the other dealing with intellectual property. Aprecia, the company that “prints” the drug known as Spritam, uses a 3D …
In 1998, Representative Christopher Cox and Senator Ron Wyden authored the Internet Tax Freedom Act (“the Act”). The purpose of the Act was to promote the commercial, educational, and informational potential of the Internet, without burdening its usage with customary taxes. The Act bars federal, state, and local governments from taxing Internet access and from …