Picture this: You take your seat in your first-year Contracts course. The topic of the day is the Statute of Frauds. After outlining a hypothetical and quickly scanning the seating chart, your professor puts you on the spot: “Under these facts, would the Statute of Frauds preclude enforcement of the parties’ agreement?” Under cold call …

SOPA, PIPA, CISPA, and now CISA, there has been no shortage of battles between those seeking to preserve the privacy historically associated with the internet and those worried about potential abuses of such anonymity. Members of the second group typically are concerned either with IP pirates’ use of the internet to more easily violate the …

On June 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court took an action that has the potential to sabotage software innovation, put an end to open source software, and further confuse the already muddled state of copyright law regarding APIs. The following statement by technology expert Brian Proffitt regarding the significance of APIs serves to underscore the …

In May a U.S. International Trade Commission judge granted an order to disqualify Dentons U.S. LLP from representing the Ohio-based company RevoLaze against Gap in a patent suit. The case at issue began last August when Dentons partner Mark Hogge for RevoLaze filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) accusing The Gap, …

At Apple’s annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) last month, the company announced their latest mobile operating system for phones and tablets, iOS 9. As is typical with Apple, this event included much fanfare and hyperbole. In addition to the announcements about all the software you didn’t know you needed, Apple quietly ratcheted up security …

On June 22, Jurors awarded $2.25 million in damages for plaintiffs Jack Lowe and Dennis Reynolds, whose DNA was unlawfully obtained by their employer, Defendant Atlas Logistics Retail Services (Atlanta), LLC. An Atlanta Judge had already ruled in the case of first impression that Atlas was violating the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”), 42 U.S.C. …

Tech law is not always about macro-level global headlines like drones, autonomous vehicles, or Edward Snowden. No, sometimes it’s just about a guy trying to enjoy dinner at Chili’s. Those who work in the food industry have been known to get back at rude or annoying customers from time to time by doing inappropriate things …

In April, in response to the cyberattacks on Sony Pictures last November, President Obama announced an executive action that allows the Treasury Department to impose punitive financial sanctions on hackers that threaten national security. In light of the recent cyberattacks on the computer system at the Office of Personnel Management, during which hackers gained access …

This month marks a milestone for the world of autonomous vehicles. Virginia announced June 1 that the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, in partnership with the Virginia DOT and several other entities, has established the “Virginia Automated Corridors.” The corridors comprise over seventy miles of roads in Northern Virginia, including several interstates and state roads. According …

A recent trend in law firm server hacking is something called Ransomware. Ransomware “is a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their system. Once infected the malware will lock the user out of their data, or hide the data until the user pays a ransom to get access back. Some of …