Tuesday, September 17, 2013, by Stella Kreilkamp In late August, New Jersey governor Chris Christie signed a social media privacy law, which goes into effect December 1, 2013. New Jersey is the twelfth state to do so, along with Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and Washington. Social media privacy …
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, by Matthew Henry Article One, Section 8 of the United States Constitution states that Congress has the power “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.” The number of patents awarded in …
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, by Ikee Gardner The U.S. Secret Service – responsible for protecting the safety of the President, Vice President, their families, and various other distinguished visitors to the United States – is usually the subject of news stories concerning its noteworthy investigative operations. Offering thorough security and protection to prominent politicians and …
Thursday, September 12, 2013, by David Fitzgerald US District Judge Richard Seeborg approved a settlement last week between Facebook and 614,000 members of a class action suit originally filed in 2011. The crux of the lawsuit stemmed from Facebook’s alleged misuse of its users’ personal information—including “names, photographs, likenesses, and identities”— without consent in generating …
Thursday, September 12, 2013, by Rory Fleming For many, the Internet represents the best aspects of a free world: it is egalitarian (in theory), most anyone can have their say (not all of it is nice), and a user is all ready to go once service is turned on. Users expect nowadays to pay a …
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, by Natalie Deyenka This past April 2013, things were looking pretty good for Aereo, a company that offers streaming from major broadcast channels on a number of compatible devices such as iPhones, iPads, or televisions using a system of individual antennas. Not too thrilled at the prospect of having their content …
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, by Kyle Evans Governor Brown’s signature is all that’s needed to make an alternative license plate pilot program a reality in California. The pilot program would implement digital license plates on a limited basis to evaluate whether the state will adopt the electronic plates on a large scale. The program would …
Tuesday, September 10, 2013, by Keta Desai To add to several other previous lawsuits for e-mail-related privacy violations, technology giant Google has now been sued in a class-action suit alleging that the company is violating the Federal Wiretap Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act. The lawsuit contends that through its practice of automated …
Thursday, September 5, 2013, by Amanda Colley There have been numerous lawsuits regarding video games that address various legal issues, such as lawsuits regarding employment conditions, blame in criminal cases, and athlete likeness compensation. A recurring issue in video game law, however, is copyright infringement. Video game history is littered with stories of video game …
Thursday, September 5, 2013, by Brittany Croom As transparency initiatives continue to infiltrate the nation following recent revelations of surveillance by US intelligence, some tech companies are already taking a stand. Only a few days after social media giant, Facebook, revealed the US government has already made information requests for 20,000 users under the Foreign …