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On March 23, 2018, the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, or CLOUD Act, was signed into law. The CLOUD Act was tacked onto the omnibus spending bill and was passed without any public hearings or input as to its impact. The Act eases foreign law enforcement’s access to electronic information in cloud storage. […]

On March 26, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) confirmed that it is investigating Facebook relating to the recent controversy surrounding the collection and sale of user data. Cambridge Analytica suspiciously obtained the data of 87 million Facebook users, which has been used for targeted political advertising. There is conflicting information about what, if any, […]

Humans die at the hands of other humans every day. Often, people don’t seem to notice unless they are affected personally. However, a recent death involving a driverless vehicle and an Arizona pedestrian is causing serious turmoil across the country. But why? Is it worse when computer error causes death than when human error does? […]

Google, in a somewhat uncharacteristic move, has tenuously taken the first step in equipping the Department of Defense (DoD) with artificial intelligence (AI) technology for use in intelligence gathering. The U.S. government, already a substantial cloud user, is looking to the corporate technology sector for new systems and leaders in AI to partner with in […]

On March 16, 2018, a federal judge granted HTC’s motion to dismiss with leave to amend in Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. v. HTC America, Inc. et al.  In this case, Electronic Scripting Products, Inc. (ESPI) sued both HTC America, Inc. (HTC), a designer and manufacturer of mobile devices, and Valve Corporation (Valve), an American video […]

On March 12, President Trump issued an order prohibiting the $117 billion hostile takeover of Qualcomm by Singapore-based Broadcom Limited, following the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). If the merger is eventually allowed to move forward, it will likely be the largest tech merger of all time. In […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization responsible for maintaining the WHOIS protocol. The WHOIS protocol is a tool for retrieving information about the registrant of an internet domain name—including information such as the registrant’s name, phone number, address, email, and technical and administrative contacts—by querying databases controlled by […]

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to impact nearly every industry, much attention is given to its ability to recognize patterns in information—e.g., face recognition, document review, and fraud detection—as well as make decisions. Recently, however, another capability of AI has attracted attention: its ability to create new content. This ability exists in a type of […]

On Friday, February 23, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruled against the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s motion to terminate a patent challenge on the basis of sovereign immunity. The unique circumstances that led to a Native American tribe holding the patents of the blockbuster drug Restasis were the subject of much controversy […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the workplace across all sectors, and the legal profession is no exception. The kneejerk reaction to AI’s infiltration has largely been fear that human professionals will soon be obsolete, and their positions will be filled by synthetic employees that can work around the clock, do not require livable salaries, […]