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In March, the Virginia State Legislature approved a bill permitting the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by local and college campus police departments. If passed, the bill will repeal a temporary ban on such use instituted in 2021. Although data shows that the public is becoming more accepting of the use of FRT by […]

The first panel of The Georgetown Law Technology Review’s 2022 symposium, “The Impact of Public-Private Data Sharing on Law Enforcement,” addressed an increasingly relevant question in today’s information economy: what should be done about U.S. law enforcement agencies that skirt government surveillance rules by accessing personal data through third-party brokers? Professor Sarah Lamdan from the […]

“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” artist Neil Young stated in a letter he posted on his website and later deleted. Young asked Spotify to remove his music in protest of the website streaming Joe Rogan’s podcast. Spotify removed Young’s music on January 26 and released a statement saying, “We want all the […]

Last August, Miami became the first city to mint its own cryptocurrency—MiamiCoin—which Mayor Francis Suarez says may one day take the place of taxes.  So far, MiamiCoin has made the city nearly $20 million, leading New York City, Philadelphia and Austin to quickly follow suit. Like BitCoin and other cryptocurrencies, MiamiCoin operates through blockchain technology.  […]

A new procedural tool at the International Trade Commission could be a gamechanger for respondents arguing patent ineligibility as a defense to patent infringement claims. The new procedure, called the Interim Initial Determination (“Interim ID”) gives Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”) the option to conduct proceedings—a sort of mini trial—on certain issues prior to the main […]

On October 14th, The Florida Supreme Court found that TIKD, an app that linked traffic-ticket defendants with lawyers to represent them, was engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.  The company was enjoined from operating in Florida and has paused its services elsewhere. At issue in this case was the brave new world of the […]

President Biden is taking steps to address the global supply chain weaknesses made apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 24, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order announcing strategies to repair supply chain vulnerabilities in four industries, including semiconductor chip manufacturing. The Executive Order requires the Secretary of Commerce, along with the leaders of […]

In an interview with Georgetown Law Technology Review, Dharmesh Tarapore, founder and CEO of Aircraft Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) Technologies, discusses his tech start-up journey and the technology behind his flight collision avoidance system. Tarapore’s invention utilizes machine learning to increase flight safety for general aviation airplanes by detecting and alerting pilots to incoming aircrafts. […]

On February 10, 2021, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter presented the keynote address at the Future of Privacy Forum’s 11th-annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers event. In her address, Slaughter discussed some of her top privacy-related priorities for the Commission. Her early signaling of privacy priorities from Washington adds to the sentiment […]

The popular financial services app Robinhood ended 2020 on a high note. Armed with an influx of investor funding, Robinhood lifted its valuation to nearly $12 billion while simultaneously attracting millions of new and often young users to the platform. The company touts a mission to democratize finance for everyday people by providing financial literacy […]