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The End Of “Regulatory Exceptionalism” For Silicon Valley

Regulators seemed to accept what  John Perry Barlow proclaimed in his widely quoted Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, in 1996: “Governments […]

Tech Regulation Will Stifle Start-Ups

A push is on to expand regulation of tech companies, but Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, […]

Appeals Court Eases Robocall Rules, And The Calls Keep Coming

“Proving once again that technology moves much faster than the law,” the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down significant parts of…

The Austrian Lawyer Who Took On Facebook

Attorney Max Schrems got interested in the privacy issue while attending college as an exchange student at Santa Clara University. […]

Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit In CA: Is Climate Change A “Public Nuisance”? 

A lawsuit filed by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco is invoking a “public nuisance” strategy in order to […]

Prosecutorial Discretion — the Quick ITC Escape

The United States International Trade Commission’s (ITC) third decision in five years not to investigate an alleged violation of Section […]

Companies Are Backing Off On Drug-Testing

A Gallup poll last October found that 64 percent of Americans favor legalization of pot. That’s the most since Gallup […]

Did Facebook Data Leak Win The Election For Trump?

Cambridge Analytica, the voter-profiling company that assisted the Trump campaign, used personal data from millions of Facebook users. The money […]

Domestic “AK-47,” Made In FLA, Evades Sanctions

The best-known product of Kalishnikov, one of the strongest brands in the world, is the iconic AK-47 automatic rifle, widely […]

Bringing “Risk” Back To The Playground

A movement is gaining traction among government officials and schools in the UK: Playgrounds are systematically “bringing in risk,” in […]

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