By: John Gillies For those who grew up on the internet, the name LimeWire has a certain nostalgia to it. Internet users will undoubtedly remember the circular lime-slice logo, alongside other discarded software and websites like AOL and Napster.  The bright yellow and green of the logo transports users back to time spent afterschool sharing… Read More LIMEWIRE IS BACK AS AN NFT MARKETPLACE, BUT THEY GOT RID OF EVERYONE’S FAVORITE PART – STEALING

By: Brenna Ryder Singer, Dua Lipa (“Lipa”), was sued twice for copyright infringement for her hit song, “Levitating,” within one week.  The first lawsuit was filed in California on behalf of the band Artikal Sound System (“Artikal”), authors and copyright owners of the composition of the 2017 song, “Live Your Life.”  The second lawsuit was… Read More Dua Lipa: Levitating Away Intellectual Property?

By: Joseph Cunningham In an unanimous bipartisan decision, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), has initiated a probe into Internet Service Providers’ (“ISP”) alleged practice of redlining in the expansion of high-speed broadband.  Redlining, in this circumstance, is the practice of intentionally choosing not to expand or upgrade broadband services based on unlawful and discriminatory considerations… Read More Redlining Rears Its Ugly Head in the Digital Market

By: Bridget Harrington When you know that Tax Day is approaching, you carve out some time to file your return.  The software you need is only a few clicks away on your laptop, so you search “free file taxes,” or some similar terms.  Up pops a series of different services, so you click on a… Read More Not So “Free Free Free Free”: The Hidden Costs of TurboTax

By: Bradley Bostwick On Friday, March 18, a Washington D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed Washington D.C.’s lawsuit alleging that Amazon had broken antitrust laws.  Antitrust laws ensure a free and open market by promoting competition and protecting consumers from anticompetitive business practices.  The complaint filed by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine last year alleging antitrust… Read More An Untouchable E-commerce Giant? Amazon Wins First Ever U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit

By: Claire Remillard The age of self-regulation for Big Tech social media seems to be officially coming to an end.  On March 17, 2022, the Online Safety Bill, which would impose new regulatory requirements on tech companies, was introduced into the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) Parliament.  The proposed legislation was conceived in response to tech companies’… Read More Cracking Down: The U.K. Online Safety Bill Takes Aim at Big Tech

By: Christopher Kinney Hackers that have been extorting unexpecting victims out of millions of dollars by fabricating stories and convincing them to wire money have become increasingly sophisticated in their methods.  Specifically, the new scam is to trick parents into believing that their children have been kidnapped and need money for release.  This phenomenon is… Read More Virtual Kidnapping: The Internet’s New Favorite Scam

By: Jack Taylor Social media platforms’ influence over consumer behavior has exploded in recent decades.  While scrolling through their feeds or checking on their friends’ accounts, users of social media are exposed to various paid advertisements from companies in all sectors.  To catch the eye of the otherwise disinterested passerby, many of these advertisements include… Read More Protecting Consumers from False Endorsement Advertisements

By: Hunter A. Becker Robinhood Financial LLC is the parent company to the well-known Robinhood app.  Robinhood is a company claiming to be a technology for democratizing finance and providing equal access to all consumers through its innovative platform.  Although, it has been sanctioned with tremendous fines and penalties over its short history.  Founded in… Read More Another Robinhood Penalty: Vermont Regulators Settle the Dispute

By: Jennifer Pepin One of the largest patent infringement judgments in history against the tech giant Cisco, is in jeopardy of being reversed after the Federal Circuit court discovered the judge’s wife owned 100 shares of Cisco stock.  In 2020, Centripetal, a small startup company, won what eventually became a $2.7 billion patent infringement judgement.… Read More Show Me the Money: Judicial Stock Disclosure

By: Alexa Sullivan The warrantless search of a defendant’s email attachments after an automated system sent the emails to law enforcement is in violation of the Fourth Amendment, according to the most recent ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  In United States v. Wilson, the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of defendant Luke… Read More Digital Privacy and the Fourth Amendment: A look at the Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Wilson