By: Karlie Rubin The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has begun to crack down on online health companies regarding the selling of their clients’ private health information. The Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”) was enacted to require vendors of personal health records to notify consumers (and sometimes the media) when they discover certain data breaches. The FTC… Read More GoodRx Has Been . . . BadRx
By: Katie LePage Wildfires, floods, droughts, ice storms, extreme temperatures, hurricanes, and rising sea levels – there is no doubt that the weather has been quite extreme and unpredictable as of late. These extreme widespread changes in weather patterns are a direct consequence of human-induced climate change, which will only be further amplified unless our… Read More Earth is a Ticking Time Bomb. . . But Can Technology Save Us?
By: Alex Crowley On Friday, March 10, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) collapsed, creating the second largest bank failure in the history of the United States. This occurred due to a litany of factors that resulted in a massive run on SVB deposits. For years, SVB invested in long-term bonds while interest rates were close to… Read More On the Brink of Disaster: How Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure Impacts Clients and Shareholders
By: Jacob Hartzler Super Bowl 57 was record-breaking for sportsbooks. According to projections by the American Gaming Association, a record 50.4 million Americans wagered a total of $16 billion on football’s biggest stage. The keys to this development were the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, which granted states the… Read More The NFL Post Murphy: How the Legalization of Sports Gambling and the Advent of Mobile Sports Betting Fundamentally Changed Sports Media
By: Theodore Brothers In today’s marketplace, virtually everything is available to consumers via smartphone apps, ranging from rideshare services to laundry service to food delivery. The primary trade-off consumers are willing to make for this convenience is paying a little extra in delivery fees, but exactly how much is too much? The food delivery sector… Read More The Legal Fate of Hidden Service Fees
By: Hayden McGuire Over two years ago, the major game developer, Bungie, filed suit against Aimjunkies.com, requesting damages and injunctive relief, stopping Aimjunkies.com from selling cheats for Bungie’s popular game Destiny 2. Destiny 2 is a free-to-play online first-person-shooter that was released in 2017. It has maintained between 100,000 and 300,000 concurrent players since then,… Read More Fairness and Online Gaming: Bungie’s Successful Use of Copyright Laws Against Cheat Developers
By: Jack Gagner As technology develops and becomes increasingly intrusive at work, in homes, and online, state legislatures have taken an interest in regulating how private entities handle consumer data. Five states have enacted comprehensive consumer privacy laws since 2018, and 60 comprehensive consumer privacy bills were considered across 29 states in 2022 alone. In… Read More Black Horse and White Castle: Biometric Information Privacy Gets Major Boost in Illinois
By: Andrew Ciulla Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, used to respond to users’ queries on where to hide a dead body with locations of swamps, reservoirs, metal foundries and dumps. These responses given by Siri were meant to be in jest. However, in 2012, a Florida man was found guilty of murdering his roommate, evidenced by… Read More From a Siri Joke to Reality: How Brian Walshe’s Internet Searches Are Being Legally Used Against Him
By: Erin Howlin The true-crime genre has grown exponentially. However, its increase in popularity has brought some challenges and concerns to the legal system. True crime podcasts have become very popular over the last ten years or so. Although they have helped re-open cold cases and get more information about a suspect, there are also… Read More The Truth About True Crime Podcasts
By: Douglas DeBettencourt The antitrust lawsuits are beginning to pile up against Google, which has led to many e-discovery problems surrounding Google’s chat deletion policy. Google has a policy in place that provides that their employees’ chats are to be deleted after twenty-four hours. Although Google may be forced to pay significant fines surrounding these… Read More Take It or Leave It: How Google’s Antitrust Lawsuit Could Serve as Guidance for Other Companies
By: Casey Reilly In November 2020, Covington & Burling suffered a Microsoft Exchange cyber-attack sponsored by Hafnium, a group of Chinese-sponsored threat actors. Hafnium is a highly sophisticated actor that exploited four vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange email platform in order to steal data from U.S. contractors, infectious disease researchers, and law firms. Fast forward… Read More Is Attorney-Client Privilege Strong Enough to Uphold the SEC?
By: Aleksandra Conway Silina During the last G-20 meeting, member countries discussed the future of crypto. International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, mentioned that “[w]e have to differentiate between central bank digital currencies that are backed by the state and stable coins, and crypto assets that are privately issued.” She also added that… Read More Will the International Monetary Fund Seek to Ban Crypto?
By: Natalie Kempton Governments continue to crack down on TikTok as the European Union is following in the footsteps of the U.S.’s ban on employees’ use of the growing app due to increasing cybersecurity risks the app seems to pose. TikTok is a popular social media app which relies on creating high levels of engagement through… Read More TikTok Bans Continue in Western Nations
By: Elliot Hangos Text to image is the creation of art from a text description. Text to image technology uses AI to read and comprehend user-inputted text, and covert that text into a unique image. Like the Google interface, the software solely provides users with a search bar. Upon entering their search, users are provided… Read More Who Owns Digitally Created Art That No Human Eye Has Seen Before?
By: Kendall Casey Apple has rolled out a new way to protect data. Previously, Apple promised that iPhone data was end-to-end encrypted, meaning only the user could access it. However, once the iPhone backed up to iCloud, Apple could access it, and, therefore, the data could be subject to a warrant from law enforcement. As… Read More Closing the Loophole: Effects of Apple’s New Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
By: Catherine Nicholson After the collapse of FTX in November of 2022, a civil complaint was filed by the SEC on December 13, 2022, against Samuel Bankman-Fried, alleging violations of fraud in the offer or sale of securities and fraud in connection with the purchase or sale of securities. In addition to the civil complaint,… Read More FTX: The Collapse Heard Round the World & Where We Go from Here to Increase Confidence in Web3
By: Annabelle Hentz Popstar and Grammy award winning singer-song writer, Justin Bieber, has sold his publishing and recorded music rights to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for a jaw-dropping $200 million. The deal, announced on January 24, 2023, included Bieber’s entire back catalog—Hipgnosis Songs Capital acquired a 100% interest in Bieber’s publishing copyrights, the musician’s share of… Read More Baby, Baby, Baby Why Did I Sell My Masters
By: Molly Codeanne The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, is scheduled to appear before a congressional committee in March. TikTok has faced many allegations concerning sharing U.S. users’ data with the Chinese Communist Party. The chairs of the committee want Americans to be informed with respect to how TikTok’s actions and functions affect individuals’… Read More TikTok CEO’s Plans to Appear Before Congress
By: Kiara Benac The recent issue with Taylor Swift ticket sales has exposed potential antitrust law violations, leaving many with “Bad Blood” towards Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s business practices. Concert enthusiasts are reflecting on past criticism and questioning whether the ticket buying industry can change. The Sherman Act (1890), Federal Trade Commission Act (1914), and the… Read More Ticketmaster & the Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Inspiring Bipartisanship to Protect Antitrust Laws and Signaling a New Era of Buying Tickets Online
By: Alex Crowley Facial recognition technology has a long history of mistaken identifications resulting in false arrests. Robert Williams, a Black man accused of stealing watches from a luxury store, can attest to this sad reality after he was jailed overnight following an arrest largely justified by a bad match from the Detroit Police Department’s… Read More Justice For All: Why the Massachusetts Legislature Should Limit Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology