Tech companies are using patent strategies that the Supreme Court rejected over a hundred years ago.
… Read More A Historical Overview of Patent Ownership Rights and Their Relevance in Today’s Supreme Court
Accessibility to affordable higher education for all students remains a huge bipartisan issue in the United States. Innovators are no longer waiting for the government to take action. When it comes to educational options, technology is creating a college opt-out provision for students wanting to enter the workforce debt-free.
… Read More Graduating to Unemployment: How Technology Is Filling The Void
According to the new census, 120,000 patients are on the waitlist to receive an organ. The problem of having not enough organs forced scientists to develop new technologies that would resolve such an issue. … Read More Organ Technological Advances and the Law
By: Emily O’Toole There have been disturbing legal events in the state of Indiana regarding the equality of all citizens. Governor Mike Pence signed a “Religious Freedom Restoration Act”(https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/568#document-f6915f8f) into law. This bill purports to expand the religious freedoms of businesses. The Bill infringes on the rights of a state or local government to substantially burden… Read More Big Tech Companies Use their Position to Stand-up for Gay Rights in America
POSTED BY Abner Pinedo It is becoming increasingly more common that our nation’s police officers are utilizing handheld radars in their daily practice. Most recently, a new type of handheld sensor, the RANGER-R, which was originally designed for use in Iraq and Afghanistan, has made its way to our nation’s police force. This device… Read More Peek-a-Boo The Police Can See Right Through Your Walls
By: Samantha Keefe Earlier this week Apple unveiled its new app “Apple Pay.” With just a tap of the thumb, some iPhone users are now able to pay for many in-store purchases using their smart phones. With just a simple download of the iOS 8.1 software, those who have the new iPhone 6 or iPhone… Read More Apple Pay: Triumph or Fluke?
POSTED BY Veronica LaClair Over the last decade technology has taken over our society, leaving many organizations and providers with a do-or-die choice of updating their technology and communications software or facing being left in the past—unable to meet the growing demands of a technologically advanced society. One unique area in which technology impacts are… Read More Text-to-911 and Emergency Responder Apps: The Future of Emergency Response
POSTED BY Andrew Clark Markus Persson, better known as Notch, created Minecraft in 2009. Minecraft is one of the most successful independent video game titles. The game is available for purchase on numerous platforms including: PC/Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, iOS and Android. As of June, Mojang had sold more than… Read More Minecraft: Microsoft’s Newest Megahit
POSTED BY Nico Pingaro In 2008, the United States government threatened Yahoo! Inc. with a $250,000 fine unless the tech giant complied with demands for access to multiple user accounts. Yahoo!, aware that this demand would violate countless users’ privacy rights sought to protect this information under the shield of the Fourth Amendment. Yahoo’s threat… Read More Tech Giant, Yahoo!, Learns How Weak the Fourth Amendment Has Become
POSTED BY Kaleigh Fitzpatrick The growing opportunities for schools to integrate technology into classrooms and school administration are increasing productivity, organization, and capacity to foster positive student learning and development. The availability of these technologies, however, is putting a tremendous amount of pressure on administrators and teachers to implement these technologies now. Therefore, in the… Read More New Technologies in School Administration and Teaching Demand Revised Legislation to Protect Student Data Privacy
POSTED BY Hillary Cheng Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for locating and deporting immigrants who have not complied with laws governing immigrants. These statutes regulate the criminal activity of aliens, their entry into the U.S., their health, their dependence on public welfare, and various other activities… Read More Profiling “Criminal Aliens”
POSTED BY Travis Bortz In a legal world that some perceive to be in a tailspin amidst a less than thriving economy, effectiveness and efficiency have become very important. As law firms search for new ways to operate more leanly, the question arises whether or not there is a demand for law librarians. Law librarians… Read More The Beginning of a New Era for Law Librarians – Out With the Old, In With the New
POSTED BY Caroline Carollo Smartphone theft is a major problem in the United States, and the number of smartphone-related robberies has significantly increased over the past couple of years. These thefts make up between 30 to 40 percent of all robberies across the country. In 2012, approximately 1.6 Americans were victims of smartphone theft, and… Read More State and Federal Lawmakers Propose Bills in Hopes of Suppressing Theft of Mobile Devices
POSTED BY Yuen Yi Chung A few days after Defense Distributed successfully fired the world’s first 3D printed gun, the United States Government moved to block its distribution of the gun blueprints. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms subsequently released the results form tests it conducted on another downloadable 3D printed weapon in its… Read More 3D Printing Begins a New Chapter in Gun Control
POSTED BY Veronica C. LaClair It is a concept as foundational and intuitive as science itself: survival of the fittest. In order to survive one must learn to adapt and evolve within a changing world. Darwin’s principle does not just hold true for the evolution of species, but has a strong correlation to the evolution… Read More Survival of the Fittest: The Doctrine of Hearsay Under The Federal Rules of Evidence v. Social Media and Networking Technology
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