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In June 2019, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared to criticize himself in a video posted to Instagram: “One man with total control of billions of people’s stolen data—all their secrets, their lives, their futures…” It was a moving image of Zuckerberg, except that the audio sounded like an unconvincing impression, and the individual […]

This post has been updated. Read the first addendum here, the second addendum here and the third addendum here. On July 16, 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) invalidated the Privacy Shield, the safe harbor mechanism that has facilitated the transfer of personal data from the EU to processors in the […]

This is a continuation of our blogs about the intersection of remote education and the law. Adapting to a remote learning environment as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic unravel has been a constant learning process. The Internet has seemed like uncharted territory for some districts. “Zoom-bombing,” disruptions of video conferences by hackers and pranksters, […]

This continues our focus on the intersection of remote education and the law, specifically in the wake of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Harkening back to March 2020, the entire world was in a state of uncertainty. Some wondered how long they would have to work from home or not work at all. A population with […]

On June 30, 2020, the Supreme Court decided United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., finding that Booking.com’s company name is entitled to federal trademark protection, even though the generic term “booking” alone is not. This highly anticipated ruling significantly expands the scope of federal trademark protection for domain names. In an 8-1 […]

Her laptop is strategically placed on a countertop, facing her turntables and elaborate light display, both of which took the entire day to set up. She is a professional DJ, so she is accustomed to enlisting the help of several technicians and preparing in an established venue, rather than her living room via a social […]

Legislation to enact a new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act to replace existing law in Western Australia was under consideration when COVID-19 brought the process to a halt. The legislation would replace the 1972 Aboriginal Heritage Act, widely acknowledged as having been watered down to the point where it offers little protection to indigenous sites. After […]

Barb, a vegetarian nutritionist with a blog, decides she wants a photo of sprawling farmland at the header of her most recent post. Searching Google Images, she finds such a photo of an organic peanut farm, albeit with a group of hardworking nut harvesters at the bottom of the photograph. Seemingly innocuously, she saves the […]

On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Copyright Office (“Office”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking and a notice of inquiry to request public comment concerning efforts to modernize the recordation of termination notices. Copyright owners should be aware of these potential changes as they are likely to ameliorate the burdens they face when attempting to […]