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Car Wreck: Data Breach at Uber Underscores Legal Dangers of Cybersecurity Failures

Matthew McCord, MJSLT Staffer This past week, Uber’s annus horribilis and the ever - increasing reminders of corporate cybersecurity’s persistent relevance reached singularity. Uber, once...

Acquisitions of Our Lives

Zachary Currie, MJLST Staffer Growing up, my mother was an avid consumer of soap operas, which aired during the daily drought of day-time television. I...

Initial Coin Offerings: Buyer Beware

Kevin Cunningham, MJLST Staffer Initial Coin Offerings, also known as ICOs or token sales, have become a new trend for startup companies raising capital using...

The Electric Vehicle: A Microcosm for America’s Problem With Innovation

Zach Sibley, MJLST Staffer Last year, former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director, David Kappos, criticized a series of changes in patent legislation and case...

Made in China: How IP Theft Became a Norm in China

Tiffany Saez, MJLST Staffer While discussions regarding North Korea and trade have comprised much of President Trump’s tour around Asia insofar, the President has yet...

Tax Software: Where Automation Falls Short

Kirk Johnson, MJLST Staffer With the rise of automated legal technologies, sometimes we assume that any electronic automation is good. Unfortunately, that doesn’t translate so...

Prevalence of Robot-Assisted Surgery Illustrates the Negatives of Fee-for-Service Systems

Jacob Barnyard, MJSLT Staffer In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the da Vinci Surgical System, a robot designed to aid...

Microsoft Triumphs in Fight to Notify Users of Government Data Requests

Brandy Hough, MJLST Staffer This week, Microsoft announced it will drop its secrecy order lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Deputy U.S. Attorney General...

United States v. Microsoft Corp.: A Chance for SCOTUS to Address the Scope of the Stored Communications Act

Maya Digre, MJLST Staffer On October 16th, 2017 the United States Supreme Court granted the Federal Government’s petition for certiorari in United States v. Microsoft...