Georgia State University Law professor Michael Landau publishes article on enforcement of property, antitrust and contract laws
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — As tech giants like Facebook and Google continue to grow, Landau discovered just how big the scope of their power is in his recently published article, “The Astounding Growth of ‘Big Tech’ and the Lack of Enforcement of the Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and Contract Laws.”
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Apple CEO Tim Cook has been tweeting recently touting Caribu, the Miami-based, Miami Law Startup Practicum client app developer that “enables immersive, activity-rich video calls, allowing families and friends to stay close even from afar.”
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ABC NEWS — Law school graduates in Florida were required to download software to take the bar exam virtually amid coronavirus — and a number of them now say they encountered significant data breaches, including, in some cases, attempted hacks on bank accounts because of the software.
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NBC NEWS — Zoom, the video conferencing service that’s become ubiquitous in the remote-work pandemic life, suffered a mass outage on Monday morning, the company acknowledged.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A five-hour disruption raises hackles and questions about contingency planning for technical problems in the age of social distancing. Said one university administrator, “2020 is a year of whatever can go wrong, has.”
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INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA — Persistent software troubles have prompted the Indiana Supreme Court to change the format of the state’s bar exam, which is set to be administered remotely Tuesday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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THE DETROIT NEWS — Prospective lawyers in Michigan on Tuesday took what was being hailed as the nation’s first online bar exam but the test crashed, a mishap the manufacturer blamed on a cyberattack.
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York, NY (July 23, 2020) – New York Law School (NYLS) is pleased to announce the winner and finalists of “HackNYLS 2020,” a virtual hackathon competition open to all NYLS students this past spring semester with a $1,000 prize for the winner.
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UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER — Emerging digital technologies driven by big data and artificial intelligence are entrenching racial inequality, discrimination and intolerance, a UN human rights expert said today, calling for justice and reparations for affected individuals and communities.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — New York Law School offered an eight-week online program designed to give 120 law students a taste of a Big Law summer associate experience.
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