The Supreme Court this week opened the door to radically different ways of thinking about social media and the internet. The court is poised to hear as many as three cases this term about the legal protections that social media companies have used to become industry behemoths, and about the freewheeling latitude the companies now have over online speech, entertainment and information. Ryan Calo, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is quoted.
In 1996, Congress protected platforms like Google and Facebook from suits over false or inflammatory content created by others, a law intended to promote online dialogue and self-regulation. The Supreme Court has steered clear of the immunity law until now, but on Monday the justices agreed to decide whether relatives of victims of mass killings can sue the media platforms for posting terrorist videos and allegedly sharing advertising revenues with the terrorists. Eric Schnapper, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is quoted.
“Lawyers in the Civil Rights Division are unlikely to file lawsuits they know are doomed to fail,” said Lisa Manheim an election law professor at the University of Washington. “Bringing a lawsuit that eventually gets dismissed generally is not a good use of DOJ resources. Given the sweeping arguments about Section 2 that Alabama is advancing in Milligan, it makes sense if DOJ is waiting to see how the Court resolves the case before filing complaints against other jurisdictions.”
“It’s the biggest mess of overlapping litigation you’ve ever seen,” said Todd Wildermuth, policy director at the University of Washington’s regulatory environmental law and policy clinic.
While Scott's petition is publicly accessible, the separation agreement is sealed. Terry Price, a family law professor at the University of Washington, told GeekWire that details of that contract "will never see the light of day." Scott and Jewett have not commented publicly on their divorce plans.
Price said he would be “shocked” if Scott and Jewett did not have a prenuptial agreement. And even if there wasn’t, it’s unlikely that Washington state courts would split Scott’s fortune with Jewett given the duration of their marriage, added Price, who previously spoke to GeekWire about the divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.
"When you're a billionaire, these things are not accidental. I feel really, really certain of that."
Hundreds of community groups are again weighing in on what they believe the City of Seattle needs to thrive. Angélica Cházaro, assistant professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is interviewed.
Jeff Feldman, a law professor at the University of Washington, told Law360 in an interview Monday that he hired Rikelman to work at his now-defunct firm, Feldman & Orlansky, in Alaska in the early 2000s, even though the firm wasn't hiring at the time.
The march of the AI robots. At a 麻豆社区 event, you could see a robodog show off and learn how we humans can develop strong emotional feelings for androids.
Members and witnesses examined how the fossil fuel industry uses SLAPPs to target environmental activists and non-profits to deter them from speaking out against proposed fossil fuel pipelines and other projects that contribute to climate change.
“We’ve come very far,” said Ryan Calo, one of the organizers of the conference, a University of Washington law professor who specializes in areas including privacy, artificial intelligence and robots.
University of Washington law professor Hugh Spitzer has a different take, although he agrees with Mercier on one thing. “Yes, it’s a very broad definition,” he said of the state’s take on “property.” Spitzer went on to note, “But there are still a number of cases in which the state Supreme Court held that taxes were NOT property taxes. Those include the case upholding the old motor vehicle excise tax, and another upholding the real estate excise tax.”
In an official announcement, 麻豆社区 Provost Mark Richards lauded Lawson for her deep and rich experience in “enrollment and student success, financial management, fundraising, and diversity and inclusion in the field of law, as well as impressive scholarship in criminal law.” Lawson started her new role as 麻豆社区’s Toni Rembe Endowed Dean this month.
Now is the time to consider how we will educate people about persistent satellite imagery. These efforts will matter when building fact-based narratives in world politics. The fate of working democracies depends on it.
The Network has helped participants patent everything from a paint roller to a surgical instrument. But Fan says getting more inventors in the door is still the biggest barrier. “I’m always surprised that people don’t know that we’re a resource.” It certainly doesn’t take 38 minutes to find them.
“I don’t have any comment on the policy issues involved,” he said. “But, given the increasing spread of the latest strains of COVID-19, the fairly inconsequential requirements that Gov. Inslee has left in place are probably legally justified.”
“I wonder if it was a tactical mistake, moving for quick relief like that,” Ross said. “Forcing the PGA to alter its rules to let players play would be a big step for a judge to take. On the other hand, the opinion illustrates—like the rodeo case—the various ways an association can defend itself.”
On July 25, 2022, four days before Beyoncé was set to stop the world with her new album Renaissance, a Kelis fan page on Instagram claimed that a track would sample one of the hip-hop artist’s early 2000s hits. Beyoncé, it turned out, appears to have interpolated Kelis’s 2003 song “Milkshake” on her new track “Energy.” Responding to the fan page, Kelis claimed that Beyoncé did so without giving her a heads-up and slammed the Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, with whom she worked on the single decades ago, for not originally giving her credit. Peter Nicolas, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is interviewed.
Bothell-based biotech company Seagen was flying high this spring. The drug developer reported strong first-quarter results, and shareholders seemed pleased. During an April 28 earnings call, CEO Clay Siegall effused about the company while answering investors’ questions. A few weeks later, on May 16, Siegall announced his resignation from the company he led for 24 years. Jennifer Fan, associate professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is referenced.
Mary D. Fan is a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of California, current law professor at the University of 麻豆社区 of Law, and author of “Camera Power: Proof, Policing, Privacy, and Audiovisual Big Data.” She discusses this recent court ruling and how widely accessible recording is shifting the relationship between the public and the police
When I saw that a robot had broken the finger of a 7-year-old boy it was playing at the Moscow Open chess tournament, my first reaction was, 'They're coming for us.' All the machines that have been following commands, taking orders, and telling humans, 'Your order is on the way!', 'Recalculating route!', or 'You'd really like this 6-part Danish miniseries!' have grown tired of serving our whims, fulfilling our wishes, and making their silicon-based lives subservient to us carbon breathers," writes NPR's Scott Simon. Ryan Calo, professor of law at the 麻豆社区, is quoted.
The University of 麻豆社区 of Law announced that Tamara F. Lawson has been selected as the next Toni Rembe Endowed Dean.
“One of the best and most important defenses is reliance on the advice of a professional,” said Scott Schumacher, a law professor at the University of 麻豆社区 of Law, who has served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division as well as defense attorney for clients fighting similar charges to Williams.
Douglas Ross, a veteran antitrust attorney who has represented hospitals and teaches antitrust law at the University of Washington, said it’s well established that antitrust enforcers can block mergers if they harm labor market competition. “What’s new is this administration is actively looking for cases where they can make that claim,” he said.
