Author(s): Paul M. Schwartz Year: 2013 Abstract: Cloud computing is the locating of computing resources on the Internet in a fashion that makes them highly dynamic and scalable. This kind […]
Information Privacy in the Cloud
The EU-U.S. Privacy Collision: A Turn to Institutions and
Author(s): Paul M. Schwartz Year: 2013 Abstract: The European Commission’s release in late January 2012 of its proposed “General Data Protection Regulation” provides a perfect juncture to assess the ongoing […]
Brief Amici Curiae of Experts in the History of Executive Surveillance: James Bamford, Loch Johnson, and Peter Fenn in First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency
Author(s): Jennifer Urban Year: 2013 Abstract: This case presents pressing questions regarding the executive’s power to collect, store, and use Americans’ telephony and other personal data for the purposes of […]
Medieval Guilds Redux: Contemporary Institutions for Collective Invention
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2004 Abstract: This essay draws on recent scholarship concerning the nature and function of medieval guilds. I argue that certain features of these guilds appear […]
The Control of Strategic Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of Biotechnology Collaborations
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2000 Abstract: In this paper, we examine the determinants of control rights in technology strategic alliances between biotechnology firms and pharmaceutical corporations, as well as […]
Privacy and Modern Advertising: Most US Internet Users Want ‘Do Not Track’ to Stop Collection of Data about their Online Activities
Author(s): Chris Jay Hoofnagle and Jennifer Urban Year: 2012 Abstract: Most Americans have not heard of ‘Do Not Track,’ a proposal to allow Internet users to exercise more control over […]
Brief Amicus Curiae of People for the American Way Foundation in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees, Hepting v. AT&T Corp., No. 06-17132 (9th Cir. 2007)
Author(s): Deirdre K. Mulligan Year: 2014 Abstract: Brief amicus curiae in case arguing that legislative history of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act demonstrates that Congress intended that FISA be the exclusive […]
Rules of the Road for Space?: Satellite Collisions and the Inadequacy of Current Space Law
Author(s): Year: Abstract: The February 2009 collision of a dead Russian satellite with an Iridium communications satellite left a cloud of debris in orbit and a number of questions on […]
The Concept of Property in the Digital Era
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2009 Abstract: In this Essay I argue that the basic case for property is still a very strong one. Individual control over individual assets still […]
From Victorian Secrets to Cyberspace Shaming
Author(s): Paul M. Schwartz Year: 2009 Abstract: Worrying about privacy is a growth industry. The public is highly concerned about how its personal information is collected, stored, and processed. Technology […]