Senator Ben Kieckhefer (R-NV) introduced Senate Bill 165 on March 2 to the Nevada state legislature in order to establish a state esports commission that would govern and regulate competitive video-gaming. It would be the first of its kind formulated as a result of the meteoric rise of esports worldwide. The intention of this bill …
Among the many cryptocurrencies vying for mainstream adoption by banks, the XRP token backing the Ripple payment protocol led the competition, until recently. Unlike many other cryptocurrencies, XRP is not intended to function primarily as a currency, although it can and does trade like any other cryptocurrency. Instead, it is the medium of exchange underlying …
TikTok, a social media platform dedicated to “short-form mobile video”, is one of the most popular apps in the United States. It boasts over 100 million users in America alone and has surpassed two billion total downloads on videos posted to the app. Many of the videos posted to TikTok either include music in them …
Last December Russian-linked hackers breached software vendor SolarWinds. Through deploying a malware-laced update to SolarWinds’ Orion software, the hackers were able to infiltrate multiple government agencies, government networks and U.S.-based companies. The Orion software is commonly used by large organizations to monitor and manage IT resources, including servers, workstations, mobile devices, and internet of things …
In 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a long awaited decision regarding what constitutes standing under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). In Rosenbach v. Six Flags, the Court held that an individual “need not allege some actual injury or adverse effect, beyond violation of his or her rights under the Act, in order …
The longstanding slogan of ADT security company, “Always There” takes on new meaning, as former ADT employee, Telesforo Aviles, has pleaded guilty to accessing the home security feeds of over 200 customers for sexual gratification. Aviles, who was a technician for ADT, took advantage of a company policy that allowed employees to add their emails …
At the beginning of the pandemic, there was a question of where information regarding COVID-19 hospitalizations should live. Specifically, the question was which federal agency should house these data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC) seemed like the obvious place as it is the traditional repository of infectious-disease information. The Trump administration …
Dakota Lipscombe & Jeffrey M. Hirsch A new white-collar labor phenomenon is emerging in Silicon Valley. On the first Monday of 2021, around 230 Google employees publicly formed a union. This new “minority union,” the Alphabet Workers Union, is the product of years of tension between employees, many of whom are software engineers, and Google, …
Thanks in large part to the strenuous efforts ($200 million of efforts) of Uber, Lyft, InstaCart, and DoorDash, California passed Proposition 22 last November. This proposition allowed “app-based transportation and delivery drivers” to be defined as independent contractors. It also allowed for the “adopt[ion] [of] labor and wage policies specific to app-based drivers and companies.” …
On January 28, 2021, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a report detailing how two employees “made false representations” and “concealed material information” concerning a contract with an artificial intelligence company. The contract was brought to the OIG’s attention by a pair of high-level VA officials who …
