“The definition of insanity,” Albert Einstein supposedly said, “is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” If true, then the advocates of legislative patent reform…
By Michael M. Rosen | October 1, 2024
Broadband accessibility has rapidly transformed into a modern-day essential, integral to our nation’s economy. However, some still do not have access to basic internet connectivity, which became more evident during…
By Shane Tews | Mark Jamison | September 30, 2024
For my next trick, I hereby predict the fall of the new May 7, 2027 REAL ID compliance deadline. If you’re not a regular reader of my REAL ID posts, here’s…
By Jim Harper | September 27, 2024
Last month wasn’t kind to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He suspended his run for president on August 23, saying he didn’t see “a realistic path to electoral victory.” Three days later, the US Court of…
By Clay Calvert | September 25, 2024
Australia has made something of an art form of leading the world with digital laws that look interesting at first blush but then prove either difficult to implement or impotent.…
By Bronwyn Howell | September 24, 2024
Flushed with the success last month of granting workers the “right to disconnect” from work communications after hours, the Australian government now plans to disconnect children from social media. On…
By Bronwyn Howell | September 24, 2024
When a company provides a product capable of multiple uses, should the company be blamed because some of its customers misuse the product to break the law? In the copyright…
By Daniel Lyons | September 20, 2024
A federal court last week in NetChoice v. Reyes preliminarily blocked enforcement of a Utah law for likely violating the First Amendment speech rights of social media companies “to collage user-generated speech into their ‘own distinctive compilation[s] of…
By Clay Calvert | September 19, 2024
A wave of new research is shedding light on artificial intelligence’s (AI) potential to change how we teach, learn, and assess student performance. From automating tedious grading tasks to enhancing…
By John Bailey | September 18, 2024
George Stigler’s 1971 paper “The Theory of Economic Regulation,” stands as an important piece of economic research. While most of the profession was convinced regulation advanced the overall public interest…
By Will Rinehart | September 18, 2024
In the world of tech and tax complications, the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling ordering Apple to pay a whopping €13 billion ($14 billion) in back taxes to…
By Shane Tews | September 17, 2024
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is one of the most profitable and valuable firms globally, and one of the most admired. That admiration, however, does not extend to government regulators. Google is currently facing over 100 investigations worldwide,…
By Mark Jamison | September 13, 2024
California officials took a public relations victory lap month upon reaching an agreement with Google under which a combination of state taxpayer dollars and financial contributions from the technology giant will finance a “News…
By Clay Calvert | September 12, 2024
America’s digital leadership is on the ballot this fall. One option, offered by the Republican platform, is to embrace the consumer-oriented and business-led economic policies that made the US the…
By Mark Jamison | September 11, 2024
An emerging body of research suggests that large language models (LLMs) can “deceive” humans by offering fabricated explanations for their behavior or concealing the truth of their actions from human users.…
By John Bailey | September 10, 2024