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YouTube Isn’t Liable for User Uploads of Animal Abuse Videos–Lady Freethinker v. YouTube

Eric Goldman

If you’re relatively new to Internet Law, Lady Freethinker’s arguments may sound like a clever legal approach. AOL from 2003, a case I still include in my Internet Law casebook. Same thing with the Lori Drew prosecution from 2009). But not at the expense of Section 230!)

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Can staking-as-a-service providers be regarded as alternative investment funds?

new tech law blog

This issue has already attracted studies and publications in the United States, where various operating models of StaaS providers are assessed through the prism of the grounds developed in the case law for recognition of a given relationship as an “investment contract”(known as the “ Howey test”). 5 of Directive 2009/65/EC).

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Marking the Retirement of Jerry Larkin, Who Led the ARDC With Exceptional Foresight, Integrity, and ‘Irish Wit’

Legal Tech Monitor

When Jerome “Jerry” Larkin joined the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) in 1978, he had just graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, spent eight years in the Catholic seminary system, and knew he wanted to dedicate his career to public service. Rinella , 677 N.E.

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