Plato’s Republic states “Necessity is the mother of all invention.” But, in a world infected with a pandemic, it’s the insecurity of others that drives the creation of the invention. The world is moving to more and more digital platforms more than ever and this creates a responsibility to advertise products with caution with all [...]
With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of retreat in nearly 180 countries across the globe, the race for discovering the vaccine for it is ongoing at a hysterical pace. Scientists and Medical Institutions around the world are working day and night to find a cure. While major pharmaceutical companies around the world have locked [...]
Despite its comeback, the recent suspension of the Mitron Application, hailed as a Swadeshi alternative for TikTok, has brought to light the inadequacy of data protection laws in the country. This short video platform had garnered over 5 million downloads on the Google Play Store. Prior to the app’s removal, there were media reports of [...]
The New York Board of Law Examiners announced late Thursday that the bar exam scheduled for September 9-10 is canceled due to COVID-19. The New York Court of Appeals issued an order that the Appellate Division of the Court of Appeals has the discretion to temporarily license certain law graduates for supervised law practice. These [...]
In a 5-4 decision issued on Thursday morning, the US Supreme Court vacated a preliminary injunction that had halted the execution of Wesley Purkey, clearing the way for the second federal execution of the week. Purkey was convicted in federal court and sentenced to death in 2004 for the kidnapping and killing of 16-year-old Jennifer [...]
The family of George Floyd has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the family of George Floyd against the city of Minneapolis and the officers involved with his death. The lawsuit was filed Monday and argues that the prone restraint techniques used by the Minneapolis Police Department, the “warrior style” training each officer [...]
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against US Secretary of Education Betsy Devos, challenging a new US Department of Education (DE) rule impeding defrauded students from seeking financial relief. The challenged rule revised a 2016 Obama administration rule that offered a path for defrauded students to cancel their [...]
The European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that the Privacy Shield agreement used for transferring European Union (EU) user data to companies in the US is invalid. The decision is a significant blow to tech companies in both the EU and the US. The court annulled a 2016 decision in which the European Commission had [...]
A Munich court banned Tesla from advertising about its autopilot project Wednesday, stating that its previous marketing campaign misled German consumers. Specifically, the court took issue with Tesla’s use of the word “autopilot” and the claim that Tesla vehicles have “full potential for autonomous driving.” Tesla advertised that its vehicles could navigate on motorways from [...]
US President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced several new cases related to the US government’s campaign to dismantle MS-13, an international criminal gang that has been aggressively targeted by the Trump administration. The cases are being conducted by Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in August 2019 by [...]
