Earlier this year, after Facebook was sued in a securities class action after news that it had given access to personal user information to Cambridge Analytica, I questioned whether privacy issues might represent the next big corporate liability exposure. Among other things, in making this...
Federal prosecutors are dropping all 38 remaining cases stemming from the Inauguration Day demonstrations in Washington, D.C., last year, NPR reports. A protest turned confrontational when a small number of black-clad protesters broke windows and police responded with pepper spray and a concussive device. The...
A Lancaster, Pa., police officer who was recorded using a Taser on an unarmed black man in a widely shared video will not be fired or suspended, the New York Times reports. Mayor Danene Sorace acknowledged that some members of the community would find the...
Self-driving cars have captured the imagination through television and movies (Knight Rider and Herbie the Love Bug, to name a few). Today, with advances in computing and other technologies, a number of technology and automotive companies are testing autonomous vehicles on public roads and expect...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is under intense scrutiny over claims he knew about alleged sexual abuse three decades ago at Ohio State University. Jordan’s Fourth of July recess was consumed by controversy, as former Ohio State wrestlers claimed one by one that he must have...
Recent court orders prohibiting police in California from enforcing gang injunctions are prompting law enforcement leaders to rethink how they use the tool that for decades was considered a critical weapon in the war on gangs, the Los Angeles Times reports. The shift away from...