STLR Link Roundup – November 8, 2019
‘Game-Changer’ Warrant Let Detective Search Genetic Database A detective in Florida recently announced the approval of a warrant to search consumer DNA company GEDmatch’s full DNA database in what...
View ArticleScraping Together Best (Scraping) Practices: Is There an API for That?
Despite its evocative name, “web scraping” is just a blitz of electrical impulses zipping across fiber at approximately the speed of light. Not so easy to envision. I find, however, that many digital...
View ArticleSTLR Link Roundup – November 15, 2019
Twitter’s New Rules Ban Political Ads from Candidates but Not Ads About Causes Twitter released revised rules regarding advertising political content today. The rules come in response to growing...
View ArticleScrap the AI Loophole for Housing Discrimination Lawsuits
Housing discrimination lawsuits are about to become much harder to prove. Imagine if the auto industry successfully lobbied lawmakers to give them a complete defense from product defect liability if...
View ArticleSTLR Link Roundup – November 22, 2019
Global Blood secures FDA approval for new pill to treat sickle cell disease Global Blood Therapeutics, an international pharmaceutical company, was given an accelerated approval by the FDA, for their...
View ArticleThe Inherent Incongruities of University Patent Enforcement
The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 allows small businesses and non-profit organizations such as universities to retain ownership of inventions made with federal funding and profit through the licensing of...
View ArticleSTLR Link Roundup – December 6, 2019
Democrats Unveil New Federal Online Privacy Pill, Promising Tough Penalties for Data Abuse Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington State, the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and...
View ArticlePrinciple of Distinction in Cyberwar
Modern warfare has become increasingly advanced, with cyberattacks providing a powerful and complex way to attack both offensively and defensively. While cyber operations have traditionally been...
View ArticleSurveillance Under the Mask of Identification
Surveillance Under the Mask of Identification We may imagine any number of circumstances in which the government might need to know whether someone is who she says she is. For example, the government...
View ArticleThe Future of Gene Editing: Are We the Rough Drafts for Humanity?
Genome editing or gene editing remains one of the most controversial techniques in the medical field. Although widespread discussion of gene editing is a relatively recent phenomenon, gene editing has...
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