Build Your Own Lawsuit With A "Lawgo" Set

I only just learned of this (nearly one year old) article at Legal Cheek, but I thought it was worth sharing. Legal Cheek reports: A Canadi...

Sweden Effectively Bans Drones with Cameras

From The Verge : The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden just ruled that camera drones qualify as surveillance cameras and require a per...

Oakland's Resistance to Mass Surveillance: Would it Play Out the Same Way Today?

The BBC has this interesting article on an attempt by the City of Oakland, California to adopt a wide-ranging surveillance system, and the ...

Illinois "Pidgey's Law" an Overly Hasty, Muddled Attempt at Regulating Augmented Reality

Several news outlets have reports on this bill (AB 6601) recently introduced by Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy. Nicknamed &quo...

"Virtual Property," "Virtual Trespass," and Nuisance Law: A Pokémon Go Story

This post is a spinoff from some of my recent posts on Pokémon Go litigation which you can find here  and here . Pokémon Go's popularit...

Michigan Residents File Pokemon Go Class Action Lawsuit

The attorneys at Pomerantz Law are at it again, and are attorneys of record in a Michigan class action lawsuit against Niantic and Nintendo....

Evaluating the Pokemon Go Class Action Lawsuit

Several news outlets have reports on Marder v. Niantic, Inc. , filed July 29, 2016 in the Federal District Court for the Northern District o...

Following "Alarming" Report, New York Bans Pokemon Go for Sex Offenders on Parole

So reports Governor Andrew Cuomo's office in this press release : Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed the New York State Department ...

Legislating Via Pokemon Go

The New York Times reports on an awful innovative approach to policy making: Since its introduction this month, the app known as Pokémon Go...

Fred Flintstone, World Records, and Rules With Shifting References

While the rest of the country was watching the Democratic National Convention yesterday, my attention was drawn to a far more dramatic serie...

Does California Need a Law Prohibiting Drones Near Wildfires?

Ars Technica reports : Firefighters working to contain a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California were temporarily thwar...

Police Body Cameras: Not a Cure-All, But a Step in the Right Direction

The Wall Street Journal has this article  from last week on police body cameras and the Alton Sterling shooting. The Journal notes that whil...

Video and the Future of Excessive Force Law

I just learned about the shooting and death of Philando Castile by police officers during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Buzzf...