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Morris Ellison in the Charleston Post & Courier: Smart City Technologies Can Aid COVID-19 Recovery
May 05 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives. Smart City technologies offer the promise of a more robust economic recovery and enhanced public health, but we need a very public debate before deciding how far we want to go. Compilation, interpretation and application of data lies at the heart of the Smart City. How much of the current crisis could have been averted if we had earlier access to the data surrounding the contagiousness and morbidity of COVID-19? Technologies that monitor vehicle and pedestrian counts and spacing can confirm whether we are observing social distancing.
Kristin Lamb in IP Watchdog: SCOTUS to Consider if State Legal Texts May Be Copyrighted in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org
Aug 28 2019
If people are to be ruled by laws, they have a fundamental right to access those laws. To that end, in 17 U.S.C. § 105 , the U.S. Copyright Office makes clear that binding and official government edicts may not be copyrighted by the United States government. However, the Supreme Court has not addressed the issue as it pertains to state governments since a series of cases in the late 1800s.
Scott MacLatchie Discusses Constitutional Issues in Police-Public Interactions at DRI Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability Seminar
Jan 19 2018
Womble Bond Dickinson’s Scott MacLatchie will speak on “The Intersection of the First and Fourth Amendments in Interactions Between Citizens and Police Officers” at the 31st annual DRI Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability Seminar.
The Partial Lifting of Iranian Sanctions Not Quite Business As Usual
Jan 21 2016
On January 16, 2016, the United States lifted nuclear-related economic sanctions previously imposed on Iran, fulfilling obligations under the nuclear treaty agreed to last year by the P5+1 nations (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany), the European Union, and Iran.
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