(First published July 6, 2022)

(Editorial note: I worked with Eric Goldman at SCU and I am admittedly biased due to his scholarship, the passion he brings to the issues of Internet law and all of its quirks, and generally being an interesting person to work with.)

For those of you interested in Internet privacy issues, Prof. Eric Goldman of Santa Clara University School of Law has a long breakdown of a California bill, AB 2273, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. Goldman refers to this as one of the “dangerous Internet bills in the California legislature.”

From The Artificial Lawyer: “Is Legal Tech Facing a VC Funding Crunch?”

• Exhibit A: California-based litigation analytics firm Gavelytics (among the first to tackle CA state court analytics) has ceased operations as of June 30, 2022.

Protocol has an interview with writer Ben Tarnoff, author of the new book Internet for the People, which touches on why he doesn’t think the Biden Administration’s “Internet For All” initiative will work and whether Web3 will solve any of the problems arising from centralized Internet services.

Law Professor and Librarian Kenton Brice of Oklahoma University College of Law is interviewed on The Digital Edge podcast about training the next generation of lawyers and the future of legal technology.

Will the current downturn in cryptocurrency derail the deployment of Web3?

On July 5th, the European Parliament passed two major pieces of legislation aimed at regulating tech companies: the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Marketing Act (DMA) [European Commission: Press Release and FAQs]

Events

UCLA’s Institute for Technology, Law & Policy is hosting a webinar via Zoom on Tech Policy in the Shadow of Dobbs. Friday, July 8th at 10 am. Register here.

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