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MoFo Tech brings together legal insights and in-depth analyses on trends and complex issues shaping the global technology industry, covering fields such as blockchain and distributed ledger, cloud and SaaS technologies, driverless cars, drones, FinTech, computer hardware and software, the IoT, semiconductors, and telecommunications.

January 09, 2018 - Regulatory, Intellectual Property
Regulatory Changes Ahead: The 2018 Landscape for Technology Businesses in Europe
By: Alistair Maughan
The European Union’s annual Work Programme states that, in 2018, the European Commission will prioritize the following technology issues: Establishing a regulatory framework for online communications; Reforming copyrights in the digital single market (DSM); Regulating contracts that concern the supply of digital content; Preventing
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January 05, 2018 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
KNO-MO? The Seemingly Small (Yet Actually Chasmic) Gap Between Crypto Knowledge & Crypto Capability
Many consumers are knowledgeable enough about cryptocurrencies to be able to identify which tokens they want to purchase, but not tech-savvy enough to know how to purchase those tokens. Businesses that can provide better instruction on token purchasing or create more user-friendly interfaces are
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November 17, 2017 - Privacy + Data Security, Software
The Cost of Ransomware Attacks
A form of economic extortion, ransomware attacks rose by 250% last year, and the United States was harder hit than any other country. Learn just how much this plague on the cybersecurity landscape is costing companies. Take a look at our ransomware infographic.
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September 20, 2017 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
Why The Delaware Blockchain Initiative Matters To All Dealmakers
By: Geoffrey R. Peck and Mark S. Wojciechowski
Delaware, the state where more than half of all U.S. publicly traded companies are incorporated, has taken steps to facilitate a favorable legal and regulatory environment for the development of blockchain technology. The state’s initiatives are designed to, among other things, enable companies to
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September 19, 2017 - Artificial Intelligence
USDOT Issues New Policy on Development and Deployment of Automated Vehicle Technologies
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in September 2016 released a policy that affects stakeholders in the autonomous-vehicle-technology (AV technology) industry. The policy, among other things: Requires entities that are planning to develop AV technology to submit to the USDOT a detailed report enabling
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June 06, 2017 - Intellectual Property
ECJ Strengthens Position of Media Industry in Fight Against Piracy
By: Christoph Wagner and Patricia C. Ernst
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued the Filmspeler judgement on April 26, 2017, favorable to the media industry, on the liability of sellers of set-top boxes with pre-installed add-ons enabling illegal access to motion pictures, Pay-TV, and SvoD platforms (“loaded Kodi boxes”). This
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May 23, 2017 - Artificial Intelligence
A Simple Case of Statutory Interpretation: The FAA Lacks Authority to Require Model Aircraft Operators to Register
On May 19, 2017, a federal appellate court struck down part of the FAA’s attempt to safely monitor and integrate small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) into the national airspace. The D.C. Circuit found that the FAA’s Registration Rule, which was promulgated in December 2015
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May 01, 2017 - Cloud Services + SaaS
Clashing With Second Circuit, Court Orders Google to Turn Over Foreign-Stored Data
Based on an April 2017 opinion by a federal district court in California, storing user communications abroad is not a failsafe way to avoid U.S. law enforcement requests for user data. The Northern District of California issued the opinion in response to Google’s motion
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April 10, 2017 - Artificial Intelligence
FAA Announces First-Ever Drone-Specific Airspace Restrictions
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that, as of April 14, 2017, the restrictions that apply to drone flights near populated areas and airports will also apply to drone flights near 133 military facilities. The first airspace restrictions to apply specifically and solely to
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April 04, 2017 - Privacy + Data Security
Biometric Information as Personal Information In A Brave New World of Regulatory Compliance
By: Marian A. Waldmann Agarwal
As computing power and technology have improved, a new way to identify individuals by their innate physical, or “biometric,” information has entered the market and appears on the cusp of becoming more widely adopted. A core question is: what biometric information needs to be
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Welcome to the MoFo Tech Blog

Regulatory Changes Ahead: The 2018 Landscape for Technology Businesses in Europe

By: Alistair Maughan

KNO-MO? The Seemingly Small (Yet Actually Chasmic) Gap Between Crypto Knowledge & Crypto Capability

The Cost of Ransomware Attacks

Why The Delaware Blockchain Initiative Matters To All Dealmakers

By: Geoffrey R. Peck and Mark S. Wojciechowski

USDOT Issues New Policy on Development and Deployment of Automated Vehicle Technologies

ECJ Strengthens Position of Media Industry in Fight Against Piracy

By: Christoph Wagner and Patricia C. Ernst

A Simple Case of Statutory Interpretation: The FAA Lacks Authority to Require Model Aircraft Operators to Register

Clashing With Second Circuit, Court Orders Google to Turn Over Foreign-Stored Data

FAA Announces First-Ever Drone-Specific Airspace Restrictions

Biometric Information as Personal Information In A Brave New World of Regulatory Compliance

By: Marian A. Waldmann Agarwal