Companies are increasingly concerned about abuses of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), a well-intentioned federal statute enacted to protect consumers from unsolicited messages. Under the TCPA, companies are prohibited from using an automated dialer, sending unsolicited SMS messages, and sending unsolicited fax messages to consumers. The TCPA further requires that consumers must be given…

Webster’s Online Dictionary, defines autonomous as “existing or capable of existing independently”; responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole. As you may or may not know, the human body performs many of its tasks autonomously. For example, the human nervous system or autonomic nervous system, “…regulates the processes in the body that we cannot…

Political elections remain contentious whether just before, ongoing or even when they have concluded. Effort is put into trying to make sure the campaign is reaching out to voters who will reliably vote for the candidate come election day. Claims are made about irregular vote counts, missing ballots, votes counted more than once, discrimination at…

As soon as WikiLeaks began releasing confidential documents, the United States administration began to seek ways to not only prevent the release of publication but to also punish those who have provided confidential information. But the thought of WikiLeaks being a patriot seems to have been overlooked. WikiLeaks should be viewed as a patriot. With…

Instead of investing in the stock market, some individuals have turned to investing in digital currencies, otherwise known as cryptocurrency. One of the more well-known cryptocurrencies is Bitcoin. As of 6:40 am on Friday, November 3, 2017, Bitcoin reached $7,454.04 per coin. With the enormous impact that Bitcoin has had on the public, other cryptocurrencies…

One of the major cases regarding the future of Cryptocurrency is the case of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Recoin Foundation, LLC. This case by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has the SEC alleging that Recoin and its members violated multiple sections of the 1993 Securities Act and the 1934 Securities…

In June 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to Carpenter v. United States, a case that will an answer an essential question for our data-driven society: whether a warrantless search and seizure of historical cellphone records revealing location and movements of a cellphone user is permitted by the Fourth Amendment. As of 2016, 95% of…

As technology advances there is a growing need for more knowledge. Scientist and doctors search for new ways to cure many diseases. Moreover, law enforcement agencies look for better ways to ensure the person being prosecuted is in fact the individual who committed the crime. No other scientific breakthrough has advanced both of these goals…

As you can imagine over four hundred years ago when Shakespeare included the deus ex machina in his plays, the idea of Artificial Technology was far from his mind. During the 17th Century electricity was still in its infancy, a far cry from the electrical powered world we live in today, and worlds away from…

Imagine you are driving on a highway on a nice summer day when, unexpectedly, the radio turns to a horrible station, your wipers turn on, the heat starts blasting, and you eventually lose all control of your car’s steering and acceleration. This horrible situation can actually become a reality within today’s automotive industry due to…