“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (“Alice in Wonderland”) by Lewis Carroll, aka Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson, was first published in 1865 with illustrations from Sir John Tenniel. The publication recounted an enchanted tale of mad rabbits and hatters and gardeners playing cards, first told three years earlier by Carroll to Alice Liddell and her two sisters …
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EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE: US SAFE HARBOR SCHEME NOT SO SAFE
The European Court of Justice declared on Oct. 6 that the EU Commission’s U.S. Safe Harbor scheme is invalid. Large-scale information gathering programs in the U.S. surfaced by Edward Snowden gave rise to the Court’s concerns whether the requirements of EU law are observed when personal data is transferred to “undertakings” in the U.S. The …
- October 8, 2015
- Sean Doherty
No Easy Exit for Volkswagen
I remember the adverts for vehicles running “clean diesel.” My first reaction was “Whaaat?” My second reaction was, “Seriously?” I guess the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should have done a double check on the emissions tests of Volkswagen 2009-2015 models powered by the German car maker’s 2.0-liter diesel engines. On Friday the EPA found “irregularities” …
- September 24, 2015
- Sean Doherty
BlackBerry to Acquire Good Technology: It’s Not About the Phones!
If you only follow the mobile phone space to see what other gadgets attorneys are using, the news that BlackBerry recently signed an agreement to acquire Good Technology in a cash deal valued at $425 million may not have registered on your radar. After all, the majority of attorneys who use smartphones use Apple Inc.’s …
- September 10, 2015
- Sean Doherty
