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Episode 430: Election Aftershocks for Cyberlaw

By Stewart Baker on November 15, 2022

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrency, Cyberattacks, European Union, Intelligence, Legislation, Privacy Regulation, Social Media, Surveillance

We open this episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast by considering the (still evolving) results of the 2022 midterm election. Adam Klein and I trade thoughts on what Congress will do. Adam sees two years in which the Senate does nominations, the House does investigations, and neither does much legislation. Which could leave renewal of the critically…

Episode 424: Big Tech’s Chickens Coming Home to Roost

By Stewart Baker on October 3, 2022

Posted in Antitrust, Data Breach, International, Legislation, Social Media, Uncategorized

We open today’s episode by teasing the Supreme Court’s decision to review whether section 230 protects big platforms from liability for materially assisting terror groups whose speech they distribute (or even recommend). I predict that this is the beginning of the end of the house of cards that aggressive lawyering and good press have…

Episode 423: President DeSantis’s First Supreme Court Nominee

By Stewart Baker on September 26, 2022

Posted in Antitrust, Cyberattacks, Hacking, Legislation, Security Programs & Policies, Social Media

This episode features a much deeper, and more diverse, examination of the Fifth Circuit decision upholding Texas’s social media law. We devote the last half of the episode to a structured dialogue about the opinion between Adam Candeub and Alan Rozenshtein. Both have written about it already, Alan critically and Adam supportively.…

Stewart BakerPartner

Stewart Baker’s career has spanned national security and law. He served as General Counsel of the National Security Agency, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the…

Stewart Baker’s career has spanned national security and law. He served as General Counsel of the National Security Agency, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, and drafter of a report reforming the intelligence community after the Iraq War. His legal practice focuses on cyber security, CFIUS, export controls, government procurement, and immigration and regulation of international travel.

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Michael Vatis has spent most of his career addressing cutting edge issues at the intersection of law, policy, and technology. Michael’s practice focuses on Internet…

Michael Vatis has spent most of his career addressing cutting edge issues at the intersection of law, policy, and technology. Michael’s practice focuses on Internet, e-commerce, and technology matters, providing legal advice and strategic counsel on matters involving privacy, security, encryption, intelligence, law enforcement, Internet gambling, and international regulation of Internet content.

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