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The Personal and Social Implications of the End User License Agreement
March 6, 2019
As in-house counsel, I often read and write online licensing agreements for software. These agreements go by a variety of names, such as Terms of Service (ToS) or End User License Agreements (EULAs). These are the agreements you scroll through (without actually reading) and then click the “I Agree” box, thus legally binding yourself to […]
How Will the Law Treat Injuries Caused by Autonomous Vehicles?
April 12, 2018
A version of this article appeared in S&P Global Market Intelligence in April 2018. Recently, in Arizona, a self-driving Uber vehicle with a minder onboard struck and killed a cyclist. The deadly accident has raised familiar—and serious—philosophical and legal questions surrounding the rise of autonomous vehicles. There’s an important philosophical debate already being waged over […]