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Leading experts discuss the pros and cons of government regulations and explain how they affect everyday life for Americans.

Explainer Episode 15 – Equality in Government Contracting

July 2, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government is waiving affirmative action requirements in federal construction projects. Wen Fa discusses whether state and local regulations should follow suit.

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Deep Dive Episode 118 – Can Patents and Bayh-Dole Fuel Innovation in the Time of COVID-19?

June 25, 2020

In this episode, experts discuss how patents, patent licensing, and the tech transfer process created by the Bayh-Dole Act might provide key legal and policy tools for companies to respond effectively to our current health crisis and crises to come.

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Deep Dive Episode 117 – How to Approach Data Collection and Breaches in the Age of COVID-19

June 22, 2020

What are the data privacy and security implications for widespread data collection for COVID-19 contact tracing? Drew Bagley, Neil Chilson, and Roger Klein discuss.

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Tech Roundup Episode 10 – Trump’s Executive Order on Online Censorship

June 8, 2020

What is the legislative and legal background of the recent Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship, how will it affect Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and what may be the unforeseen consequences of this move? These and other questions are addressed in this episode.

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Deep Dive Episode 116 – Surviving COVID-19: The Small Business Perspective

June 3, 2020

In this episode, Karen Harned discusses policies that can help or harm the resilience of small business in the time of COVID-19.

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Deep Dive Episode 115 – Public-Private Partnerships: The Future of Cybersecurity?

June 1, 2020

Are public-private partnerships the best way to fight cybercrime? If not, can the government alone protect the nation from cybercrime? If these partnerships are the way of the future, how could they be improved? Dmitri Alperovitch and Jamil Jaffer discuss these important questions and more.

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Deep Dive Episode 114 – Is Artificial Intelligence Biased? And What Should We Do About It?

May 29, 2020

It’s not hard to find patterns in AI decisions that have a disparate impact on protected groups. Is this bias?  And if so, whose? Stewart Baker, Curt Levey, and Nicholas Weaver discuss.

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Deep Dive Episode 113 – Executive Orders on Guidance: Implications and Next Steps

May 28, 2020

In this episode, experts discuss a 2019 executive order that imposed a series of restrictions and requirements on Federal agencies, and even included a requirement that agencies publish their guidance on the internet.

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Explainer Episode 14 – Options for Data Privacy Enforcement

May 22, 2020

How can data privacy enforcement provide clarity for businesses while protecting the public from harm? What might be the best enforcment options available to the FTC and state attorneys general going forward? Jennifer Huddleston and Ian Adams discuss.

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Deep Dive Episode 112 – FTC Hot Topics with Commissioner Christine Wilson: Regulatory Reform, Privacy, Antitrust, & Beyond

May 21, 2020

Please enjoy this recording of our May 18, 2020 fireside chat discussion on the Federal Trade Commission’s regulatory reform efforts, federal privacy legislation, and the future of antitrust law.

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