Topic
Big Data
415 published works
Securities Law Prof Blog
Deputy Director and Deputy Chief Economist Bauguess on Big Data
On October 21, 2016 at the Midwest Region Meeting of the American Accounting Association in Chicago, Illinois, Scott W. Bauguess, Deputy Director and Deputy Chief Economist of the SEC's Division of Economic and…
LegalTech Lever
Why Law Students Should Take Quantitative Analysis: Big Data, Algorithms, Courtrooms, Code, and Robot Lawyers
By Daniel Linna
When I tell lawyers that I’m teaching the LegalRnD version of “Quantitative Analysis for Lawyers” next semester at MSU Law, I usually get one of three reactions: Wow, what a…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Fragmentation instead of level-playing field? How the German Government’s announced White Paper on digital platforms adds to regulatory uncertainty on topical issues of the digital economy after Brexit
By Christian Ritz, LL.M. (USYD), Falk Schoening, Peter Watts
Many digital platforms attract consumers and businesses on a global basis. It is a challenge for national regulators to enforce competition law and other regulatory provisions against such international players.…
Workforce Bulletin
EEOC Convenes Meeting to Discuss “Big Data” Analytics
How, and to what extent, should “big data” analytics play a role in workforce recruitment, development, and retention? These were some of the questions asked on October 13, 2016 at…
Technology Law Dispatch
In the age of Big Data, the EDPS issues an Opinion on enforcement and upholding fundamental rights
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Curtis McCluskey
The European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) issued an Opinion on “coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data”. This is an update to the EDPS’ Preliminary Opinion…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EDPS Issues Opinion on Coherent Enforcement of Fundamental Rights in the Age of Big Data
Recently, the European Data Protection Supervisor released Opinion 8/2016 on the coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data. The Opinion updates the EDPS' Preliminary Opinion on…
Inside Privacy
EDPS-BEUC Joint Conference on Big Data Promotes Closer Dialogue
Last week, the European Data Protection Supervisor (the “EDPS”), in collaboration with European consumer organisation BEUC, hosted a joint conference on Big Data: individual rights and smart enforcement in Brussels…
Global Media and Communications Watch
European Commission eyes new European rules for Big Data and Competition law
By Falk Schoening, Kay Jebelli
Earlier today Margarethe Vestager, the European Competition Commissioner, delivered a speech about Big Data and Competition law. The Commissioner made several key points that emphasize the growing economic and competitive…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Big Data and the ADA
Sharona Hoffman (Case Western) has just posted on SSRN her essay (forthcoming Hastings L.J.) Big Data and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here's the abstract:While big data offers society many…
Inside Privacy
EDPS Issues Opinion on Big Data and Enforcement
As announced last week, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) released on September 23, 2016 an opinion on “coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data.” This…