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—Professor William McGeveran was a panelist in a roundtable about cell phone privacy on the Huffington Post's new video podcast channel, HuffPost Live. The panel considered court and Congressional decisions about…
—Professor William McGeveran appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering a viewer's query about Facebook. A hoax message spreading through the social network encourages users to post a status…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in an article on Forbes.com about a court ruling that the federal Video Privacy Protection Act could apply to online streaming video as well as traditional VCR tapes or DVDs.…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio story about the settlement in lawsuit brought by the Minnesota Attorney General against Accretive Health. The complaint alleged Accretive's bill…
—Professors William McGeveran and Myron Orfield published a Star Tribune opinion article arguing that the Minnesota Secretary of State has the statutory and constitutional power to select titles for…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Forbes.com article about the use of Shell Oil trademarks in an elaborate prank. Greenpeace and other groups opposed to the company's arctic drilling plans have mocked Shell…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in an article entitled "Facebook Status Update Privacy Hoax" on KARE 11.com. McGeveran was quoted saying, "Take it off Facebook. Just think of the real world. If you say…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about a recent data breach at Minnesota's Division of Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS). McGeveran, an expert on Internet and privacy law,…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Bloomberg Business Week article entitled "Netflix Wants Everyone to Know What You're Watching." The article explains that Netflix wants to amend the 1988 Video…
—Professor William McGeveran, an expert on Internet and privacy law, testified about proposed changes to the Video Privacy Protection Act before the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and…
—Professor William McGeveran, an expert on intellectual property and Internet law, spoke to several media outlets about the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, measures aimed at preventing…
—Professor William McGeveran was a guest on MPR's Midmorning show to talk about the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, the anti-piracy bills currently being debated in Congress and…