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Professor Ryan Calo co-authored this practice-oriented guide to filing and defending lawsuits based on breaches of customer data.
Co-authored by Professor Jevan Hutson, this article audits a widely downloaded AI training dataset and finds significant quantities of personally identifiable information, using these results to analyze legal risks and reconsider how “publicly available” data is defined.
The Law of Healthcare Administration, 11th Edition, provides future healthcare leaders with an accurate, engaging, and practical guide to this complex area of law.
Professor Danieli Evans advances a "citizenship model" for Fourth Amendment law.
Is US tax data protection so weak that transfers from the EU to the IRS infringe GDPR rights of Europeans?
Although, under Slaughter, Trump can now fire a board member if he disagrees with their decision, under Tumey, the very existence of that power—and the fear of dismissal it is intended to create—is likely to invalidate the adjudication on due process grounds, writes Eric Schnapper of University of Washington School of Law.
"At first, you just look at the system kind of like somebody on 'Gulliver's Travels,'" said Fan, now a law professor at University of Washington. "When you first see this system from the inside, it really feels like you're in a strange new land."
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of a Mississippi law that allows that state to count ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive within five business days. A decision the other way would have affected similar laws in more than half the states, including Washington. To go over what happened and what may happen next, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to University of Washington law professor Danieli Evans.
Opponents of an initiative to repeal Washington’s new high-earners income tax are warning the proposal could also strike down other taxes, putting billions of dollars in state revenues that fund public services at risk. Hugh Spitzer, associate dean emeritus and retired professor in the UW School of Law, is quoted.
Voting by mail is under attack — from the Supreme Court, from President Trump — and big changes could be coming this year. Should you be worried about dropping your ballot in the mail? Danieli Evans, assistant professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Seattle is about to welcome the previous host of the FIFA Men’s World Cup, Qatar, to Seattle Stadium for a match against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday — but in the four years since, much has changed in terms of what it takes to host the world’s biggest tournament. This is the first time human rights has been a part of the tournament’s bidding process. Anita Ramasastry, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Owens said these federal prosecutions are part of a pattern of political weaponization to repress protest and dissent. “It’s really clear that the federal government is targeting people for prosecution and treatment based upon their political beliefs, based upon people’s refusal to stand by idly and watch egregious behavior occur on our streets by federal agents,” he said.
For more than two years, a Denmark-based company’s artificial intelligence technology has been listening to Seattle residents’ 911 medical calls without their knowledge. The UW's Ryan Calo, professor of law and in the Information School; Jevan Hutson, acting assistant professor of law; Franziska Roesner, professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; and Soham Gadgil, a doctoral student of computer science and engineering, are quoted.
The Seattle Fire Department started using AI technology during live 911 calls in 2023. There hasn't been any public review process." Professors Calo and Hutson are quoted.
A Seattle-based group is trying to drive conversations that could lead to 2028 ballot measures in Washington and Oregon on secession if things don’t improve. The effort is hardly an outlier. Hugh Spitzer, associate dean emeritus and retired professor in the UW School of Law, is quoted.
Peter Nicolas, the William L. Dwyer endowed chair in law at the University of Washington, said a person “can make a trademark infringement claim if consumers might be confused, if they’re going to look at your product and they’re going to think it came from me.”
“We could have used them a year ago,” says Carrie Sanford, director of academic success at the University of Washington School of Law. “There are less practice materials available for people taking NextGen than there have been for the legacy UBE. That’s a fact. You can’t even argue that.”
Adorable machines have a secret advantage when it comes to their human owners, according to professor Ryan Calo.
With the FIFA World Cup days away, Seattle is preparing in myriad ways — working to streamline transit, coordinating community events and distributing information. But in and among all of this, it’s also working to incorporate human rights considerations. Anita Ramasastry, professor of law at the UW, is quoted.
Dean Lawson is among eighty-eight current and former law school deans who have endorsed the “Principles for the Independence of the Legal Profession,” drafted by a bipartisan group of former judges, that emphasizes the need for an independent judiciary and legal profession.
The initiative has been met with resistance from lawmakers across both sides of the aisle. But according to UW School of Law professor Jeff Feldman, the fund may violate constitutional law, a concern echoed by legal experts across the nation. “The Constitution requires that funds be appropriated by Congress,” Feldman said. “The President does not have the constitutional authority to just start spending money that otherwise has not been authorized by Congress.”
