4.14.16
April 5, 2016 marked the four year anniversary of the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. While the statute is still relatively young, we have already begun to see the positive impacts that its provisions have had...
4.14.16
This post originally appeared in Re/code. When the FBI backed off of its legal request to force Apple into breaking the encryption on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters after figuring out that — contrary to...
4.13.16
Engine applauds the House Judiciary Committee’s action today to approve the Email Privacy Act, which makes much needed reforms to the outdated Electronic Communications and Privacy Act (ECPA) by explicitly requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before accessing digital...
4.12.16
In the year since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved its historic Open Internet Order, net neutrality has faced countless attacks in both the courts and Congress. Once again, the Order and the FCC’s broader authority have come under fire....
4.11.16
Across the country and far beyond Silicon Valley, new centers of startup activity are on the rise. Among them, Miami, Florida is one of the more exciting and dynamic cities emerging as a hub for startups. Not only are more...
4.8.16
Our weekly take on some of the biggest stories in startup and tech policy. Encryption. Encryption continued to dominate tech news this week. On Tuesday, Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced all its services are now built with end-to-end encryption, making it impossible...
4.8.16
I am excited to announce today that Paul Geller has joined our team as Engine’s new Managing Director. Paul will focus on corporate outreach, and joins Engine as a startup veteran who spent the last few years building technology applications...
4.5.16
On New Year’s Eve 2015, while most people were out celebrating, the Copyright Office quietly issued an notice of inquiry seeking public input on an incredibly important topic: the effectiveness of Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)....
4.1.16
This post originally appeared in The Daily Caller. Since the earliest days of this election cycle, the 2016 presidential candidates have been sparring about immigrants and immigration reform. Both Democrats and Republicans agree that the country’s immigration policies are among the...
4.1.16
Our weekly take on some of the biggest stories in startup and tech policy. ECPA Reform. Debate continued this week around federal reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). Last Friday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte floated a...
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