The BTLJ Podcast

This week, we discuss tech and constitutional rights at the U.S. border, a JEDI at the Department of Defense, and Facebook's recent interactions with both the judiciary and the legislature.

Hosts: Andy Zachrich '22 and Allison Talker '22

For the week of October 25th, we discussed India's future plans for social media platforms, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and cybersecurity for law firms.

Hosts: Yexi Xu LLM '20 and Maximin Orsero LLM '20

This week we discuss net neutrality, deepfakes, and the UK reviving an iPhone cookies case from earlier this decade.

Hosts: Barbora Studihradová LLM ’20 and Veronica Bognot ’21

This week, we discuss free public TV, Amazon preparing its own legislative proposals, and who gets sued if your Tesla gets into an accident as it drives toward you.

Hosts: Debbie Mosley ’22 and Andy Zachrich ’22

This week, we cover developments on the right to be forgotten, Led Zeppelin, and Elon Musk’s proposed paycheck.

Hosts: Maximin Orsero LLM ’20 and Dan Noel ’21

In the first episode of the series and of Issue 35, we cover recently announced tech antitrust investigations and some new California’s bills that will affect the tech giants.

Hosts: Allison Talker ’22 and Allan Holder ’21

Last month, for the first time in decades, new copyrighted works entered the public domain and can now be freely accessed and used by anyone. The BTLJ Podcast went to the Internet Archive to find out more about the reopening of the public domain and why it matters.

In this episode, we talk to Berkeley Law professor Peter Menell about patent law and new challenges to patent eligibility. Professor Menell discusses the effects of recent Supreme Court decisions and new calls for legislative action to address patent eligibility.

Today we’re welcoming Sean Brooks and Steve Trush to the show. Sean Brooks is the Director and Steve Trush is the Deputy Director of the Citizen Clinic, a public-interest cybersecurity clinic here at UC Berkeley. Established in 2015, the clinic supports politically-vulnerable organizations’ efforts to defend themselves against online threats and implement implement new policies and technical controls that enhance their cybersecurity.

The BTLJ Podcast team presents 2 minutes in Tech: Monday, November 12.