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Landmark Verdicts Against Meta and Google Signal a Turning Point for Social Media Liability

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Professor Blake A. Klinkner analyzes major jury verdicts involving Facebook and YouTube, examining how evolving legal standards could reshape future lawsuits against tech companies. Professor Blake A. Klinkner was interviewed on the international news program, The World Today, to discuss several recent landmark verdicts against social media companies. In his interview, Professor Klinkner analyzed a […]

Professor Blake A. Klinkner Presents Research on Digital Evidence Preservation

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At the Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship Conference, Professor Klinkner shared new insights from a decade-long statistical analysis on the impact of key amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37. Professor Blake A. Klinkner was recently invited to present his latest research at the Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship Conference. […]

Professor Blake A. Klinkner Speaks on AI, Cybersecurity, and Ethics at Energy & Mineral Law Foundation Symposium

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Professor Blake A. Klinkner was recently invited to speak at the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation’s Fall Symposium in Lexington, Kentucky. His presentation, titled “Ethics: Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, and Attorney Ethics,” explored the ethical responsibilities attorneys face regarding cybersecurity and the use of AI. He addressed these issues specifically for practitioners in energy, environmental, and […]

Professor Blake A. Klinkner published the article “When Does a Public Official’s Social Media Activity Constitute ‘State Action’ for First Amendment Purposes?”

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The article appears in the June 2024 issue of the Wyoming Lawyer In his article, Professor Klinkner breaks down recent U.S. Supreme Court caselaw addressing the constitutional rights of public officials to use social media. Professor Klinkner then explains the tests that courts will apply going forward in cases where litigants allege that public officials […]

Professor Blake A. Klinkner’s article addresses upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding social media and free speech

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On February 26th, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases concerning whether social media companies have 1st Amendment rights to engage in content moderation. Professor Blake A. Klinkner recently published a law review article addressing these two cases, “Social Media and the First Amendment: Are Social Media Platforms ‘Common Carriers’ Without […]

Read Professor Blake A. Klinkner’s most recent article, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Office Data Practices

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In Professor Blake A. Klinkner’s most recent article, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Office Data Practices, he discusses how artificial intelligence will change the ways in which attorneys engage in discovery, project due diligence, document management, and process automation. Read the article

Professor Blake Klinkner published in the Wyoming Lawyer

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Can Room Scans Prior to Remote Examination Constitute a Violation of the Fourth Amendment? Blake A. Klinkner As videoconferencing has become ubiquitous, questions have arisen over the degree to which we should allow, or require, this technology to intrude into our personal spaces. During the COVID era’s rapid transition to online instruction and examination, debates […]