Last month, Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the largest stimulus in U.S. history, with a price tag of more than $2 trillion. There is a lot of emergency assistance for small businesses, but what are these programs and how do you access them? We plan to host [...]
A couple of months ago, I spoke on a panel hosted by Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and the Goodfriend Group on “Work, Employment, and the ‘App’ Economy.” I learned a lot from the other panelists and was fortunate to be able to share the views of ACT [...]
After nearly a year of little movement, Congress made major moves towards public drafts of bills to create a federal law on consumer data and privacy protection. This week ACT | The App Association is publishing a two part series on these legislative drafts and what the text really means [...]
By Craig Beuerlein and Graham Dufault The 2006 eBay Inc. v. MercExchange LLC decision (eBay) was a historic moment in U.S. patent policy. The eBay ruling establishes a precedent that decreases a small business’s financial burden when it must defend itself against a legal complaint that either asserts a weak patent or [...]
How New Privacy Laws May Impact Apps Designed to Protect Your Privacy By Graham Dufault and Madeline Zick On an average day, how many calls do you get that are just spam? You hear your phone buzz, you take one look at the screen displaying the phone number—likely with your [...]