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Stan Liebowitz
Dr. Stan Liebowitz is an Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics and the Director of Property Rights and Innovation at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he began teaching in 1991. He earned his...
Ryan Calo: Associate Professor of Law
Ryan Calo is an associate professor at the University of Washington School of Law and has quite an impressive resume leading up to this point. He’s been featured in a handful of very prestigious...
Emery Matthews on Top Features Companies Look for in Commercial Properties
Emery Matthews, Detroit-based commercial real estate expert, is the Co-Founder of Real Estate Interests, LLC. In working with Real Estate Interests, Emery manages multiple commercial projects across...
Tim Coffield, Attorney
Tim Coffield is an attorney based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Tim is the founder of Coffield PLC, where he practices employment and civil rights law. Tim represents employees and groups of...
Timothy B. Lee
Timothy B. Lee is a reporter at Ars Technica who focuses on various topics within the technology industry. Among these topics, he regularly covers policy, emerging challenges that arise from...
Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is the Vice Provost for Educational Technologies at New York University. He is an American consultant, writer, and teacher, and his specialty is the social and economic impact of...
Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf is considered one of the “fathers of the Internet” and is a widely respected internet trailblazer. One of his main early accomplishments was the role he played in establishing the first...
Michael Weinberg
Michael Weinberg is the executive director at the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law. He is also the board president at the Open Hardware Summit. He has done...
David Post
David Post is an American legal scholar. He is an expert in law in cyberspace and intellectual property law. He retired in 2014 from his position as Professor of Law at Beasley School of Law of...
Nicolas Christin: Associate Research Professor At Carnegie Mellon
Nicolas Christin is an Associate Research Profesor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a researcher for the university’s CyLab initiative as well, which is an institute that focuses on...