Oliver Roberts

Oliver Roberts

June 17, 2024 | Law.com

AI Is Old News, Get Ready for Quantum Computing 

As AI settles into place in the legal field, a revolutionary—and far more disruptive—technology is already on the horizon: quantum computing.

By Oliver Roberts

5 minute read

June 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

New DOJ Pilot Program Creates New Legal Risks for Startups

The DOJ has created new incentives for employee, or anyone, to report criminal misconduct allegedly committed by companies and their agents. Given their often laxer internal reporting structures and higher employee turnover rates, startup companies should pay particularly close attention to this new DOJ development to best mitigate legal risks.

By Jonathan Fahey, Jonathan P. Lienhard and Oliver Roberts

5 minute read

April 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Politicians With Social Media Accounts. Litigation Is Around the Block for Them—Literally

One of the most powerful tools on social media is the "block" feature. It allows a social media user to silence the haters and drown out the critics, while curating a more friendly social media feed. But after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Lindke v. Freed and O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, public officials across the country may have just lost their most powerful social media tool—and litigation is surely to follow.

By Jason Torchinsky and Oliver Roberts

6 minute read

April 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

Politicians With Social Media Accounts. Litigation Is Around the Block for Them—Literally.

One of the most powerful tools on social media is the "block" feature. It allows a social media user to silence the haters and drown out the critics, while curating a more friendly social media feed. But after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Lindke v. Freed and O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, public officials across the country may have just lost their most powerful social media tool—and litigation is surely to follow.

By Jason Torchinsky and Oliver Roberts

5 minute read