In our 278th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews Joel Trachtman, professor of international law and director of the LLM Program in International Law at Tufts University's Fletcher School. Steptoe's own Claire Schachter joins Stewart and Joel for the interview. They discuss Joel's latest paper, "The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Challenge to Trade and Investment: Trust and Verify?" Stewart is also joined by Paul Rosenzweig (@rosenzweigP), Mark MacCarthy (@Mark_MacCarthy), and Klon Kitchen (@klonkitchen) to discuss: The Ninth Circuit upheld that scraping publicly available information does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.; California is close to making app-based companies treat workers as employees, not contractors.; The Treasury Department sanctioned North Korean hacking groups.; Russia may have been trying to destroy Ukraine's grid in 2016.; Did Israel plant spy devices near the White House?; A student pleaded guilty to trying to access the president's tax returns via a false FAFSA filing.; Second thoughts on that deepfake voice scam.; The Mar-a-Lago trespasser was found guilty after acting as her own lawyer, ending a truly bizarre tale.; The NSA's Glenn Gerstell weighed in on the implications of the "digital revolution."; The Carnegie Endowment issued a report in an attempt to move the encryption debate forward. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

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