Balough
December 15, 2013
A Sunday New York Times article cited Cheryl Dancey Balough’s recent law review article concerning privacy issues associated with smart electric meters. The Times article published on May 29, 2011, “Promise and Peril in Utilities Smart Grid,” by David Greising, discussed the fact that smart electric meters can collect information concerning a household’s individual activities. […]
Balough
December 15, 2013
A Cook County judge ruled that a tweet by a tenant was not defamatory as a matter of law. Judge Diane Larsen found that the tweet, “who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it’s okay,” was susceptible of innocent construction and not defamatory per se as a matter […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
Protecting intellectual property rights in the virtual world of Second Life was discussed by Richard C. Balough at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE)’s first annual Intellectual Property Law Seminar. The two-day seminar in Chicago featured presentations by experts in intellectual property law as well as a panel discussion by federal court judges, including […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) has tapped Richard C. Balough to author one of the chapters in the 2008 revision of its book on Intellectual Property Law. This marks the second time that Mr. Balough has written a chapter on copyrights for the IICLE publication. He was the author of the chapter […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
A panel discussing the recent Supreme Court case on the Second Amendment at Chicago Kent Law School will be moderated by Richard C. Balough. Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law Sheldon Nahmod and Stephen Halbrook, who represented more than 300 members of Congress in the case, will discuss what happens next in the controversy of the […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
The Army Times has quoted Richard C. Balough as an expert on privacy issues surrounding the Army’s decision to give recruiters the option of recording conversations with potential recruits. Mr. Balough said there is no legal restriction on the recording as long as the potential recruit is made aware that he or she is being […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
Richard C. Balough testified as an expert on a proposed cyberstalking ordinance before two City of Chicago Council committees on January 8. Mr. Balough was asked to provide a legal perspective to the City’s proposed cyberstalking ordinance before the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development and Committee on Finance. The ordinance would criminalize cyberstalking […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) has selected Richard C. Balough to present two panel discussions at an upcoming Intellectual Property Law for Business Lawyers seminar on November 29, 2007. Mr. Balough will discuss copyrights during the morning session and will discuss hiring key employees and what to do when they leave during […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn quoted Richard C. Balough in a column discussing whether a principal who was caught on tape having sex in his office has any privacy rights. The column by Zorn pointed out that in Illinois there is no criminal statute against taking videos in an office when no audio is also […]
Balough
December 14, 2013
Newly licensed Illinois attorneys will learn about privacy laws from Richard C. Balough as part of the Chicago Bar Association’s program “New Lawyer Tool Kit: Basic Skills for the New Attorney.” Mr. Balough’s presentation is part of a two-day, 15-hour program required by the Illinois MCLE Board and the Illinois Professionalism Commission under the new Minimum […]
