Fall
2024
Now about to begin his fortieth year at Mercer, he
has taught 390 courses (half of them graduate courses) and over 6800 students. He has taught courses for the
College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, the College of
Education, and the School of Pharmacy. In addition to those schools and
colleges, he has taught students in the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, the School of Engineering, the College of Health
Professionals, the School of Law, the College of Nursing, the School of
Theology, and the College of Professional Advancement. He has also
taught as an adjunct professor at the Emory University School of Law,
the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, and the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech.
ChatGPT: The Sky is Not Falling
The CCPA, "Inferences Drawn," and Federal Preemption
Protection for "Inferences Drawn:" A Comparison between the General Data
Protection Rule and the California Consumer Privacy Act
Top Ten Reasons to Be
Optimistic About Privacy
Predictability for Privacy in
Data Driven Government
20 Minnesota
Journal of Law, Science & Technology 32 (2018)
Carpenter v. United States Begs for Action
Smart Cities, Big Data, and the Resilience of Privacy
(with Janine Hiller, co-author)
68
Hastings Law Journal 309 (2017)
72
Washington & Lee Law Review 379 (2015)
The Legislative Response to Employers’ Requests for Password Disclosure
14
The Journal of High Technology Law 42 (2014)
No
Doubt About It - You’ve Got to Have Hart: Simulation Video Games May
Redefine the Balance Between and Among The Right of Publicity, The First
Amendment, and Copyright
Law
19
Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law 26 (2013)
Roper v. Simmons: Supreme Court Case Provides Great Introduction to
Basic Legal Principles,
12
Journal of Legal Studies in Business 23 (2007)
"Robust Notice" and "Informed Consent:" The Keys to Successful Spyware
Legislation
7 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 2
(2006)
Canned Spam: New State and Federal Legislation
Attempts to Put a Lid On It
Marketing and the Law: Sixth Circuit Decision Protects Secondary Market
for Printer Cartridges
33 Journal of the Academy of Marketing Sciences
245 (2005)
20 Santa Clara High Tech. L. J. 755 (2003)
Victor's Little Secret: Supreme Court Decision Means More Protection for
Trademark Parody
13 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent.
L.J. 1053 (2003)
Minnesota Passes the Nation's First Internet Law
29 Rutgers Computer & Tech. L.J. 405 (2002)
Vincent van Gogh, "Sweat of the
Brow," and Database Protection
39 Am. Bus. L.J. 645 (2002)
Web Privacy Policies and Other
Adventures in Never Never Land
Criminal Invasion of Privacy: A Survey of Computer Crimes
41 Jurimetrics J. 443 (2001)
"Safe Harbor" and the European Union's
Directive on Data Protection
11 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 57 (2000)
Jordan "Jody" Blanke
Ernest L. Baskin, Jr. Distinguished
Professor of Computer Science and Law
Savannah 2017
Business & Education
Academic Building,
Room 225
blanke_j@mercer.edu
(678) 547-6313
FAX (678) 547-6160
See Canvas for course syllabi
My Papers on SSRN
Jody Blanke is a Professor of Computer Science and Law at the Stetson-Hatcher School of Business in Atlanta. He earned
undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science from the State
University of New York at Stony Brook and a law degree with distinction
from Emory University School of Law. He practiced law as a
commercial litigator and clerked for a judge in New York for several
years.
In his over forty years as a full-time faculty member, Professor Blanke
has taught a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in
computer science, law, and ethics. He regularly teaches the Legal,
Ethical & Regulatory Environment of Business, Legal and
Ethical Issues Affecting Big Data, Privacy Law and
Policy, Technology and the Law, and Employment Law. He is a three-time recipient of the Stetson-Hatcher
School of Business Outstanding Faculty Award.
Jody Blanke is a past president of the Academy of Legal Studies
in Business (ALSB), an international professional organization of
lawyers who teach (primarily) in business schools. He served on its
Executive Committee for five years. He recently received the 2023 Larry
A. DiMatteo Senior Scholar Award from the Southeastern Academy of Legal
Studies in Business
Professor Blanke writes primarily in the areas of privacy law,
technology law, and
technology and society. He has published articles in a variety of
journals, including the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review,
the American Business Law Journal,
the Hastings Law Journal, the Washington
and Lee Law Review, the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media &
Entertainment Law Journal, and Jurimetrics. Some of his articles include:
41 Journal of
Legal Studies Education 39 (2024)
29 Richmond
Journal of Law and Technology 53 (2022)
2 Global Privacy
Law Review 81 (2020)
55 Idaho L.
Rev. 281 (2019)
2018 Illinois
Law Review Online 260
Privacy and Outrage
9 Case Western Reserve Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet
(2018)