Jordan "Jody" Blanke

Education

• J.D. with Distinction, Emory University School of Law
• B.S., M.S., SUNY at Stony Brook (now Stony Brook University)

Jody Blanke is a Professor of Computer Science and Law at Mercer’s 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 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.

In his thirty-eight years at Mercer, he has taught 378 courses and over 6500 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.

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.

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.

Memberships

• Past President of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB)

Courses Taught

• Legal, Ethical & Regulatory Environment of Business
• Legal and Ethical Issues Affecting Big Data
• Privacy Law and Policy
• Technology and the Law
• Employment Law

Specializations

• Privacy Law
• Technology Law
• Technology and Society

Recent Publications
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• The CCPA, “Inferences Drawn,” and Federal Preemption
  29 Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 53 (2022)
• Protection for “Inferences Drawn:” A Comparison between the General Data Protection Rule and the California Consumer Privacy Act
  Global Privacy Law Review (Forthcoming 2020)
• Top Ten Reasons to Be Optimistic About Privacy
  55 Idaho L. Rev. 281 (2019)
• Predictability for Privacy in Data Driven Government (with Janine Hiller, co-author)
  20 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 32 (2018)
• Carpenter v. United States Begs for Action
  2018 Illinois Law Review Online 260
• Privacy and Outrage
  9 Case Western Reserve Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet (2018)
• Smart Cities, Big Data, and the Resilience of Privacy (with Janine Hiller, co-author)
  68 Hastings Law Journal 309 (2017)
• Frank Miller’s Sin City College Football: A Game to Die For and Other Lessons About the Right of Publicity and Video Games
  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)

Awards/Recognitions

• Finalist, 2022 Master Teacher Competition, ALSB Annual Conference, 2022
• Recipient, Stetson-Hatcher School of Business Outstanding Faculty Award, 2014-2015, 2004-2005, 1999-2000

Contact Dr. Blanke

678.547.6313
blanke_j@mercer.edu

Web Page
Twitter: @JodyBlanke

3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30341
Business & Education Academic Building, Room 225