Current to August 2021 Technological innovation moves humankind forward and the law follows. This book provides a cohesive and comprehensive look at the law of emerging technologies by examining selected technologies and guidance, standards, statutes, and cases in the United States and Europe. New lawyers, lawyers new to emerging technologies law, lawyers updating their knowledge on the latest statutes and cases, and lawyers desiring a U.S. - EU comparative legal perspective are among the audiences for this single resource on emerging technologies law. This book, used at law schools in the U.S. and Europe, is current to July 2020 and serves as volume 2 of a two-volume set. It provides insight by looking at current statutes, regulations, and directives in the United States and Europe. It identifies and discusses issues raised by the latest U.S. and EU cases on emerging technologies, after starting with a risk-based approach to this area of law. The technologies presented are: social media, crowdfunding, mobile computing, sharing economy, BYOD, cloud computing, digital identity, digital authentication, biometrics, critical infrastructure, smart grids, smart meters, the Internet of Things (including smart homes, smart cities, industrial Internet, connected cars, driverless vehicles, smart appliances), Big Data, virtual currencies, blockchain/distributed ledgers, smart contracts, mobile payments, electronic health records, telemedicine, robots, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, 3D printing, wearables, mobile health devices/apps, drones, and augmented reality. Bringing a unique perspective to explain a complex topic, the author has written numerous books on privacy and technology law and legal history, lectures and writes extensively on the latest developments in technology law, and has long lived and worked in both jurisdictions. This book is the result of those many years of experience and insight.