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Shaking the Foundations 2003

Shaking the Foundations 2003 is an annual student-organized conference that brings together law students, practitioners, and academics from around the country who share a commitment to use the law for positive social change.  Through panels, workshops, and speakers, the conference provides a forum for advocates and law students to discuss innovative strategies and solutions to the world’s most pressing social justice issues. Read more about Shaking the Foundations 2003

McDanel Files

In case you missed it before the DoJ removed it from its servers, here is the original press release announcing Bret McDanel's [wrongful] conviction.

And here is the FBI's press release announcing his arrest. Read more about McDanel Files

Taking Patent Reform to the Banc

The beautiful and talented Donna Wentworth recently called me a "Stupid Patent Avenger." While I'm usually not tickled when people use the word "stupid" to describe me, I think she meant it in a nice way. I like intellectual property. There is supposed to be a delicate balance between authors' or inventors' rights and the public's rights, though, in order to best promote innovation and creativity. So I don't like it when a few people abuse IP and make IP lawyers all look greedy and evil. Read more about Taking Patent Reform to the Banc

Voting Vagaries

There's something weird going on in the implementation of touchscreen technology for voting machines: the company Diebold is making tons of voting machines being used nationwide, and has even been counting the votes in some circumstances. All nausea about chads aside, I think there is a strong issue with the proprietary nature of electronic voting information, that makes it very risky as there is no hard copy tracking actual votes. Read more about Voting Vagaries

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