I submitted a comment to the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) on its proposed amendments to the…
In Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, the author compares the law to a blanket. When used by a big family in the same bed, one family member tugs on the b…
On March 31, I gave a virtual guest lecture in Mailyn Fidler’s course “The Digital Fourth Amendment” at Harvard Law School. Prof. Fidler invited me to come talk…
Thomas Vinciguerra in the NYT: "So what, beyond pushing buttons, do these men — as all Kirk chair owners appear to be — do with the most conspicuous piece…
It’s fascinating to witness the public reaction as the newspaper industry implodes. Young people are largely indifferent while older generations seem to think…
Mark Danner in the NY Review of Books: "We think time and elections will cleanse our fallen world but they will not. Since November, George W. Bush and his…
Peggy Orenstein the NYT Magazine: '...a study published in 2007 in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication suggested that hanging onto old friends vi…
826 National is an incredible non-profit dedicated to improving writing and other skills among children ages to six to eighteen. A few days after the election…
In a recent email debate, a friend of mine raised an interesting point about the role of the Internet in fueling populist fervor, especially during the current…
Packets Vol. 6 No. 4 is online here. Packets is a production of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society (CIS). It is written by members of the Stanford…
While searching online for information about a new grocery store opening in my neighborhood, I came across a wonderful blog dedicated to all things Noe Valley.…
Author: Robert Lopez MDY filed a claim for declaratory judgment that its program, Glider, did not infringe rights owned by Blizzard. Blizzard Entertainment co…
Author: Stuart Loh Defendant Psystar Corporation (“Psystar”) makes and sells a line of computers which support the plaintiff Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) operating s…
Author: Allison Pedrazzi Helfrich Following an investigation and notification attempts, clothing distributor Louis Vuitton Malletier filed a complaint against…
Author: Alex Harris The DC Circuit upheld a decision of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) prohibiting Verizon from continuing some of the company’s…