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…
I will be participating in the ABA's first Second Life (and teleconference) event tomorrow “Why Virtual Worlds Matter for Lawyers” at 10 AM Pacific. Inform…
The film is the first, definitive documentary on the life of the legendary jazz vocalist. In Anita's own words, we hear the tale of a musical genius who bro…
I imagine the subset of individuals that read the Center's blogs but not, for instance, Boing Boing to be in the (low) single digits. I still could not res…
For those interested in the upcoming schedule for Hearsay Culture (beginning anew on July 2), here it is! I'm very excited with the coming slate of guests.…
Daniel Begun of Hot Hardware News reports that "Google will take an even more active role in the debate [over net neutrality] by arming consumers with the…
Last week I attended the Israeli Venture Association conference in Tel Aviv. Featured was a demonstration pavilion presenting progress on 30 startups seeking v…
Paul Krugman in the June 6 NYT: "...The predictions of ’90s technology gurus are coming true more slowly than enthusiasts expected — but the future they en…
Author and fellow SLS fellow Laura K. Donohue brought this deliciously ironic picture to my attention. Click here for a close up. If you happen to be in the D…
In arguing for the ongoing constitutionality of the commercial/noncommercial distinction in billboard regulation in the wake of City of Cincinnati v. Discovery…
I am putting up (almost) daily blogposts on my blog at www.aliquidnovi.org. Most of the posts relate to intellectual property and access to knowledge in Africa…
We're happy to report that the Court rejected Yoko Ono Lennon's request to enjoin the further showing and distribution of Expelled. In a twenty-three p…
I write in href="http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Opinion/Avoiding-Web-Rocks-and-Shoals/">this month’s CIO Insight about the 9th Circuit’s en banc dec…