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…
The symposium drafts for "Search and Seizure in the Digital Age" are all up! Check them out at the symposium page at the Stanford Technology Law Revie…
It is always dangerous to blog when upset, but I will take the risk now so as to not subject my poor wife to further rants. I have just finished the process of…
What exactly is the scope of executive power? We heard about it during the warrentless wiretapping controversy and a myriad of other constitutional faux pax of…
Some sad news to report: the 9th Circuit has rejected constitutional challenges to the copyright laws in *Kahle v. Gonzales*. The opinion is here. Sad, yes, b…
Check out this week's Business Week cover story: Beyond the Green Corporation: www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_05/b4019001.htm. Also check out I…
Bill Richardson throws his hat into the ring with some frank talk about excessive partisanship: "I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage…
For those of you who are interested in domain names issues I have made this piece available on my SSRN page. It addresses the interface between registration of…
A friend just informed me of this conference starting Sunday in Munich. Sorry for the late notice, but it’s interesting nonetheless. DLD Conference DLD (Digit…
From a new white paper on the IBM website: "Until now, only the U.S. patent office has been allowed to review patent applications and determine whether or…
In April of 2006, Wired News editor Kevin Poulsen sued the United States Customs and Border Patrol under the Freedom of Information Act. Poulsen won the case, a…
I've been busily working on finishing my new podcast and will have more to say about it very soon... We'll be launching it on the 23rd so stay tuned. I…
David Loenhardt in the Times today: "$1.2 trillion would pay for an unprecedented public health campaign — a doubling of cancer research funding, treatment…