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…
Believe it or not, the organization hosting CIS' mailing list lost the list and has no backup. So we're starting from scratch. If you'd like to su…
"Special Background Noise Issue" COMPETITION ========== SBC, Verizon near antitrust OK for deals-sources SBC Communications Inc. and Verizo…
Chris Jay Hoofnagle is senior counsel to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and director the organization's West Coast Office in San Francisco, Cali…
Greetings, CIS Blog visitors. I’m Lisa, a third-year law student who recently joined Jennifer’s Cyberlaw Clinic. I am part of a team of four students working…
Why is blogging so cool? I understand the value of sharing your opinions with everyone, and blogging carries an air of confidence in opinions and expertise. B…
Congress is considering legislation that would create a federal media shield. It will offer protection of confidential sources for anyone who "publishes a…
Non-residential fellow Colette Vogele (resume-pdf) joined the Center for Internet and Society in 2004 with substantial experience counseling clients on intellec…
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a permanent injunction granted to Gibson Guitar Corp. preventing Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS) from manufacturing, se…
The opinion addresses whether an Internet service provider can be held liable for transmitting third party information through software it provides to customers…
Stephen Sotelo has brought a class action complaint alleging trespass to personal property, consumer fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, and computer tamperin…
In a case of first impression, the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, ruled that the term “call,” as used in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA,”…
Philips filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission alleging that several CD manufacturers were importing into the United States certain CD’s that…