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 Center for Internet and Society and the Stanford Law and Technology Association present their spring 2005 speaker series All talks are at the law school,…
Kevin Drum points out that the most popular right wing bloggers refuse to permit comments on their posts. As I write this, the top ten conservative blogs are I…
The articles section of this blog is now up to date.…
On Saturday, January 15th, German CIS fellows (Barbara van Schewick, Stefan Bechtold, Christoph Engemann, Dan Wielsch and me) had a meeting in Berlin. After tal…
In the current issue of the German information law journal "Kommunikation & Recht" you'll find a short symposium report on the 2nd Information…
Book Review: Hummel, Konrad, Das Recht der behoerdlichen Regelungsexperimente. (Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003), in: DIE VERWALTUNG Vol. 37 (2004), pp. 578-…
"e-Gambling" als Herausforderung an das Recht. 2. Duesseldorfer Informationsrechtstag des Zentrums fuer Informationsrecht der Heinrich-Heine-Universit…
Oscar Wilde vor Gericht. Der Verleumdungsprozess gegen den Marquess of Queensberry und die beiden Prozesse gegen Oscar Wilde wegen schwerer Unzucht (1895). In:…
I don't believe that increased population necessarily means greater pollution. Consider the case of New Delhi. A decade ago when I visited New Delhi, the…
"Character, conviction and wisdom, oh my!" COMPETITION ========== Critics say Microsoft server license snubs open source Proposed server in…
"Standing for Freedom and Liberty, or 'Friberty'" COMPETITION ========== Antitrust watchdog questions Microsoft on XP SP2 Microsoft…
Under threat of violent reprisal, some Iraqis will venture out to vote. And American soldiers in an all-volunteer army, and Iraqi guardsmen and women, will see…