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…
President Bush's declaration of a "historic victory" must be tempered by the "historic rebuff" that he received. I do not mean to impug…
Check out Wildbits.com, where the owner reports that she was required to take down a piece of software because Apple had threatened to sue the webhost. That so…
CIS filed a brief and several declarations in opposition to the government's motion for summary judgment in the Golan v. Ashcroft case. The case challenges…
We filed a brief and several declarations in opposition to the government's motion for summary judgment on November 4. We had a great team of lawyers, law…
Just returned from a performance of selections from "Yoni Ki Baat" organized here at UC Davis. This is a retelling of "The Vagina Monologues&quo…
I spent fifteen hours on Election Day in a conference room in a Manhattan law firm, surrounded by dozens of attorneys, fielding questions from what felt like al…
I spent fifteen hours on Election Day in a conference room in a Manhattan law firm, surrounded by dozens of attorneys, fielding questions from what felt like al…
Pink Martini's new album, "Hang On Little Tomato," offers a nice reminder to keep hope alive.…
The Ninth Circuit considered whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1030) requires plaintiffs to prove at least $5000 of damages or loss resul…
Following a policy similar to that employed in the U.S. by the RIAA, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) decided to sue individuals offering large number of…
Plaintiff Pure Imagination, Inc. filed suit against defendant Pure Imagination Studios, alleging trademark infringement and cyberpiracy for defendant’s use of t…
During early 2003, unknown persons leaked or intercepted an archive containing thousands of emails exchanged between employees at Diebold, a company that makes…