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…
Interesting debate today (that I listened to via C-SPAN Radio) in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on legislation to reform Intelligence, called the “C…
When will Susan stop uncovering amazing ideas? I dunno, probably never. Subway maps of law is a great idea . . . but I've been duped before. I spent most o…
A good friend (thanks JPD!) recently pointed me to this essay, adpated from Garrison Keillor's new book "Homegrown Democrat" (Viking 2004). Whate…
I think I posted this once before, but it's worth reposting. Many modern email clients include hooks for encryption/digital signatures that can go a long wa…
This one is lodged somewhere between picayune tidbit and outright plug. My alma mater, Dartmouth College has been at the forefront of wireless deployment for se…
LST Director Mark Lemley filed an amicus brief for technology companies (Intel Corporation, IBM Corporation, Google Inc., Micron Technology, Inc., and Microsoft…
From The Late Show with David Letterman: 10. No estate tax for families with at least two U.S. presidents. 9. W-2 Form is now Dubya-2 Form. 8. Under the sim…
From a letter writer to the NY Times... Right-wing media commentators think that Dan Rather should resign because he made false claims based on documents that…
still havig tech trouble w/movable type - go to http://academiccopyright.typepad.com…
The National Law Journal discusses the Golan v. Ashcroft case in this article ("Trolls are Back -- In Suits Testing Copyright Restoration Law") by Tr…
Wired's Katie Dean has written a nice article on Kahle v. Ashcroft. You can find the article here, and more information about the Kahle case here.…
Wired is running a nice summary of what's been going on in Kahle v. Ashcroft, an important case currently wending its way through N.D. Cal. The key question…