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…
中山教授が、8日の記事で、知的財産国家戦略の議論が、結論を急ぎすぎており、学会や消費者の意見をも考慮した充分な検討を欠いていると指摘されています。 権利の創設や制度改革などは、一度行うともとに戻すのは至難の業です。改革することは素晴らしいことですが、きちんとした議論のうえ、バランスのとれた制度を、という中山教授のご意…
The Japanese government announced on March 5th that they would amend the copyright law to add two new rights to rights holders. 1) a right to control the import…
Sen. Kerry speaks on how law school informed his political career. No major revelations, but he talks about how he applied the critical thinking lessons he lear…
CIS Fellow Chris Sprigman's NPR interview is now online. Jump to the 26:00 minute mark to hear his thoughts about shadow cabinets and the Kerry campaign.…
If you caught Monday's edition of the New York Times and turned to page C7, you'll find an interesting, and interestingly small piece on a piece of soft…
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Robert Pasieka sued America Online (“AOL”) in a class action on behalf of consumers who subscribed to AOL’s online services. The complaint described subscribers…
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations prohibit most commercial telemarketers from calling numbers on the nation…
On February 10, 2004, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the district court decision that granted America Online, Inc. (AOL) summary judgmen…
In response to the growing number of cyber cafes in the city and an increase in crime associated with these cafes, the city council of the City of Garden Grove…
Section 102(1) of New York’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Law prohibits the direct sale of alcoholic beverages to consumers within the state by entities not havin…
The District Court for the Northern District of California granted the summary judgment petitioned for the movie industry’s representatives in the case of 321 S…