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Legal Challenges In An Age Of Robotics

I'm moderating an upcoming panel on law and robotics, co-sponsored by the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the Stanford Progra…

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Identity Theft: Not Dead Yet

Julia Angwin’s column in The Wall Street Journal argues that identity theft is nothing but a “fear campaign.” Not exactly. I also have some strong words about…

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FTC to Bloggers: Drop that Sample!

The Federal Trade Commission has announced plans to regulate the behavior of bloggers.  Unfortunately, not their terrible grammar, short attention spans or inex…

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Voting with the remote

Jacob Weisberg in Newsweek: "Any news organization that took its responsibilities seriously would take pains to cover presidential criticism fairly. It wou…

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Don't Blow It

Bono in the NYT today: "The Nobel Peace Prize is the rest of the world saying, “Don’t blow it.” But that’s not just directed at Mr. Obama. It’s directed a…

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Dealing with FOX News as a political enemy

Gene Lyons on Salon: "Appearing on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” the White House’s Dunn made it clear that the Obama administration intends to deal with the ne…