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Legally Speaking: Next up, Lawrence Lessig
The next Legally Speaking - cosponsored by the California Lawyer and Hastings Law School - will feature Lawrence Lessig. It's scheduled for March 19. CLE cr…
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Building Bipartisan Habits
David Boren, senator from Oklahoma from 1979 to 1994, in the Post two days ago: "History demonstrates that bipartisanship is not an impractical, romantic n…
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Emerging Governmediality - 1.000 Points of Data
The New York Times runs an interesting Open-Ed piece by Kenneth M. Duberstein today: 1,000 Points of Data . While it remains to be seen if governmental data is…
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Facebook & The Charitable Deceptions Of Nostalgia
Facebook trends proceed at a spooky (in the quantum sense) pace. It took the New York Times all of a week to pick up on 25 Random Things. I’ve noticed a subtl…
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Symposium: Neuroscience And The Courts
The Stanford Technology Law Review’s symposium is scheduled for February 27th, 2009. According to its website, the symposium will “showcase vibrant legal schola…
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“I’m an eternal optimist. That doesn’t mean I’m a sap."
Herbert in the NYT this morning: "In a conversation with a small group of columnists aboard Air Force One on Friday, the president discussed the fight over…
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Taking Offense: De Facto Censorship in the Digital Age
Last week, FOX News icon Bill O’Reilly made a series of insulting and demeaning remarks on-air about highly-esteemed female journalist, Helen Thomas. In today’…
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The Reality of Guantanamo
Specialist Brandon Neely: "I have seen and done many horrible things, either at Guantánamo or in Iraq, and I know what it is like to try and move on with y…
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Women & The Rise Of Code: Is Power A Moving Target?
Outside of a J.R.R. Tolkien novel, power does not reside in any one person, object, or place. But it does cluster. An enormous percentage of those “in power,”…
Golan v. Holder - Government's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and Reply in support of their Motion for Summary Judgment in the District Court
The Golan case was back before the District Court on remand to determine whether the URAA can survive First Amendment scrutiny. Each side cross-moved for summar…
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DMCA Safe Harbor for Service Providers Also Protects Non-Storage Activities Designed to Facilitate Access to User-Stored Content
Author: Stuart Loh Universal Music Group (“UMG”) sued Veoh Networks, Inc. (“Veoh”), an Internet-based service that allows users to share videos online, for c…
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English Court Allows Defamation Action to Proceed Despite Evidence of Low Readership
Author: Ranjini Acharya John Alexis Mardas, a former associate of the Beatles, has won the right to bring defamation proceedings against the New York Times an…