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Data Retention and the Fourth Amendment
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez is interested in restarting talks with Congress about data retention legislation. (See Anne Broache, “Feds: Details of ISP Sno…
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Language to unite and explain rather than divide and attack
Conservative wordsmith Frank Luntz in the Huffington Post: "Democracy is at its best when its practioners use language to unite and explain rather than di…
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Drawing the Light Blue Line on Global Warming
This week, I was contacted by www.LightBlueLine.org and www.Canary-Project.org to help draw a line throughout New York City tracing the perimeter for a 40-foot…
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Privacy Symposium Drafts Up!
The symposium drafts for "Search and Seizure in the Digital Age" are all up! Check them out at the symposium page at the Stanford Technology Law Revie…
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Balancing the Federal Budget
It is always dangerous to blog when upset, but I will take the risk now so as to not subject my poor wife to further rants. I have just finished the process of…
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Who needs Constitutionality anyway?
What exactly is the scope of executive power? We heard about it during the warrentless wiretapping controversy and a myriad of other constitutional faux pax of…
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9th Circuit rejects constitutional challenge to copyright laws in Kahle v. Gonzales
Some sad news to report: the 9th Circuit has rejected constitutional challenges to the copyright laws in *Kahle v. Gonzales*. The opinion is here. Sad, yes, b…
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Sustainability Goes Mainstrean: This Week's Business Week Cover Story
Check out this week's Business Week cover story: Beyond the Green Corporation: www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_05/b4019001.htm. Also check out I…
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Bill Richardson: "Civility and common decency in government has perished"
Bill Richardson throws his hat into the ring with some frank talk about excessive partisanship: "I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage…
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Domain Names and Trademarks
For those of you who are interested in domain names issues I have made this piece available on my SSRN page. It addresses the interface between registration of…
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Digital, Life, Design Conference
A friend just informed me of this conference starting Sunday in Munich. Sorry for the late notice, but it’s interesting nonetheless. DLD Conference DLD (Digit…
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Community Patent Review
From a new white paper on the IBM website: "Until now, only the U.S. patent office has been allowed to review patent applications and determine whether or…