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Legal writing tip

I hope my legal writing students read my blog because I have a tip for them: Make sure your briefs are comprehensible, include sound legal reasoning and argumen…

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Privacy Items of the Week

From SlashDot: Financial Responsibility == Terrorism? NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums Total Information Awareness Lives On SiteAdvisor Help…

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The Importance of Net Neutrality

Imagine if your internet service came in different grades:  if you were willing to pay $40 per month, your access to the Net would be as fast as possible; if yo…

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No Backdoor in Vista?

Even after doing extensive research on the current status of encryption law, I am still somewhat confused.  What's the current government strategy for overc…

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HigherEdBlogCon

Elizabeth Townsend Gard and I will be panelists in the HigherEdBlogCon from April 3-7, 2006. We will be discussing legal aspects of podcasting in teaching and h…

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Video shows Bush Katrina warning

This is amazing.  When I saw this headline I was stumped as to how there was video of Bush being briefed?  There was a reporter in the room?  This is a next-gen…

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P2P-TC

Xinwen Zhang et al., Enhancing Data Authenticity and Integrity in P2P Systems, IEEE Internet Computing, November/December 2005, pp. 42-49.…

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Best Practices 2.0

TCG Best Practices Committee, Design, Implementation, and Usage Principles, Version 2.0, December 2005.…