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Does Deep Throat Exist?

Today, to appease all the Watergate buffs out there, we have a guest comment by Jack Ayer.  Ayer is a renowned bankruptcy/commercial law professor who in earlie…

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Digital Rights Management Report from CRS

The Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress whose goal is to handle research needs of Congress, recently prepared a report which d…

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Defending International Law

When we most need international law, it is most under attack.  The right wing denounces international law constraints on national power while the left wing soun…

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American Solidarity with Iraqis

The image of Americans dipping their fingers in blue ink in solidarity with brave Iraqis is striking.  Before the war, we assumed that the ordinary people of Ir…

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Internet and Society News -- 050204

"Dismantling the New Deal for Over 1 Month" COMPETITION ========== SBC's big bid for Ma Bell $16 billion deal with telephony stalwart A…

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Wireless in Subways?

My friend Shane tells me that Blackberrys work in the NY subways because they run on old radio pager technology.  Apparently, the subways have long had radio tr…

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Vote for Top Legal Thinkers

As I mentioned a couple of months ago, the magazine Legal Affairs is conducting an online poll of the top 20 Legal Thinkers in America.  Of course, they recogn…