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The Lawyering Behind Facebook's IPO
Today, Facebook does its IPO - initial public offering. That means it begins offering shares of its stock for public trading on a stock exchange. Non-lawyers o…
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The Unintended Consequences of CISPA
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act ("CISPA") is the latest example of a depressingly common situation in Washington DC -- well-meaning…
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Seventh Circuit Upholds First Amendment Right to Film Police
With cell phone cameras everywhere, it has become common for members of the public to film encounters with the police. Whether the police are behaving professio…
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Apply Today: CIS Seeks Affiliates and Fellows
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society seeks scholars and practitioners interested in a formal affiliation with the Center for the 2012-2014 academic year…
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Commentary on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
Last week, Concurring Opinions hosted a symposium on my book. Here are links to the posts: Frank Pasquale’s Introduction to the Infrastructure Symposium: *…
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Commentary on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
Last week, Concurring Opinions hosted a symposium on my book. Here are links to the posts: Frank Pasquale’s Introduction to the Infrastructure Symposium: *…
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When Mobile Telecommunications Routes Become Banks
Lately, I have been puzzled by the proliferation of bank-mobile operator partnerships in the developed and emerging countries. The mobile carriers provide the…
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Curating Instead of Abusing the Internet’s Town Crier Capacity
With the U.S. Presidential Election season out of the gate, a shrill bloodbath of social media soon will decry or herald the records of President Barack Obama a…
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A Glance Inside The Clearance Culture
The clearance culture is the set of norms and practices within the entertainment industry that mandates—whether or not the law actually requires it—that every s…
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Chain-Link Confidentiality
I have just uploaded a new essay about online privacy to SSRN that will appear in Volume 46 of the Georgia Law Review. The essay, titled "Chain-Link Confid…
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Fair Use during submittal of prior art during patent prosecution: John Wiley & Sons v. McDonnell Boehnen
Dennis Crouch today reports on John Wiley & Sons v. McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff. The crux of this case concerns the disclosing and submitting…
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Next week: Concurring Opinions will host a blog symposium on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
April 25-26: Concurring Opinions will host a symposium on my book, Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources. Needless to say, I am excited and anx…