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A newly declassified opinion shows FISA court “oversight” in the face of egregious, unconstitutional and potentially criminal government misconduct means nothing. Read more about FISA Court Rolls Over, Plays Dead
Comments submitted to the Bureau of Land Management regarding Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations and Trade Secrecy. Read more about Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations and Trade Secrecy
Also available for download from SSRN.
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
Woodrow Hartzog
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law; Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society Read more about The FTC and the New Common Law of Privacy
It seems that every day brings a new revelation about the scope of the NSA’s heretofore secret warrantless mass surveillance programs. And as we learn more, the picture becomes increasingly alarming. Read more about NSA, DEA, IRS Lie About Fact That Americans Are Routinely Spied On By Our Government: Time For A Special Prosecutor
Jon Hanson and Douglas Kysar coined the term “market manipulation” in 1999 to describe how companies exploit the cognitive limitations of consumers. Everything costs $9.99 because consumers see the price as closer to $9 than $10. Although widely cited by academics, the concept of market manipulation has had only a modest impact on consumer protection law. Read more about Digital Market Manipulation
The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think, an op ed by Patrick Lin on Wired. Read more about The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think
In two recent decisions concerning copyright’s fair use doctrine, the Second Circuit addressed the lawfulness of incorporating one creative work into a new one. In both Cariou v Prince and Salinger v Colting, US District Judge Deborah Batts enjoined similar activity using nearly identical reasoning. But on appeal, the Second Circuit found fair use in the former and likely infringement in the latter. Read more about Fair Use for the Rich and Fabulous?
The Secret FISA Court Must Go, an op ed on The Daily Beast. Read more about The Secret FISA Court Must Go
Arguing that a defendant’s conviction for website hacking should be overturned because legitimate, highly valuable security and privacy research commonly employs techniques that are essentially identical to what the defendant did and that such independent research is of great value to academics, government regulators and the public even when – often especially when — conducted without a website owner’s permission.
