Need a Research Topic?
Announcing ACS ResearchLink: Connecting Law Students and Lawyers Committed to Justice | American Constitution Society: ACS ResearchLink creates a valuable online resource for the legal community by collecting legal research topics submitted by practitioners for law students to explore in faculty-supervised writing projects for academic credit. Practitioners will receive a copy of the resulting student papers, which […]
Does the "Other Party" on a Wiretapped Line Have Any Privacy Rights?
So when the government is targeting a person’s communications, what rights does the person calling — or being called — have? What about if the target is overseas and the “other party” is in the United States? This is an area that seems pretty unclear to me right now, although it might be pretty important given the NSA warrantless wiretapping […]
Now Part of Meraki's Free the Net SF
I’ve just received my free Meraki Mini, and put it in my window. Now my neighbors should be able to see the “Free the Net” signal, and hopefully we can get some momentum to spread the network to this part of SF! Your San Francisco neighbors are building a free wireless network, and you can be […]
Judge Voids Part of Patriot Act
A federal judge yesterday struck down the parts of the recently revised USA Patriot Act that authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation to use informal secret demands called national security letters to compel companies to provide customer records. The judge, Victor Marrero of the Federal District Court in Manhattan, ruled that the measure violated the […]
Patent Reform
An update on patent reform legislation working its way through Congress right now. An interesting amendment (from the comments on Patently-O) includes the following: [The] banning of patents on “tax planning methods.” These are defined, inter alia, as any invention that is a “technique…that has, when implemented, the effect of reducing, minimizing, or deferring, a taxpayer’s […]
Theory v. Practice in Law School Education
PrawfsBlawg: The Balance Between Theory & Practice: Recently, the balance between theory and practice in law schools has received markedly more attention (see the much-discussed Carnegie Foundation’s Report on Educating Lawyers). Many schools realize they do a disservice to their students if they don’t prepare them adequately for law practice. Several leading organizations have called for […]
Federal judge slams government response to FOIA requests on surveillance program
JURIST — Paper Chase: Federal judge slams government response to FOIA requests on surveillance program A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Legal Counsel, and the office of the Attorney General to submit more information to the court in support of their motion for summary judgment in a consolidated lawsuit seeking […]
Earthlink Escapes Contract for Free San Francisco Wifi
EarthLink said late Wednesday that it is bailing out of a contract to build San Francisco’s free Wi-Fi service. Earlier on Wednesday, the city of Houston announced that EarthLink had agreed to pay a $5 million penalty to the city for not meeting its first deadline for building its wireless network. EarthLink has nine months to […]
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