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16 Jan 2015, 1:35 pm
Cops and prosecutors have had the power to seize property and cash from suspects before anyone has actually been convicted of a crime (usually narcotics-related). [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 10:21 am
IP is more rhetoric than rule; it can appear as fantasy (potential riches), rumor (fear of being sued), threat, whipping boy fueling resistance—“as a symbol of corporate power rather than as a specific set of rules,” and so on.Much like Silbey, the authors conclude that IP appears as a strategy “adopted to cross or police boundaries long after a work has been created or an innovation has taken place. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 3:08 pm
Having eye-tracking data on users, for example, can cement a monopolistic power in online advertisements— regardless of how effective it actually is. [read post]
23 May 2022, 6:30 am
The course of twentieth-century German history, coupled with a widespread desire after unification to work through this past, has created a rich context for the study of monuments; one could even claim that Berlin suffers today from an affliction called ‘monumentitis’. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 1:52 am
As it has been doing on a monthly basis during the current banking crisis, the FDIC has once again updated the page on its website describing the failed bank litigation that the agency has initiated. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 7:20 am
“Our national crisis of faith in government boils down to this simple fact: people don’t trust their government to do the right thing because they think government works for the rich, the powerful and the well-connected and not for the American people,” said Sen. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 10:42 am
The end result of this would be that only companies that are rich enough to hire an army of lawyers and lobbyists will be able to wade through the complicated regulatory landscape—companies such as Facebook. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 11:35 pm
The incentive to wait and see is powerful. [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 12:48 pm
There are several reasons for this: fear of death; procrastination; and misinformation (people presume that only the rich need to have Wills). [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 5:30 am
Much more remains to be done, especially to address the powerful role of policeunionsand specialprotectionslimiting access to policing [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 7:33 pm
No matter how poor their station in life, when it comes to our Bill of Rights, the Constitution makes no distinction between citizens and illegal aliens or between the rich and those compelled to reside in substandard conditions. [read post]
6 May 2019, 5:38 am
Governments must get serious about reining in the power of business to regulate itself. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 7:46 am
For our Classic White Baking Chips, pure vanilla and whole milk powder combine to create rich, melt-in-your-mouth bliss. [read post]
29 Dec 2017, 2:00 pm
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill (2007) [cd unabridged]39. [read post]
7 Dec 2022, 8:32 am
He points out that this is another example (akin, I would note, to public attitudes about gun control) where Republican elites' policy views are wildly unpopular:The biggest gap in views [between the wealthy and most voters] is on Social Security, where the rich, by a large margin, want to see benefits reduced while the general public, by an even larger margin, wants to see them increased.And Republicans are taking the side of the rich.As I noted above,… [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 1:58 pm
Obfuscation, by Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum This slim volume tackles the idea of "obfuscation" in the context of privacy, and unearths a surprisingly rich history of efforts to obscure or camouflage oneself or one's data from observation or recognition. [read post]
9 Mar 2014, 8:18 pm
"Resource-rich African countries are busy setting up sovereign wealth funds, but critics say the funds may not serve the long-term interests of poor countries that still need to invest in basics such as schools and roads. . . . [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 2:01 pm
Unfortunately, it is underfunded and has fewer vessels than the rich, powerful, enormous and ever-growing cruise industry. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 2:49 pm
It’s a powerful way to teach students real issues in IP policies and practice, whether it’s people seeking rights to people cramped by existing IP regimes. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 7:23 am
Both try to jam the rich diversity of human life and individual circumstances into a finite set of rigid categories. [read post]
