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26 Oct 2016, 3:05 am
[TechDirt] Tags: Kamala Harris, Mexico, online speech, Pennsylvania, politics, regulation and its reform October 26 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
3 May 2012, 9:06 pm
Failure to accommodate employee’s religious belief forbidding hair-cutting results in $27K payout by Taco Bell operator [EEOC, North Carolina] There’s a reason they call it Government Motors: nonunion GM assembly workers get shaft [Fountain] Mayor Bloomberg refreshingly sane on “living wage,” though not alas rent control [Heather Mac Donald, Secular Right] “The cost of labor isn’t the main problem, it’s the rigidities,” says French CEO… [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 9:05 pm
HBO back with “Confirmation” docudrama on the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill episode and Stuart Taylor, Jr. not greatly impressed [Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist] Another rogue Eastern District of Texas patent outcome falls, this time it’s Google for $85 million [Joe Mullin, ArsTechnica] “New Bill Designed To Stop Egregious Venue Shopping By Patent Trolls” [Nathan Leamer and Zach Graves, TechDirt] “Life in California — A Tax on a Tax”… [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 9:05 pm
Someone’s using someone: “Providence using plaintiffs bar to become player in antitrust cases” [Jessica Karmasek, Legal Newsline, related] Competitive Enterprise Institute picks what it considers the nation’s six worst state AGs, most names are familiar to our readers [Hans Bader/CEI, more, full report in PDF, and thanks for link] “Frivolous Serial Pro Se Litigant Upset Journalists Portrayed Him As A Frivolous Serial Litigant” [Tim Cushing,… [read post]
15 Sep 2013, 4:05 am
[Tom Bowden] NSA covertly intervened in standards making process to weaken encryption standards [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] After being rebuffed by public opinion in quest for dragnet surveillance programs, NSA quietly put programs in place through other channels [Jack Shafer; related, Ken at Popehat] Given the limitations of litigation, better not to lament the shortcomings of the NFL concussion settlement [Howard Wasserman] Tweet Tags: antitrust, football, Indian tribes,… [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 9:05 pm
Just don’t [John McGinnis] “O’Neil is the Wang of Ireland” says apparel trademark disputant [Timothy Geigner, Techdirt] “Religious people should live under the same laws as everyone else” was a nice slogan while it lasted [Julie Zauzmer, Washington Post on nuns’ construction of chapel in field so as to block pipeline, plus resulting Twitter thread] “Therapy animals are everywhere, but proof that they help is not” [Karin Brulliard,… [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 6:27 am
” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Tags: asbestos, beer and brewers, free trade, guns, Maryland, nastygrams, pro bono December 20 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
11 May 2016, 9:05 pm
Louis may need cleanup, yet consolidation is no cure-all either [Aaron Renn, Urbanophile] In doubly aggressive legal stance, Obama DoJ claims controversial North Carolina bathroom law violates federal law, threatens state with fund cutoff unless repealed pronto [Scott Shackford, Reason] “Vice Media Sends Cease And Desist To [Indie Rock Band] ViceVersa Over Trademark Infringement” [TechDirt] “Federal regulation is a hidden tax at nearly $15,000 per U.S. household… [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 12:24 pm
TechDirt has additional commentary here. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 9:17 pm
For a more mainstream media take on the Bilski ruling, check out Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Techdirt, and Forbes. [read post]
12 Dec 2018, 2:59 am
We Need a Bundesverwaltungsgericht” [Michael Greve, responses from Mike Rappaport, Philip Wallach, and Ilan Wurman, and rejoinder from Greve] New York’s family court system is failing children and their families [Naomi Riley/City Journal, thanks for quote] “The Emmys People Are Opposing A Pet Products Company Named After A Dog Named ‘Emmy'” [Tim Geigner, TechDirt] Metaphor alert: “Lawmaker Injured by Flying Constitution” [Kevin… [read post]
21 Jun 2013, 5:10 am
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6 Sep 2018, 9:43 am
Last week, telco lobby group USTelecom accidentally emailed internal documents containing draft talking points to Techdirt founder Mike Masnick. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 6:00 am
So far, among others, it's been reported by: Wired, Slashdot, Hard OCP, Ars Technica, TechDirt and Slyck(US) The Inquirer (UK) tweakers.net (Holland) Linux.org.ru (Russia) ZDNet.Be (Dutch) Ratiatum (French) Afterdawn (Finland) Punto Informatico, (Italy) OS News (Poland) Tom's Hardware (France) p2pnet - (Canada) [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 6:53 am
Techdirt has a good commentary on an amusing yet effective way that the Cracked website handled one of their articles being copied by the Daily Mail. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 2:59 am
Moving against emerging litigation analytics and prediction sector, France bans publication of statistical information about individual judges’ decisions on criminal penalty [Artificial Lawyer, ABA Journal, David Post] Eugene Volokh analyzes Washington high court’s unanimous ruling against Arlene’s Flowers and Barronelle Stutzman in same-sex marriage refusal case [Volokh Conspiracy, earlier on case here and here] “Small claims court for copyright” idea would likely… [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 10:11 am
” Our friends at TechDirt are less diplomatic: Novelist Joins Lawsuit Against Libraries; Would Apparently Prefer His Book Rot In Obscurity. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 4:41 pm
The affidavit was submitted to try to stave off summary judgment in a case where Jenzabar is suing documentary film-makers Long Bow Group claiming trademark infringement because Jenzabar’s name is in the meta tags for a page about the later life of Ling Chai, who founded Jenzabar but was a leading character in a Long Bow documentary.Drawing in part on useful responses to my post by commenters on Techdirt and Dave Farber’s Interesting People, we have submitted a brief… [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 5:38 pm
TechDirt is in the house and has commented on Congressman Howard Berman's take on patent reform and the longer patent reform panel session. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 9:05 pm
” Self-driving car revolution is coming quickly, but there might still be time for feds to mess it up [Randal O’Toole] “NYT throws hissy-fit, sues over use of thumbnails in critical book” [Rebecca Tushnet via Mike Masnick, TechDirt] New laws from Brussels could endanger thousands of historic guns in British museums [Telegraph] Drawing on the organization’s entire moral authority, i.e. none at all, United Nations panel calls for U.S. to pay slavery… [read post]
