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7 Jun 2018, 2:55 am
” [John Pfaff Twitter thread, earlier here, here, and here] “CBP Sued For Seizing $41,000 From Airline Passenger, Then Refusing To Give It Back Unless She Promised Not To Sue” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Even when suspects are in fact guilty, lies told to justify searches “corrupt the law in order to enforce it. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 5:17 am
” report on environmental litigation [Manhattan Institute, related from Jim Copland on a Richard Blumenthal suit] Furor continues over Philadelphia’s $300 “business privilege tax” on bloggers and other low-revenue businesses [City Paper, Instapundit, Atlantic Wire, Kennerly] “DoJ seeks Ebonics translators” story affords glimpse of oft-abused market for prosecution experts [Ken at Popehat] Much more on FASB show-the-adversary-your-cards litigation accounting… [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 3:01 am
” [Alex Tabarrok on Esteban Mendez-Chacon and Diana Van Patten paper] “I’ve often noted to people that [lawyers who] are unethical at the start of representation are not likely to be ethical later as their interests are directed to the self and not the client” [Eric Turkewitz on NYPD 911-call-injury-referral scandal, earlier] “The Color Magenta, Or How T-Mobile Thinks It Owns A General Color” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] Tags: Baltimore, chasing… [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 5:50 am
[Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Cory King case: “Not Everything Can Be a Federal Crime” [Ilya Shapiro, Cato] “Ban on smoking in cars with young children clears Md. [read post]
5 Jun 2010, 6:22 pm
For background on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, visit the excellent Wikipedia page.Last week my post on ACTA was picked up in a very kind and thoughtful review by Mike Masnik, of Techdirt, here. [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 5:13 am
TechDirt is reporting an update to a case they first covered back in October where a lawyer tried to claim his cease-and-desist letters fell under a copyright, and thus no one could legally reprint them without his express permission. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 2:56 am
Main reasons: 1) Small states get rounded up or down; 2) demographics change in existing districts over 10-year Census cycle especially where new housing is being built [Hristina Byrnes, 24/7 Wall Street, I’m quoted] “‘Outrageously excessive’ requests for attorney fees can be altogether denied, 3rd Circuit says” [ABA Journal] Prenda copyright troll Paul Hansmeier, who also did mass ADA filings, pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering charges [Dan Browning,… [read post]
5 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm
Kittle, Wisconsin Watchdog] Rare instance where pro-speech, anti-harass groups agree: ICANN shouldn’t zap site-owner privacy [Online Abuse Prevention Initiative via @sarahjeong] “Researcher Headed To Australian Supreme Court In Attempt To Hold Google Responsible For Posts At Ripoff Reports” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] When you vigorously deny an accusation, do you defame the accuser as a liar? [read post]
1 Apr 2021, 4:30 pm
See also this recent post to TechDirt. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 11:42 am
Technology: Techdirt - Technology news and commentary, mostly commentary. [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 3:02 am
On the old “shouting fire in a crowded theater” trope, read this whole thread and then you won’t have to catch up later [Popehat on Twitter] Neither “extremist” speech nor “fake news” can be defined and identified closely enough for regulation to work [Cato Daily Podcast with Flemming Rose and Caleb Brown] Encyclopedia of Libertarianism article on freedom of speech is by Alan Charles Kors; “Screen Actors Guild Tells Court There’s Nothing… [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 3:02 am
” [Ted Frank describing suit against SalesForce alleging that its business management software assisted sexually oriented online business BackPage; Mike Masnick, TechDirt] “Our waterways policy is crony capitalism disguised as patriotism” [George Will, syndicated/Atlanta Journal Constitution] “The Jones Act Fleet: High Costs and Limited Capabilities” [Colin Grabow, Cato at Liberty] More on the maritime protectionism law, all from Grabow at Cato: Sen. [read post]
27 Nov 2017, 3:01 am
Coleman, Amy Howe/ SCOTUSBlog, Eugene Volokh, Howard Wasserman] Roy Moore threatens Alabama newspapers with legal action, newspapers fire back with preserve-your-records-or-risk-sanctions warning [Erik Wemple, Washington Post] Section 230 at risk: proposed amendment to trafficking bill doesn’t go nearly far enough to remove chilling effect on online speech [R Street coalition letter, Mike Godwin, The Hill, earlier] “Judge Smacks Down Another Anonymous Cop’s Lawsuit Against… [read post]
9 Dec 2015, 4:55 am
And this article by Mike Masnick of Techdirt entitled The Paris Attacks Were An Intelligence Community Failure, Not An ‘Encryption’ Problem. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 3:10 am
Then Child Protective Services arrives [Haiku of the Day] Study finds no evidence California cellphone ban reduced accidents [The Newspaper] Or maybe if you’ve been in good health for 13 years it’s okay to let the grievance slide: pols, union leaders urge unimpaired WTC rescuers to enroll for possible future compensation [AP/WCBS] “Thomson Reuters Thinks Not Responding To Their Email Means You’ve Freely Licensed All Your Content” [Mike Masnick,… [read post]
5 May 2010, 7:31 am
And yes, I realize that the attention I would bring is not in itself significant (I’m not Techdirt or Boing Boing), but every bit helps, and every bit adds up. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 11:02 am
More: WHEC TechDirt [read post]
10 Mar 2012, 3:11 pm
” [@Popehat on Gawker item] “Key Techdirt SOPA/PIPA Post Censored By Bogus DMCA Takedown Notice” [Mike Masnick] Overly aggressive trademark lawyers? [read post]
18 Aug 2008, 9:14 am
We've discussed non-competes often here in the past; Techdirt made much the same point a year and a half back.And then there is from Networkworld, Non-compete pacts called bad for tech innovation:Some instead seek employment in large companies that can defend them against litigation related to non-compete agreements, said Lee Fleming, an associate professor at Harvard who is conducting a research project into the subject. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 6:26 am
Democratic Underground (motion here) Righthaven sued over a five-sentence excerpt of a news article that was posted by a political discussion group.Here from Techdirt we have coverage of Righthaven appealing to the Ninth Circuit from a ruling that copying of an entire work can be fair use, together with a link here to the brief.Check out www.righthavenlawsuits.com for more. [read post]
