Jerry Beard of the federal public defender’s office in Fort Worth, Tex., will argue for the petitioner, and Lisa Schertler of the Solicitor General’s office will argue for the respondent. [read post]

Some of my favorite times at TECHSHOW have been sitting in the lobby until the wee hours talking with Jerry Lawson, Alan Pearlman, Ernest "Ernie the Attorney" Svenson, Dan Pinnington, Jim Calloway, Jeff Beard, Adriana Linares, the Rethink IP guys, and many, many others, but especially my longtime pals from CaseSoft, Bob Wiss and Greg Krehel - I'll definitely miss our annual get-togethers this year. [read post]