The judgment considers the extent to which “bad reputation” and evidence of similar allegations made by others can be considered by the court, assessing the principles set out in Burstein v Times Newspapers and Dingle v Associated Newspapers under section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013. [read post]

Michael Burstein, Indiscrete PropertyInformation is often incompatible with the notion of thingness in ways that go beyond the mere costs of defining the thing: it is indiscrete and continuous, as opposed to discrete and separable as most tangible goods are. [read post]

For short (and short-ish) summaries of recent (and recent-ish) 9th Circuit criminal defense wins in involving cell phone searches, restitution, fraud, appeal waivers, crimes of violence, violent felonies, the Excessive Fines Clause, the Marks Rule, the Fair Sentencing Act, fictitious financial instruments, conspiracy, minor role, supervised release conditions, forcible medication, attempted illegal reentry, home searches, guilty plea colloquys, confrontation, the Assimilative Crimes Act, the Court… [read post]

Below the fold are the results of the 2019-2020 Law Professor Twitter Census. [read post]