Congratulations to Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Kagan. Both were among the winners of The Green Bag’s 2011 Honorees for Exemplary Legal Writing. CJ Justice was honored in the category of Opinions for the Court for his opinion…
Archive for the ‘Current Affairs’ Category
Where is the Legislation That Banned Christmas?
25
Dec
First published in LLB on Dec. 25, 2007. Cromwellian apologists, like the Cromwell Association, argue that there is no evidence to support the myth that Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas: There is no sign that Cromwell personally played a particularly large…
A Bit More On Carrier IQ
16
Dec
Senator Al Franken received letters from Carrier IQ, AT&T, Sprint, Samsung, and HTC detailing their use of Carrier IQ software as he had requested. They are available in full from Senator Franken’s Senate web page and summarized in a Bloomberg…
Browsing On A Sunday: Copyright, Cat Hair, And Warranties
11
Dec
Constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe has submitted an analysis of the Stop Online Piracy Act to the House Judiciary Committee. He says the Act is an unconstitutional implementation of prior restraint. This counters a memo by Floyd Abrams who says…
Being There: From Existential Angst to Professional Optimism
28
Nov
While my Thanksgiving Day LLB post was full of existential angst about the future from a personal, that is to say non-professional, perspective, Jenny Wondrackek’s RIPS Law Librarian post offers a more positive professional perspective: With all of the budget…
European Court of Justice Says No To Filtering Internet Traffic As A Response To Copyright Infringement
28
Nov
The European Court of Justice issued an opinion last week holding that it is a violation of EU law for member states to impose filtering requirements on ISPs. The case came by way of a dispute between Belgian IP licensing…
Thank You LLMC. I Heart You!
28
Nov
Law journals seem to be taking the brunt of the space burden in the world of the shrinking library. My impression is that many libraries are tossing them, though there are some old fashioned librarians like me who are philosophically…
A Law Prof’s Courageous Public Reckoning with Being a Sexual Abuse Victim as a Child
26
Nov
Law prof Mark McKenna speaks out for the first time about being victim of sexual abuse on Slate. From the opening paragraph of The Cruel Lesson of Penn State: How what happened in State College forced me to confront my…
