Polymath's Guide to News and Ideas
change.gov set free
LESSIG BLOG :Consistent with the values of any "open government," and with his strong leadership on "free debates" from the very start, the Obama team has modified the copyright notice on change.gov to embrace the freest CC license... READ MORE
Nanotechnology: What Is It and Why Do Law Librarians Need to Know About It?
LLRX.COM - LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGY ARTICLES AND RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIANS, LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS : Research into the science and use of nanotechnology has existed for a few decades, but only recently has the potential of this technology become more widely known. Despite the advances in the field, a poll released last month indicated that half the U.S... READ MORE
Federal Search Commission? Access, Fairness and Accountability in the Law of Search
PAPERS.SSRN.COM : Should search engines be subject to the types of regulation now applied to personal data collectors, cable networks, or phone books? In this article... READ MORE
From my cell I scent the reeking soul of US justice
TIMES ONLINE :I write to you from a US federal prison. It is far from a country club or even a regimental health spa. I work quite hard but fulfillingly, teaching English and the history of the United States to some of my co-residents... READ MORE
A Trial Lawyer's Guide To Social Networking Sites
REAL LAWYERS HAVE BLOGS :We know there are jurors who blog, and jurors who read blogs, and jurors who comment on blogs. By now you're surely convinced that you need to ask potential jurors if they're writing on line... READ MORE
Blogging and Tenure
EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES :Over the years, a lot has been written about the risks of blogging during your pre-tenure years. See, most recently, Verity Winship, "Blogging without Tenure... READ MORE
Law Firm Perk of the Moment: Flextime
WWW.LAW.COM :It's 3:30 p.m., and Baker Botts partner Robert Murray, Jr., is not in his New York office. He's on his way to coach his kids' little league team... READ MORE
Law Firms Feel Strain of Layoffs and Cutbacks
NEW YORK TIMES :In downturns of years past, law firms exploited corporate failures and bitter, protracted lawsuits to keep busy and keep billing... READ MORE
The Chief Justice Learns a New Word
WWW.LAW.COM :Monday's Supreme Court oral argument in United States v. Hayes (pdf) was dense with debate over rules of grammar and statutory interpretation, all aimed at figuring out what Congress meant when it passed a statute in 1996 that expanded the scope of a law that makes it a crime for those convicted of felonies to possess a firearm... READ MORE
Rumors of Retirements
LEGALITIES :The conventional wisdom around Washington for the past year or so is that Barack Obama, if elected president, would nominate at least one or two justices to the Supreme Court... READ MORE