By Casebook Sherpa, on March 24th, 2010
Joe Biden is worth his weight in gold for his gaffes and ill-timed quips. When he whispered to the President in range of a live microphone before the signing of the health care bill: “This is a big f—ing deal!”, you could see the President purse his lips. At least one of them realized there [...]
By Dr. Bombay, on November 15th, 2009
So Goody and I took His Majesty over to the mall today. The goals were simple: exploit the collapse of the economy for low prices (generally), and find a birthday present for her (specifically). But with the specter of law school haunting me wherever I go, even such pleasantly banal endeavors become fodder for a [...]
By Dr. Bombay, on November 1st, 2009
In a couple of days, the citizens of New Jersey are going to go elect some poor sap governor. Most casual political observers (and I put law student’s into this category), have been looking at this race with a great deal of fascination. Despite its Northern clime, New Jersey is purplish state, with current governor [...]
By Casebook Sherpa, on October 1st, 2009
I cringe to write this post. Both because it’s a just my thinking out loud and because it’s a bit risky for a law student in search of summer positions to write. But I do so because as someone training to be a lawyer, it weighs heavily on my career decisions and my understanding of [...]
By Dr. Bombay, on September 10th, 2009
Great God Almighty! Our long national nightmare is over, and football has returned! In honor of this momentous occasion, here’s a few facts about the intersection of football and the law. Enjoy them while mopping the Primanti Bros. grease off your faces with your “Terrible Towels.” Quick note: those things are so awful, I might [...]
By Casebook Sherpa, on August 17th, 2009
I happened across this talk by Larry Lessig at TED in 2007 as I was reading some things about creativity and law:
In the talk, he says the law should encourage a “read-write” view of creative content. Rather than simply consuming creative content, the consumer should be able to republish it to a certain extent and [...]
By Casebook Sherpa, on August 17th, 2009
The Obama Administration recently suggested a reform to the government’s policy on data collection by government websites. The proposal was met with a wave of dialogue over the nature of government data collection and expectations of privacy:
Supporters of a change say social networking and similar services, which often take advantage of the tracking technologies, have [...]
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