Law Students

HBO Wants to Change DRM to Something More Friendly

Posted on December 27, 2007
From Ed Felten: People have had lots of objections to Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology ? centering mainly on its clumsiness and the futility of its anti-infringement rationale ? but until recently nobody had complained that the term ?Digital Rights Management? was insufficiently Orwellian...

The Difference Between Smashing, Bumping, and Hitting

Posted on December 20, 2007
From Evan Schaeffer:  From The Psychiatrist Blog comes news that “witnesses are potentially highly suggestible and words are important”: The effect of changing a single word in questions has been tested by psychologists Loftus and Palmer in the context of eye witness statements...

The Solo Practice and Small Law Firm Profit Prejudice

Posted on December 19, 2007
From Susan Cartier Liebel, Esq: Last week I was invited to the Quinnipiac University School of Law Externship Program Reception which honors the supervisors who provided invaluable externship experience to the law students. In my opinion, the in-house legal clinic run by my very good friend, Carolyn Wilkes Kaas, and the externship program run by both [...

Law School Archetypes: The Old Guy

Posted on December 14, 2007
From Mike: “That Ol’ Man River. He must know somepin.’” -Oscar Hammerstein “Old Man River” Walk down the hall at your average law school and the scene will probably resemble a real life version of Saved By The Bell: People in their mid-twenties doing their best to portray high schoolers, with a couple of [...

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The House of Astor Scandal: Father Against Son

Posted on December 13, 2007
Greed, money, and power versus family. Who wins? In this tale concerning one of the greatest philanthropic ladies in New York, greed definitely wins out. Millionaire Brooke Astor ruled the New York social scene for decades. Her late husband, Vincent Astor was the last heir as the descendant of legendary John Jacob Astor who made an amazing [...

Fair Use Debate: People Posting Your Private Photos on Forums

Posted on December 06, 2007
From Rebecca Tushnet: Two Yale Law School students have sued posters on a law school discussion board (AutoAdmit, also known as Xoxohth) for defamation, related torts, misappropriation of personality, and copyright infringement, for reposting candid photos that were part of one student’s online collection at her own page...

Close the Lid on Bad Reporting: Radioactive Waste Spill

Posted on December 05, 2007
From Marty: Not really trademark law but may be of interest to those in communications or those who drink water and eat fish. I read an Associated Press report reprinted in Forbes magazine on the Japanese earthquake and came across the following: “Tokyo Electric Power Company also said about 400 barrels containing low-level radioactive [...

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