Suffolk University Law School is offering through iTunes U a 20-part podcast series titled “Transitioning from One-L to Summer Legal Work.” Those podcasts I’ve listened to are worthwhile for those law students trying to understand what it means to practice law, especially if they have not worked in a professional or office environment. Kudos to [...]
Yesterday we completed our Two Weekends, Two Graduations tour in Middlebury, Vermont where Nate graduated from college: Sphere: Related Content Related posts What Worth is Wikipedia? (9) Trimmed! (0) Thinking of Law School? Read This (0) Thank you . . . (1) Pomp & Circumstance (0)
“America LOVES GUNS and GAS!” If you purchase a Ford or GM car or truck this month from Max Motors in Butler, MO the dealer will throw in either a card for $250 in gas or a handgun. The dealership’s owner recommends the pocket-sized Kel-Tec .380 pistol. Most purchasers are opting for the handgun. The [...]
The SMG website features an interesting 7-minute podcast from colleague Marshall Van Alstyne, Associate Professor Information Systems, on IP and Open v. Proprietary Systems. Among other things he advises “don’t make the classic lawyer’s mistake” and equate “maximum value with maximum protection,” which he illustrates with a discussion of the birth of Google mashups. In [...]
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Amazon continues to challenge NY’s recent law requiring the online retailer to collect and remit NY state sales taxes on sales to customers in the state, but meanwhile it will comply with the law when it becomes effective on June 1. New York asserts that Amazon’s New-York-based “affiliates,” third-party websites that link to Amazon and [...]
Last October a Minnesota jury found Jammie Thomas liable for copyright infringement for KaZaa downloads of 24 copyrighted songs and awarded damages of $9,250 per infringement, a total of $222,000. Last week Michael Davis, the federal judge who presided over Thomas’s trial, said that he erred when instructing the jury that ““the act of making [...]