Imagining Cyber Civil Rights
Danielle Citron's paper, Cyber Civil Rights, argued that one way to address anonymous online attackes - of the Auto Admit variety - is to conceptualize them as civil rights violations.…
Obama Nominates Another Prof
Who said that President Obama has a fixation on law professors only at Harvard and Yale? Last Friday, President Obama nominated Larry Echohawk (pictured) to be Assistant Secretary for Indian…
Dramatic Shift In Racial Makeup Of Incarcerated Drug Offenders
From the Washington Post today:The D.C.-based Sentencing Project reported that the number of black inmates in state prisons for drug offenses had fallen from 145,000 in 1999 to 113,500 in…
The Deceptive Nature of College Waitlists
I was surprised to learn that, last year, Yale College placed 1052 people on its waitlist. 60 received offers of admission. MIT placed 700 students on the queue and…
Perry Mason Arrested For Unauthorized Practice Of Law
A 43 year old man was, going by the name Perry Mason, was arrested in Houston today. He apparently was practicing law without a license and collecting fees for it.…
SEC Discovers Ponzi Scheme. What Was First Clue?
Yesterday the SEC filed securities fraud charges against a firm for operating a $23 million investment scheme. The SEC’s complaint alleges that the firm “purported to use investor funds to…
AAUP Reports On Economics Of Academia, Faculty Salaries
The AAUP's new report, On the Brink: The Annual Report of the Economic Status of the Profession 2008-09 is here. The news isn't particularly good. You may have heard...endowments are crashing.…
Where in the world is …?
Did anyone notice Google's new feature - Google Latitude? Google describes the service as follows: ===================== With Google Latitude, you can: See where your friends are and what they are…
Bobby Jones And The Masters
Many readers may have watched television coverage of the Masters golf tournament over the weekend. Some readers may know that golf legend Bobby Jones founded / created the Augusta National…