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Acting Dean Oberdiek reported today the tragic news that Professor Greg Lastowka died late last night, “surrounded by his wife Carol and their sons Adam and Daniel, following a courageous year-long battle against a rare and aggressive form of throat cancer.”  As a member of the faculty since 2004, Greg was a leading scholar of intellectual property … Continue reading Mourning Professor Greg Lastowka…

By: Brittney Cafero (Rutgers-Camden Law Class of 2015)  Rolling Stone is likely to be liable if a University of Virginia fraternity sues it for defamation, as threatened. UVA’s Phi Kappa Psi (PKP) fraternity has said it will sue the magazine for a story published in November 2014 entitled, A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault … Continue reading Why UVA Fraternity is Likely to Succeed Against Rolling Stone…

In the face of a blistering grassroots campaign, President Obama’s finger wagging, several reversals at court, and at least five years of trying, the FCC has adopted unblinking net neutrality rules. The actual order – coming in at well over 200 pages – will not be available for days or weeks to come, so we … Continue reading FCC Comes Out Swinging on Broadband…

Today, the FCC will vote out it’s Net Neutrality rules, most likely releasing 5-10 pages of rule changes that will bring broadband within the Title II common carrier regime.  The full report will follow some weeks from now and then the litigation will begin, with challenges probably being filed in March and April.  There’s another … Continue reading The Other Big Vote at the FCC Today…

By: Brittney Cafero ’15 February 17, 2015 On January 26, 2015, Jeffrey Sterling was convicted under the Espionage Act for leaking classified information to a New York Times reporter. This was the latest in a series of prosecutions the Obama Administration has pursued to stop leakers. In two prosecutions of leakers, the federal government subpoenaed … Continue reading Time to Raise the Shield…