By Miranda Browne (‘16) In mid-January Osiris Aristy, a Brooklyn teenager, was arrested for allegedly threatening the NYPD using emoji in his Facebook status updates. Aristy posted “N**** run up on me, he gunna get blown down,” then an emoji of a police officer followed by three guns. Later than night, he followed it up … Continue reading Freedom of Emoji…
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Practical Obscurity and The Right to Be Forgotten: “Pretty Much” Privacy is Enough
In 1979, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized an individual interest in the “practical obscurity” of certain personal information. The case was DOJ v. Reporters Committee for a Free Press. The Court held that publically available FBI rap sheets – maintained on tens of millions of people — could be withheld under FOIA because, while they … Continue reading Practical Obscurity and The Right to Be Forgotten: “Pretty Much” Privacy is Enough…
The Supreme Court Requires Appellate Deference to Claim Construction Fact Finding: The Likely Upshot
The Supreme Court decided on January 20, 2015 in Teva Pharm. v. Sandoz, Inc. that F.R.Civ.P. 52(a)(6) applies to appellate review of claim construction, and that underlying factual finding by the District Court must be reviewed under the “clear error” standard. The Supreme Court relied on the text of the Rule and a long line … Continue reading The Supreme Court Requires Appellate Deference to Claim Construction Fact Finding: The Likely Upshot…
Does it Violate the First Amendment to Limit Directional Signs More than Political Signs? Looks Likely After Supreme Court Oral Argument in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, AZ.
The town of Gilbert Arizona was made famous, to me at least, when Rachel Maddow reported on the school district’s decision to remove pages of high school biology textbooks that discussed contraception. Now it’s famous for another reason. Clyde Reed, pastor of Good News Community Church, rented space at an elementary school in Gilbert, Arizona … Continue reading Does it Violate the First Amendment to Limit Directional Signs More than Political Signs? Looks Likely After Supreme Court Oral Argument in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, AZ.…
iPod trial and Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was a revolutionary. One of the creative geniuses of all time. But did he lead his company into an antitrust violation by forcing consumers to pay more for iPods and prevent the devices from playing songs from rivals’ music stores? That is the issue that a jury is confronting in the iPod antitrust … Continue reading iPod trial and Steve Jobs…