Like Captain Renault (Claude Raines) in Casablanca, I am truly shocked to learn that U.S. presidential candidates may have sexual dalliances and lie about them.
Shocked
Category Archives: Technology Law
Political Hiring
If a government official breaks the law governing his or her core official functions, how can that NOT be a crime?
A Bureaucratic Farce
Friday’s decision by the Federal Communications Commission to cite Comcast for unlawful violation of “network neutrality” principles raises the serious question whether a government agency should be allowed to issue what it expressly terms a set of non-binding “principles” and then make an official finding of illegality when a company fails to follow those principles.
Private Fetishes
Max Mosley, one of the two architects of modern Formula One racing, has won a judgment for invasion of privacy in British court against a tabloid newspaper that accurately accused him of having a Nazi-themed orgy with hookers.
What is a Market?
Tiffany’s high-priced lawyers lost their argument that there was so much counterfeit merchandise sold on eBay the company had a legal obligation to police its auctions when a federal court rebuffed efforts to apply troubling French trademark decisions in the US.
Not the Best & Brightest
Thirty years ago the U.S. Department of Justice, and its Honors Program for law school graduates, attracted some of the best-credentialed, smartest and most talented young lawyers around. But now it seems the Bush Administration has totally politicized the Justice Department.
Ahead Of Its Time Redux
More than a decade later the automated smart home is still another 10 years away.
Again Ahead Of Its Time
Cloud computing is another technology for which the adoption rate may be a decade longer than folks think.
Airline Mergers and Oligopoly Pricing
The airline industry charges lower prices today than a decade ago, despite substantial consolidation and massive, billions-per-year operating losses. As a matter of economics, those facts teach that the market is highly competitive. Some antitrust Neanderthals may disagree, but they are reading from a hymnal that no longer has much spiritual resonance.
When Is a Market Not?
The data to establish that Internet ads are a subset of a broader advertising market — one in which, almost by definition, Google is not a “dominant” or even large player — may be there. Now it’s up to the advocates, economists and enforcement officials to figure out the answer.