The Ninth Circuit just decided United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing which includes some very important new rules for seizing data on people's computers. Or so I'm told by folks like Scott Greenfield and Orin Kerr, who understand these things far better than me. As I understand the problem Kozinski is trying to solve, the government used to treat a search for anything on … [Read more...] about The Cyber Revolution Reaches the Ninth Circuit
It’s Been A Bad Year
My mother died in April, I moved in with my father for a few months to take care of him until I could find a nursing home, I moved him to the nursing home, I cleaned out his apartment, and I straightened out his finances. Now my father's died too, and I just got back from visiting his brother and sister and taking his ashes back to where he grew up in Kentucky. I guess I … [Read more...] about It’s Been A Bad Year
Scattershot 2009-08-24
Random shots around the web: This could cause a lot of trouble. The war against illegal immigration is apparently as stupid and cruel as the war on drugs. Bobby G. Frederick drinks the TLC kool-aid. So true. I do this, but with a shorter lag. [Thanks, Bobby. The error in your comment has been noted and corrected.] … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-08-24
Scattershot 2009-08-17
Random shots around the web: Motorola goes back to the brick with a mil spec cell phone. [It was kind of a rough week.] … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-08-17
Coupon Madness
Over at Simple Justice, Scott Greenfield has taken time off from bashing marketers to bash coupon settlements. That's when some lawyers initiate a lawsuit against a corporation on behalf of a large number of people, and then settled for a payment that allows the corporation to send out some sort of redeemable coupon instead of cash. In this case, it's the Ford Explorer rollover … [Read more...] about Coupon Madness