O_O Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed speculation Wednesday that President Barack Obama would issue a signing statement when he makes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and its controversial detention provisions law. “We made really substantial progress in moving from someth... Read more...
Facebook will face a new legal challenge from Europe with the Telegraph reporting that a new law will prohibit the company from using users' information to produce bespoke advertising. The new directive from the European Commission would mean that Facebook would be unable to sell individuals' in... Read more...
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Center for American Progress, and the Open Society Foundations hosted a conversation with Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author, and Michel Martin, host of NPR’s Tell Me More. The one-on-one interview explores the pursuit of just... Read more...
Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen last week approved a controversial new drug law that opens the door to rampant human rights violations. The legislation, which is expected to be signed into law within the next few weeks, will force drug users in the Asian nation into involuntary treatment... Read more...
At a recent summit, porn industry leaders and an expert panel held a discussion with .XXX’s Vaughn Liley. The open industry Q and A, to form the industry’s business plans for the new TLD, did not go well. Big Porn’s take-away illustrates a troubling future where vanity TLDs are nothing more t... Read more...
Summer is here, and even dire workaholics should take a few hours to relax. Read one of the following books and you'll become a better entrepreneur while you're at it. We asked small business leaders and VCs to name books that anyone starting a business or even thinking about it should read. O... Read more...
In the midst of one of the worst whooping cough epidemics our country has seen in half a century, the majority of California's schoolchildren may not be vaccinated against the disease -- and that may bar them from attending school. AP recently reported that there were over 21,000 cases of whoopin... Read more...
Matthew Williams, a professor at Washington College of Law, mentioned this in his impressively and refreshingly balanced blog post on the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) blog earlier today, but I wanted to emphasize the United States Patent and Trademark Office (... Read more...
Extract 28 Negative Vs Positive It must now be stated that if anti-nature negative forces exceed positive forces (the nature of nature) to an extent that those positive forces own existence is challenged. A counter reaction must occur to re-position positive and negative more evenly again. ... Read more...