Creativity and Copyright in the Data Age
Does the rise of data-driven authorship change our intuitions about intellectual property? Does it matter?
Does the rise of data-driven authorship change our intuitions about intellectual property? Does it matter?
Currently, sheriffs-who have an official, vested interest in officer-involved shootings-make the final cause-of-death determinations.
Jonathan Roselle had only been on the police force for about six months before the fatal shooting.
In many cases the sentence for missing a payment is harsher than the original conviction.
Convicted murderer Scott Dozier has already had his execution postponed twice. He says the state should "just get it done."
California's licensing laws make it almost impossible for individuals with criminal records to become professional firefighters.
"The articles of impeachment charge Chief Justice Margaret Workman and Justices Robin Davis, Allen Loughry and Beth Walker with maladministration, corruption, incompetency, neglect of duty and certain high crimes." (The fifth Justice has already resigned.)
What does the rise of data-driven authorship mean for the future of art, culture, and intellectual property rights?
A county prosecutor says the cop was not justified in shooting the screwdriver-wielding woman.
The tasing of an 11-year-old girl highlights a police department's policies.
Title VI is not a disparate impact statute, and executive agencies do not have the authority to transform it into one through rulemaking.
The undisputed emperor of online adult entertainment, Mindgeek is a master at gathering and using data to structure and produce content.
I'm trying to put on a 2L/3L short writing competition -- just a week, for a short brief based on a short problem.
Arthritic granny spent a night in the clink over lapsed paperwork
The family set up a mini-library-and got a visit from the police.
When half of a court's funding comes from criminal defendants, incentives get twisted.
New York, where three-quarters of inmates in city jails haven't been convicted, is the first city in the nation to do this.
A 2016 Ohio appellate case I recently came across.
William Goldman famously said about Hollywood that "nobody knows anything." But thanks to streaming and the data it produces, Netflix knows a lot.
It's not a crime to travel with lots of cash. But you still might be treated like a criminal.
The Koch-Trump feud is just part of the conspiracy to amend the Constitution in talk show host Mark Levin's image.
Also known as the "Second Digital Disruption."
For the third time in the last three weeks, I've noticed federal court documents that were supposed to be filed sealed but weren't. UPDATE (Monday, Aug. 6): Just came across a fourth instance, in a state trial court.
"Imagine: You're having sex with a consenting adult...and then you're arrested and held overnight, and your whole, entire life has been exposed on TV."
Grenades, machine guns, 3D printed guns, a tranquilizer gun, machetes, duct tape, and a long blonde wig.
[I'm delighted that Profs. Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman, have passed along this response to the recent decision in the Emoluments Clause litigation against President Trump; naturally, I'd be delighted to post a response in turn from their adversaries. -EV]
Investigation Discovery documentary details the shooting death of a young man in police custody, absurdly framed as a suicide.
And abolishing ICE without changing the law isn't the way to fix it.
Sean Thomas Banks assured the family he was taking them for "safekeeping."
A new study finds evidence that they do.
Police union's law firm will pay $600K to a former mayor of Costa Mesa who says police used a "playbook" of nasty tactics to target him.
When do we decide that Trump's contempt for the law has crossed the line?
The president and Senate Republicans might be coming to an agreement that includes some sentencing reforms, too.
Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes died of an "acute intoxication by fentanyl."
"I have my freedom of speech," the retired professor told police. Then, the phone line went dead.
The church's catechism now calls capital punishment "inadmissible" and says it's "an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person."
Motives matter under the law. So what was the College of Charleston's motive for its sudden change?
Noted appellate attorney Lisa Blatt on why she supports the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, and shows how we should evaluate judicial nominees from the other side of the aisle.
If accepted by other courts, the judge's reasoning could curb a variety of other state and federal asset forfeiture policies that threaten the property rights of innocent people.
At first Bob Gualtieri said he lacked probable cause. Now he seems to be saying something more than probable cause is needed.
That's what a New Jersey appellate court seems to have created, based on the theory that a criminal's coworkers somehow have a special duty to the victim -- even when the crime has nothing at all to do with the job.
On the periphery of the periphery, Coloradans energetically exercised their inherent rights of sovereignty and self-government.
A new ruling says the city's civil forfeiture program violates the right to due process.