Law… Misappropriation and the AP 8 Apr 2009 In my last post, about Blockbuster, I cheekily suggested that I shouldn't link to the story, because it was on MSNBC, but was an AP story. I said that because…
Law… Ted Stevens’ Case to be Dismissed? 7 Apr 2009 According to the NY Times (and others) there is a hearing scheduled today on the government's motion to have the charges against Ted Stevens thrown out. When Eric Holder announced…
Law… LCD Price-Fixing 1 Apr 2009 When the Antritrust Division announced that Hitachi, LG, and Chunghwa, as companies, had been charged with price-fixing in the TFT market, I noted that executives were probably soon to follow. …
Law… IEEPA, Ireland, and Iran 24 Mar 2009 The United States Department of Justice has announced that an Irish firm has been charged in a 25-count indictment for providing "sensitive technology" to Iran. (Link.) The charges are broken…
Law… Medical Marijuana Legalized. Sorta. 22 Mar 2009 Earlier this week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced at a press conference that the United States Department of Justice would no longer prosecute individuals for providing medical marijuana. (Lots o'…
Law… Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss 9 Feb 2009 Hmph. Looks like Obama is not as interested in change as I had hoped. First, he decides that warrantless wiretaps are apparently okay. And now, the Department of Justice has…
Gizmos… PearC 9 Feb 2009 Awesome. A German company is following in PsyStar's footsteps and is selling Mac clones. (Link.) According to the Ars Technica article, PearC thinks that Germany's laws regarding enforceability of EULAs…
Law… Bye bye Gitmo 22 Jan 2009 Color me surprised, because I truly didn't think he'd keep this promise. President Obama has signed an Executive Order ordering that Gitmo be closed as practicable as possible, and in…
Law… COPA Dies 22 Jan 2009 Well, it's been a while since I last posted. Not like there hasn't been wonderful things that have happened since December. A movie about a mall cop, for example, is…
Law… Indictments and Presumption of Innocence 18 Dec 2008 Watching the Rod Blagojevich drama unfold is, I think, an object lesson in the erosion of civil liberties in this country. At around the same time that the Bill of…
