Uncategorized Welcome to The Choate Firm 28 Jun 2014 Thank you for visiting The Choate Firm's website. We are undergoing a massive revision, and we're very excited about rolling out all the changes as soon as we can. If…
Law… Innovation Breeds Contempt 17 Nov 2009 Except Viacom might have a little less contempt for you than it might originally be thought. The General Counsel at Viacom (the entertainment behemoth responsible for Showtime, MTV, Comedy Central,…
Law… Psystar 17 Nov 2009 It's a been a fun ride, but it looks like Psystar's quixotic efforts to let users install OS X on non-Apple hardware (or buy Apple clones) are pretty much over. …
Law… Municipal Wi-Fi Actually (still) Exists? 13 Nov 2009 I was under the impression that municipal Wi-Fi was a dead idea that municipalities had abandoned a couple of years ago. Apparently, Coshocton, Ohio didn't get the memo, because it's…
Law… KSM and Others Leave Gitmo for New York? 13 Nov 2009 Interesting. According to the AP (and others), five Gitmo detainees will be tried in a civilian court in New York for the 9/11 attacks. Among these detainees will apparently be…
Law… Google Books Update 9 Nov 2009 The settlement agreement will not be presented to Judge Chin today as originally planned. Instead, it should be submitted on Friday. (Source) Even when that happens, though, Judge Chin plans…
Law… Federal Robbery Sentencing 9 Nov 2009 Like I've said before, "street crimes" don't often get prosecuted in federal court, even though they technically can. Which is why this announcement from last week is surprising: an Indianapolis…
Law… Extraordinary Rendition–Convictions 4 Nov 2009 It's been awhile since extraordinary rendition has been in the news, but the Italians have done something that is both unexpected and not surprising. It's unexpected because it isn't often…
Law… Intel Antitrust Suit Filed 4 Nov 2009 Intel has been fighting an antitrust suit in Europe for years (recently getting hit with €1.06bn in fines) and now it must deal with essentially the same allegations in the…
Gizmos… By nook or by Crook 3 Nov 2009 Barnes & Noble's new ebook reader, the nook, is widely considered a Kindle killer. (Full disclosure: I was once an employee of Barnes & Noble, but that has nothing to…
