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The Right to Arm for Self Defense... So, you have the right to bear arms and you have the right to defend yourself, but what if you arm yourself in anticipation of defending yourself?In Virginia, the answer...

Animotoing... Web world of law online: I've been playing around with Animoto. It's a site to which you upload pictures and it mixes them with music and effects. Here's an example using various logos I've used...

Future of Privacy in Scientific Ame... I hope to have the time this weekend to make my way through the incredible variety of privacy-related articles in the most recent Scientific American. Thanks to Library...

Can You Steal Computer Programs &am... Yesterday, I put up a humorous post about the "theft" of $5 million dollars worth of computer information masquerading as art. Or, perhaps, it actually is art (all art...

Facebook agrees to address Privacy ... Web world of law online: This just in:News Release: Facebook agrees to address Privacy Commissioner’s concerns - August 27, 2009Privacy Commissioner of Canada satisfied that proposed changes to...

Should Juries Be Able to Declare a ... In yesterday's CLTV, I proposed that juries be given three options: guilty, not guilty, and innocent. Scott doesn't cotton to this idea at all.It shifts the burden of...

Alberta Commissioner launches inves... Web world of law online: This is the first Canadian case of "medical identity theft" or impersonation that I've seen widely reported:CBC News - Calgary - Mistaken identity case sparks...

Commissioner to reveal result of Fa... Web world of law online: Apparently both the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and Facebook intend to hold separate press conferences tomorrow to discuss the outcome of the last month of...

Privacy? We Got Over It.... Yesterday's Wall Street Journal had an interesting Op/Ed on privacy, highlighting contemporary expectations of privacy.Information Age - WSJ.comPrivacy? We Got Over...

Facebook to be off-limits to German... Web world of law online: According to Spiegel, the German government is currently working on an addition to the country's data protection laws that will prevent employers from using Facebook to...
Introducing a Rejected Plea Offer i... Web world of law online: Colin Miller, of EvidenceProf Blog fame, sent me a link to an article he's written espousing the virtues of allowing a rejected plea agreement to be introduced by the...

Virginia Jury Sentencing: Elaborati... You'll recall that a while back I discussed what the Virginia courts had determined to be relevant evidence a defendant can introduce during a non-capital jury...

Winner of Last Week's Name That...Congress authorized much needed upgrades for the capital police to handle the new wave of government scandals.

When is Stealing 5 MILLION $ Not Th... Web world of law online: That is an external hard drive that purportedly has $5 million dollars worth of stolen software on it. Link to artsy page.Gotta admire that kind of bravado. "It's not a...

CLTV 38: Levels of Proof & Pres...Why presumption of innocence is a poor concept, levels of proof, and allowing jurors to decide innocence.Larger CLTV version here.

Introducing the Rejected Plea Agree... Web world of law online: Even if it gets past both hearsay and relevance objections, the proposed introduction of the rejected plea offer must have its probative value balanced against its...

Privacy Commissioner v Facebook: Ne... Web world of law online: You may recall that last year, following a high-profile complaint made against Facebook by the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, the Privacy...

Never Wanted to be a LawProf so Muc... How much does it pay?"Salaries for full professors vary widely and remain undisclosed by most private schools. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the mean...

Giving Officers Contradictary Dutie... Web world of law online: Previously on CrimLaw:2) Should the Denver Chief of Police be fired for enforcing the laws he's sworn to enforce?-----Comment:well that Denver comment is certainly pure...

When is a Rockefeller Not a Rockefe...When he's Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German who tried to kidnap his daughter.

No Dissent for You... Web world of law online: The problem with refusing to let a Supreme Court Justice publish his dissent is that there are plenty of other places to publish it and it gets more attention than it...

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