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Press release from the Progress & Freedom Foundation: “Internet Challenges Regulatory Jurisdictions – Second DACA Working Group Addresses Federal-State Framework. The awkwardly constructed Telecom Act of 1996 has led to unnecessary tension among federal, state and local regulators, but the digital revolution has paved the way for a new framework. So concludes the Federal-State Framework …
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Reporters’ Privilege Legislation: Issues and Implications, Wednesday, July 20, 2005 [Free Flow of Information Act of 2005, S. 1419. See also the House companion bill, H.R. 3323.] Link to testimony and member statements. Time for a Federal Shield Law, New York Times
As posted by by Michael Ravnitzky on The MemoryHole, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Brief Bank Index – Never-before-published guide to aspects of employment discrimination law. “The brief bank index, developed with public tax dollars, provides an overview of the complex issues arising when employees and companies become involved in possible discriminatory behavior, and the damages …
All the articles listed are available in Part 1 of the July 2005 issue of LLRX.com: Delivering Actionable Information To Front-Line Lawyers – John Alber details the effective implementation of business intelligence (BI) systems within law firms. The Government Domain: Bloggin’ USA – Peggy Garvin looks at three free web services that leverage blogs and …
See the Campaign for the Supreme Court postings, which include key early responses to the nomination, as well as links to some of his opinions.
July 14, 2005 Text of Letter from Reps. Frank and Conyers to CRS’s American Law Division Requesting Opinion on the Impeachability of White House Staff.
New Bush Statement on Rove Conflicts with Executive Order: “Rep. Waxman explains that the President’s responsibility under E.O. 12958 to protect national security secrets requires the President to act before Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald completes his criminal investigation and to apply different standards and sanctions.” Letter to President Bush (5 pages, PDF) Related postings here …
Another follow-up to groups voicing opposition to Google’s project to digitize major library collections, this time from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), which is “the international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them.” The group’s July 11, 2005 “response to Google Print for Libraries digitisation project” (3 …
Press release: Reps. Waxman, Hold, and Inslee introduce a resolution of inquiry to require the Bush Administration to provide information about who revealed the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. Statement of Inquiry Resolution text (3 pages, PDF) Rep. Waxman Questions the Post-Leak Actions of the White House in the Rove Case Letter …
Processing Classified Information on Portable Computers in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 05-32, July 2005 (63 pages, PDF)
Peer to Patent (PtoP): A Modest Proposal, by Beth Simone Noveck The patent system is broken…This modest proposal harnesses social reputation and collaborative filtering technology to create a peer review system of scientific experts ruling on innovation. The idea of blue ribbon panels or advisory committees is not new. But the suggestion to use social …
Keeper of Expired Web Pages Is Sued Because Archive Was Used in Another Suit Internet Archive the complaint, filed in District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (48 pages, PDF)
