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961.
Appeals court doubts that Zuckerberg committed "securities fraud"(law.com)
11 points by grellas 16y ago|1 comments
962.
Net Neutrality at the FCC: A Critique of the Legal Reasoning of the FCC's Order(dwt.com)
5 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
963.
A fine essay on New York City as a font of literary inspiration(city-journal.org)
1 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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Technical but helpful discussion of QSB stock (2011 cap gain exclusion)(lw.com)
1 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
965.
Uniloc v. Microsoft: major ruling on proper damage measure for infringement(patentlyo.com)
1 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
966.
Facebook Deal Spurs Inquiry(online.wsj.com)
8 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
967.
Ordering off the iPad menu(mercurynews.com)
1 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
968.
When states default (lessons of 1841)(online.wsj.com)
3 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
969.
Manufacturers Turn to Smart TV After 3-D Disappoints(online.wsj.com)
3 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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A little fun with words(grellas.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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Sometimes you have to feel sorry even for a lawyer(abajournal.com)
4 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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by grellas 16y ago
The FCC is way out of its league on this one. Basically, it is a creature of statute. It can do whatever Congress has authorized it to and no more. Nothing in its authorizing statute expressly permits it to impose the rules now known as net
973.
by grellas 16y ago
The problem here is not so much with a judge or magistrate being ignorant of technical issues but rather with a set of laws or procedures that allows a prosecuting authority to come in with a heavy hand to get onerous remedies without affor
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Homes at Risk, and No Help from Lawyers(nytimes.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
975.
Microsoft standards and incompatibility - and a Novell smoking gun(groklaw.net)
5 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft tries to build a credible iPhone rival(slate.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
977.
Groupon's $6 Billion Gambler(online.wsj.com)
4 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
978.
by grellas 16y ago
My two cents (check with a good CPA or tax lawyer to make sure, as my specialty is not tax law, though I generally have a good working knowledge of the subject - be ready to get bleary-eyed, though, this is tax , and think of it as a basic
979.
by grellas 16y ago
I grew up in a town of 80,000 in the midwestern U.S. and remember it as being completely undistinguished in terms of "character" - it had very average homes, many clustered about a fading downtown, it had light suburban sprawl, it had a mea
980.
by grellas 16y ago
Link to detailed backgrounder from the NY Times on "What Is IBM's Watson" ( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20Computer-t.html... ), with lively HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1436625 . The linked piece above
981.
by grellas 16y ago
A combination of two things: (a) my own failings over the years in trying to learn how to write; and (b) strong beliefs about what lawyers should be doing to serve their clients well when they write things. As to the first, my first languag
982.
by grellas 16y ago
A little legal theory to give some context: Lawsuits are formalized disputes by which those who have a fight with each other are given an opportunity to determine whether an alleged wrong was committed by one party against another and, if s
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by grellas 16y ago
Ouch . . . but thanks, I always welcome sound criticism and I don't think I disagree with your points. The piece probably is more directed to what might be called "principles of good lawyering as they incidentally touch on writing." There i
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On writing (and law)(grellas.com)
48 points by grellas 16y ago|15 comments
985.
Social media amber alert: how the Internet has changed missing person searches(theatlantic.com)
8 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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by grellas 16y ago
Man, I really shouldn't be getting paid for this. Any idiot could [do X]. Another variation: what I do is not easy but every person practicing in my field can do this just as well as I can. I worked very hard for many years to master my
987.
by grellas 16y ago
This suit was filed in December 2009 and I'm not sure why it is being reported now as if it were a new filing. The procedural context is intriguing, though. Among other things, when the court fights first started, Facebook sued ConnectU,
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by grellas 16y ago
Point well made. Here is how I would weave in the legal concerns. Back in the days of unrestrained freedom of association, employers could afford to be direct about their reasons for hiring decisions. A rejection (or any other employment-re
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by grellas 16y ago
Anti-SLAPP statutes are products of state law and do not apply to federal claims for copyright infringement. (See a sample discussion of the issue in this blog post: http://tushnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/copyright-and-california... ). So the
990.
Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven(eff.org)
162 points by grellas 16y ago|30 comments

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