Can I Say That? Based on the First Circuit’s Interpretation of a 1902 Law,...
It’s perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one’s back, that are absolutely true” Oscar Wilde “Gossip needn’t be false to be evil – there’s a lot of...
View ArticleJohn Perry Barlow, Co-Founder of EFF, Poet, Musician, Lyricist for the Dead,...
has filed a most unusual “expert witness report” in the Tenenbaum case. This will surely raise some novel admissibility issues under Daubert/FRE 702 standards. And that, constant readers, is the...
View ArticleCharlie Nesson on Second Life
Now that Prof. Charlie Nesson has grabbed a lot of attention with his defense in the RIAA v. Tenenbaum case, it may be worth recalling this video, which was posted on YouTube in August 2006.
View ArticleAiding and Abetting Prostitution? Wa?! I’m an Internet Executive – I Sure...
“We opened an investigation at 5:01 on Friday, as promised. . . . We are preparing for a prosecution. We are investigating. We are moving forward. . . . . The #1 defendant is Mr. Jim Buckmaster, who is...
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Westlaw, Lexis, Announce That They are Yielding to Google Scholar,...
Just kidding, but Columbia Law School’s Altlaw, which I’ve used off and on, really is shutting down: Nov. 19, 2009. Earlier this week, Google announced the addition of legal cases to Google Scholar....
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BLS Discovery Pilot Project to Take on Electronic Discovery
Guest post by Gesmer Updegrove attorney Nancy Cremins. ______________________________ On December 1, 2009, the Massachusetts Superior Court announced the implementation of a Discovery Pilot Project in...
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If the Feds Oppose Him, Tennenbaum (and Nesson) Must be Right! – Joel Fights...
Joel’s last chance before Massachusetts Federal District Court Judge Gertner (“Joel Fights Back”) is his post-judgment motion to set aside or reduce the damages award against him on the grounds that...
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The Boston Area Technology Sector is a Lot Like Silicon Valley/Santa Clara...
A table from Branko Gerovac’s website, Empirical Reality compares the technology areas of Massachusetts and Silicon Valley The two areas are far more alike, on the statistical level, than I had...
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Judge Young, Bulger/Flemmi and "The Government – Our Government"
U.S. Federal District Court Judge William Young has issued a lengthy decision, awarding $2.7 million in damages to the estates of three people murdered by James J. Bulger, Stephen J. Flemmi, and their...
View ArticleMass Moca Loses to Büchel Under VARA
Nice post title, eh? Mass MoCA is the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation a contemporary art museum in North Adams, MA. Christoph Büchell is a Swiss “installation artist.” Think very...
View ArticleBoston Bar Association Interview/Profile
The Boston Bar Association has done a nice interview and profile of me on its blog, “Tipping the Scales.” Lee Gesmer is a founder and partner of Gesmer Updegrove LLP, a Boston-based firm formed in 1986...
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