3 posts and columns on Jackie Speier

Lawmaker Introduces New Privacy Bill

in News on February 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm PT

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., introduced a bill Friday that would give the Federal Trade Commission authority to establish an online do-not-track system. The bill is the first in this session to specifically tackle the creation of a do-not-track system, according to a spokesman for Ms. Speier.

Told You Those Lobbyists Would Come in Handy, Sergey …

in News on September 30, 2008 at 10:27 am PT

“I’ve never seen a tech company ramp up faster than they have in the last year or two,” tech lobbyist Ralph Hellmann said of Google last year. “They’re using all the tools in the lobbying tool kit.” And with some success, it would seem. With the Justice Department reviewing the company’s proposed online advertising partnership with Yahoo and its critics growing increasingly vocal, Google has managed to win the support of some California lawmakers.

Lessig Bows Out

in News on February 26, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Stanford University law professor and Silicon Valley copyright-reform guru Larry Lessig bowed out of his consideration of running for Congress for the seat of Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos, who died recently. In his post on his blog called “On Why I Am Not Running,” Lessig laid out his reasons, noting that such a run had [...]