7 posts and columns on Law Blog

Tweet Music: Courtney Love Sued for Defamation Over Posts

in News on January 6, 2011 at 9:51 am PT

Like so many other celebrities, Courtney Love likes to reach her minions via Twitter. But the rocker/model/bon vivant is now having to answer in court for some tweets that she fired off in 2009. She has been sued by Dawn Simorangkir, a fashion designer, who in 2009 purportedly requested that Love pay up for clothes Simorangkir had designed.

Preschoolers Learn About Electronic Privacy–Firsthand

in News on September 14, 2010 at 3:03 pm PT

The latest front in the fight over electronic privacy doesn’t involve sex offenders, terrorism, or insider trading. In one California community, the battleground is preschool. The conflict surrounds a one-year pilot program at the George Miller III Head Start center in Richmond, a suburb of San Francisco.

First Amendment Guru Floyd Abrams on the WikiLeaks Situation

in News on July 28, 2010 at 2:05 pm PT

On Monday morning, we did some looking into the legal issues surrounding WikiLeaks’ decision to unveil some 92,000 previously classified documents on the public, in connection with a handful of media outlets. The bottom line, some First Amendment experts informed us: the government certainly had the right to go after and punish the person within the military who leaked the information.

Abortion Foes Take to eBay to Raise Funds for Roeder's Defense

in News on October 26, 2009 at 11:20 am PT

Abortion opponents looking to help Scott Roeder, the Kansas City man charged with killing abortion doctor George Tiller, have organized an unusual auction: They plan to sell a trove of anti-abortion memorabilia on eBay.

A Town, Its Teens, and a Practice Called ‘Sexting’

in News on April 21, 2009 at 9:21 am PT

Let’s talk about sexting. As we’ve mentioned before, sexting is the practice of sending nude or semi-nude pictures of ones self or others via cell phone. It’s one thing, we suppose, if adults do it, but what’s got parents, students, school administrators, the ACLU and district attorneys riled up is that minors are getting into the act as well.

Barring 11th-Hour Reprieve, Nacchio to Report to Prison Tuesday

in News on April 14, 2009 at 11:56 am PT

When we last used our waterfall metaphor in regard to Joe Nacchio, the former Qwest CEO convicted two years ago on insider-trading charges, an inquiring reader asked if we’d bring Nacchio back up the fall if and when the Supreme Court reversed his conviction. Our answer: absolutely.

Twelve Twittering Men?

in News on March 18, 2009 at 12:12 pm PT

We here at the Law Blog have been called for jury duty several times (in New York City, it feels like an annual event), but have never been picked to sit. It’s probably a good thing, because, despite our legal training and basic understanding of how trials work, we’d find it excruciating to not be able to use Google to do our own research on issues that arise in the case.