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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (Part 2: Prosecutorial Discretion)   —  This is the second in a series of posts on the Aaron Swartz prosecution.  In my first post, I analyzed whether the charges that were brought against Swartz were justified as a matter of law.
Jan 19, 2013, 6:20 PMIn context
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (Part 1: The Law)   —  The Internet activist Aaron Swartz has died from an apparent suicide.  Swartz was facing a criminal trial in April on charges arising from his effort to “liberate” the JSTOR database, and there has been a lot of commentary accusing …
Jan 14, 2013, 3:15 PMIn context
The Volokh Conspiracy:
Lori Drew Opinion Handed Down — Judge Grants Motion To Dismiss on Vagueness Grounds:   —  Readers who are following the Lori Drew case know that back on July 2, Judge Wu “tentatively” ruled that he was going to overturn the jury verdict.  At the time, however, Judge Wu stressed that his decision …
Aug 30, 2009, 2:45 PMIn context
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Federal Felony To Use Blogs, the Web, Etc.   To Cause Substantial Emotional Distress Through “Severe, Repeated, and Hostile” Speech?  That's what a House of Representatives bill, proposed by Rep. Linda T. Sanchez and 14 others, would do.  Here's the relevant text:
Apr 30, 2009, 7:35 PMIn context

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Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks”  —  Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).