Intellectual Property Law

hosted tracks
For those interesting in playing with tracks, you might want to look at tracks.tra.in- it is the stable branch plus a few tweaks, rather than the (totally awesome) trunk, but still gives you a good sense of what the tool does.

BULGARIANS ONE STEP CLOSER TO VISA WAIVER STATUS
Still a ways to go, but Bulgaria is the latest eastern European country to move closer to this coveted status.

Joint CDT, PFF Project Tracks Online Child Protection and Free Speech Legislation
"A joint project of the Center for Democracy & Technology and the Progress & Freedom Foundation tracks more than 30...

Expert Fraud Investigation hits Amazon.com
My next book, Expert Fraud Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide won’t be out until February 9, 2009, but it’s already on Amazon.com and available for pre-order. From the product description: A fraud investigation is aimed at examining evidence to determine if a fraud occurred, how it happened, who was involved, and how much money was lost...

Iran Moves One Step Closer to Ratifying Death Penalty for Blogging
The Citizens Media Law Project reports: Online free speech has never been well received by the Iranian government, but now Tehran is just one step away from making blogging on certain topics into a capital crime...

US demands names of UBS customers
The US Government moved a step closer yesterday to ripping off the veil of secrecy that for centuries has protected the identity of UBS clients as a federal court took the unprecedented step of demanding that the Swiss bank hand over the names of as many as 20,000 of its customers.

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Step 2
Recalls Play Gym Sets Sold Exclusively at Toys R Us

Amazon
Facing Class Action over Book Deletions

Amazon Kindle
Class Action Filed over Cracking Defect

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.