Intellectual Property Law

The Rise of Comparative Law (And EU Law as Catalyst)
Professor Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson of the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas - has just published a monograph on how the creation EU law has had an impact on comparative law and comparative law education...

Leckey on Gay Rights & Comparative Constitutionalism
Robert Leckey (McGill University - Faculty of Law) has posted Thick Instrumentalism and Comparative Constitutionalism: The Case of Gay Rights on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The paper intervenes in the burgeoning field of comparative constitutionalism...

Thick Instrumentalism and Comparative Constitutionalism: The Case of Gay Rights
The paper intervenes in the burgeoning field of comparative constitutionalism. Adopting comparative constitutional research on gay rights as a case study, it addresses the scholarship that comparative constitutionalists are producing, including the methodology and underlying assumptions about constitutions.

Conference Announcement: Comparative Law in the Crimea
National Academy of Science of Ukraine Volodymyr Koretskyi Institute of State and Law Volodymyr Vernadskyi Tavrian National University Kyiv Law University Ukrainian Association of Comparative Law International scientific journal ?Comparative Legal Studies? Third international scientific seminar «Comparative Law: Current State...

Klein on Comparative Fault and Fraud
Andrew Klein (Indiana-Indianapolis) has posted Comparative Fault and Fraud on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The evolution of comparative fault is among this generation's most important tort law developments...

What is Comparative Constitutional Law
Much of my blogging this next month will be about the field of comparative constitutional law. What is the field? What projects are people working on in the field? What does it matter? For now, though, I wanted to write one brief thought that has occurred to me as I have taught my comparative constitutional law class at GW the past two spring semesters: Is comparative constitutional law just an example of constitutional theory or constitutional design? Some parts of comparative constitutional scholarship help us understand a particular country more, perhaps...

Gambling Governed by State Laws
State laws vary with respect to gambling

Internet/Technology
involving cyber law, consumer protection, internet crime, internet fraud, online gambling, e-commerce.

Bell Canada
allegedly throttling internet speeds

Adzilla
Faces Class Action for Internet Spying

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
alleging the company’s web site used spyware to track customers Internet use.

Comcast Corp.
alleging false advertising related to the speed of its Internet service.

Google
alleging that companies who used internet advertising to sell mobile content have overpaid for keywords.