Litigation

Counter Programming
The term counter programming might be a bit old school, but I think it properly reflects how you can succeed well at the practice of law. Counter programming is a strategy used by movie studios, TV networks, radio stations, cable companies and the like to attract audiences from whom their competitors might not be appealing...

A 25th Anniversary Retrospective of Jim Atleson's Values and Assumptions
Dianne Avery (Buffalo) writes to tell us about the symposium Buffalo law school is hosting on their campus on September 19th: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective of Jim Atleson's Values and Assumptions...

Programming note.
This blog will be on a brief hiatus for the next week as this blogger soaks up some much-needed sun in Florida. Posting will resume in one week.

CA1: the DMCA the Section 553 of the CCPA and circumventing pay-per-view
CoxCom, Inc. v. Chaffee, No. 07-2030. This appeal includes a rough description of how pay-per-view programming works. The Chaffees would sell a box which would essentially make it possible to get a limited amount of programming...

Programming note 2.0
In the past week I have been somewhat remiss in my duties to you ? the reader. This is because I have been doing very important things in a very professional matter. So, rest assured, during the coming week not...

Questioning law school priorities in instruction and programming
As Dan Filler notes in this post at The Faculty Lounge, at the terrific U Penn Eighth Amendment symposium last week I complained about the over-emphasis on capital punishment instruction and related programming in law schools...