The Archives
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The News
Smart People on the Google-Verizon Deal
Cindy Cohn, the legal director at the EFF, has written a wonderful review of the Google-Verizon deal that seems to have the entire internet aflutter. If you’ve never heard of the EFF, rest assured that they’ve worked tirelessly to advance civil liberties on the internet before any of us had even heard of the internet.
I had the good fortune to meet Ms. Cohn this past Spring; she’s remarkably brilliant, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more cogent analysis of the Google-Verizon deal from a net-neutrality perspective than the EFF’s take.
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The News
“Neutrality”
Google has recently struck a deal with Verizon: I think they’re both hedging their bets in case this whole “Net Neutrality” thing doesn’t pan out. Google managed to wring out of Verizon a promise to leave the “regular” internet open, but the mobile internet (which is increasingly becoming “the internet”) is apparently fair game for all manner of tiered services. Reaction to this agreement has been varied; Epicenter has a nice roundup of the varied op-eds from around the blagonet. [Click a Doodle Doo]
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A Day in the Life
Congratulations.
Some dearly deserved congratulations are in order.
First, congratulations to all the people who took the bar exam this week. Ideally, you found it relatively smooth sailing after a summer spent thrashing about in the water like a wounded seal. (You can mix your metaphors if they’re all maritime terms, right?)
Congratulations to the people who care about this newest batch of law school graduates — you may now have you loved ones back. Ideally, this will be welcome news.
Congratulations to the bar review companies, because I’m sure you’re all rolling around on your giant piles of money like Scrooge McDuck after another crop of law students begged you to take their remaining money and watch your DVDs. Kudos.
And lastly, congratulations to the New York State Board of Bar Examiney Goodness. Here’s to the continued success of the lawyer’s club, chaps!
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A Day in the Life
In which our hero is tagged
Well, that could have gone worse. I don’t know how much I wrote, but my hand feels like it’s going to fall off.
Additionally, I have to keep this bracelet on until tomorrow when the test is done. Now I know how all those gazelles on National Geographic feel.
Almost Legally
Not sued out of existence since 2008
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Just got my first email addressing me as Professor Mauro. Oh, I don't think I'll be correcting this person just yet.
