News Items and Articles of Interest to B. Law 265
Small Claims Court
Small Claims Court procedures in Idaho
Crime, Fraud, Misrepresentation
Prosecutorial discretion: prosecution of Bill Clinton for perjury; final report of independent counsel, 1991
The Suppression Rule reconsidered, Weekly Std. 8-16-06
Identity Theft Article, New York Times Oct. 1, 2005
"Identity Theft" Federal Trade Commission article, 2004
"Phishing" a new danger on the Internet, Business Week Oct. 21, 2003
An economist convicted of insider trading, N.Y. Times Nov. 12, 2003
"Online Swindlers, Caled "Phishers" Lure Unwary, N.Y. Times March 24, 2004
Katz v. U.S., 1967, overruling Olmstead
Phishing update Nov. 19, 2004 from Washington Post
Phishing: Microsoft sues to identify phisers, Wa. Post March 31, 2005
"How Not to Get Hooked on Phishing Schemes" FTC article
"Say Anything" (on the nature of misrepresentation v. truth) New Yorker Mag. Aug.2005
Duke Lacrosse case, WSJ Jan 7, 2007
Intellectual Property
Excellent review of current patent law problems, Wa.Post 12-11-03
Fundamentals of intellectual property, CSO magazine, Dec. 2003
Challenge to Copyright Extension Act, N.Y. Times Oct. 14, 2002
FBI makes arrest in theft of trade secrets from Microsoft, Nov. 12, 2004
The copyright wars continue: Supreme Ct. considers file-sharing liability, Wa.Post Dec. 10, 2004
IBM adopts new patent sharing strategy, N.Y.Times 4-11-05
College students sued for file sharing, Wa. Post 4-13-05
General Interest
Idaho's Lemon Law, Idaho State Attorney General's Office
Corporations: Accounting for Stock Options, Proposed New Rules, Economist Oct. 7, 2002
The China Price, Business Week Dec. 1, 2004. Scariest article about America's economic future I have seen.
E-commerce
Beyond the Bubble, Economist Magazine, Oct. 13, 2003
E-commerce today and tomorrow, Economist Magazine May 13, 2004
The Constitution, personal liberty
Separation of Powers: Eisenhower's seizure of the steel mills, Youngstown Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
The Cult of Che, Slate Magazine Sept. 24, 2004
George Will on the Supreme Ct., Wa. Post 5-24-05
George Will on Judicial Activism and majoritarianism, Wa. Post 9-1-05
George Will on Chief Justice John Marshall, Wa. Post 9-25-05
U.S. Supreme Court chatter regarding spousal permission to search, Slate 11-9-05
George Will on constitutional restraints on popular will, WaPost 2-13-07
Employment Law
Workers' rights in Communist China, Wash. Post 7-18-05
Recent case in which the court enforced an employee non-compete clause - Deloite v. Lamela (2005)
Ethics