66 Days to Change Your Behavior

by | Research

That’s according to some new research from Lally, P., van Jaarsveld, C., Potts, H., and Wardle, J. in the  European Journal of Social Psychology 10.1002/ejsp.674. From a review at the BPS Digest Blog: (the) team recruited 96 undergrads (mean age 27) and asked them to...

New SCOTUS Term Begins Today

by | Legal News

FYI – The Supreme Court of the United States begins its new term today. More than likely few of us will ever stand before the court or have any real dealings with highest judicial office in the land. However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care. As lawyers it’s our...

Sumo King on Litigation

by | Legal News

Via Wrath of the Sumo King: Big Boss:  “Cheer up, you did what you could, the Client panicked” Me:  “The day you stop taking it hard that you got fcuked at trial is the day you need to shoot yourself”

Columbia Law Prof Tim Wu on Net Neutrality

by | Legal News

Still trying to get up to speed on the whole net neutrality situation? Check out the intro above for a recap of the basics — it ran during the last Engadget Show as part of our interview with Columbia law professor and noted net neutrality advocate Tim Wu. Then,...
You Don’t Own Anything: Vernor v. Autodesk

You Don’t Own Anything: Vernor v. Autodesk

by | Case Law

Corynne McSherry over at the EFF’s Deeplinks Blog posted a breakdown of a recent decision from the Ninth Circuit in the matter of Vernor v. Autodesk, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01189-RAJ (PDF download of opinon). In a triumph of legal formalism over reality, the Court...