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Reading list: Christine Jolls on visual disclosures

Posted on July 7, 2015 by rtushnet

Christine Jolls, Debiasing Through Law and the First Amendment, 67 Stan. L. Rev. 1411 (2015): Law often compels the disclosure of information in particular—and, increasingly today, in visual—forms. Some judges conclude that such modern disclosure requirements break with the First … Continue reading →

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Reading list: advertising atypical results

Posted on June 22, 2015 by rtushnet

Ahmed E. Taha, Selling the Outlier, forthcoming in the Journal of Corporation Law. Via Public Citizen.   Advertisements for products ranging from weight-loss programs to mutual funds regularly feature the results of people who have used the product.  However, these … Continue reading →

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Ron Coleman reviews Keller & Cunard copyright treatise

Posted on June 10, 2015 by rtushnet

In his inimitable style.  Obligatory disclosure: I worked at Debevoise with Bruce Keller and Jeff Cunard lo these many moons ago, which I guess makes me a demon-affiliate.  To the best of my recollection, I did not work on any … Continue reading →

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Reading list: James Grimmelmann on Lauren Willis

Posted on May 15, 2015 by rtushnet

Two great tastes that taste great together: The always-entertaining James Grimmelmann on the always-enlightening Lauren Willis: Two decades ago, contract law ran headlong into online terms of service, looked around briefly in confusion, and announced that it needed to go … Continue reading →

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Reading list: entertainment franchises and Drassinower

Posted on May 11, 2015 by rtushnet

Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise, ed. Kathy Bowrey & Michael Handler: A collection of essays on the general theme, some much more specific than others. The editors suggest that the things that the “entertainment industry” … Continue reading →

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Reading list: class ascertainability & preemption of state sound recording public perf. rights

Posted on April 21, 2015 by rtushnet

Geoffrey C. Shaw, Class Ascertainability, forthcoming, Yale Law J. (2015) Abstract:   In recent years, federal courts have been enforcing an “implicit” requirement for class certification, in addition to the explicit requirements established in Rule 23 of the Federal Rules … Continue reading →

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