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The Content/Envelope Distinction In Internet Law, Matthew J. Tokson May 2009

The Content/Envelope Distinction In Internet Law, Matthew J. Tokson

William & Mary Law Review

Whether a component of an Internet communication is classified as "content" or "envelope" information determines in large part the privacy protection it receives under constitutional and statutory law. Courts and Internet law scholars have yet to offer a means of determining the content/envelope status of unique aspects of Internet communications-from email subject lines to website URLs. As a result, data with the potential to expose every website, every Internet file downloaded, and every email sent by an Internet user may be unprotected under current law.

This Article develops a legal framework for distinguishing content from envelope information in unique areas …


Clarifying Departmentalism: How The Framers' Vision Of Judicial And Presidential Review Makes The Case For Deductive Judicial Supremacy, David W. Tyler May 2009

Clarifying Departmentalism: How The Framers' Vision Of Judicial And Presidential Review Makes The Case For Deductive Judicial Supremacy, David W. Tyler

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


An End-Run Around The Takings Clause? The Law And Economics Of Bivens Actions For Property Rights Violations, Arpan A. Sura Apr 2009

An End-Run Around The Takings Clause? The Law And Economics Of Bivens Actions For Property Rights Violations, Arpan A. Sura

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Courting Specialization: An Empirical Study Of Claim Construction Comparing Patent Litigation Before Federal District Courts And The International Trade Commission, David L. Schwartz Apr 2009

Courting Specialization: An Empirical Study Of Claim Construction Comparing Patent Litigation Before Federal District Courts And The International Trade Commission, David L. Schwartz

William & Mary Law Review

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has recently become an important adjudicator of patent infringement disputes, and the administrative law judges (ALJs) on the ITC are widely viewed as experts on patent law. This Article empirically examines the performance of the ITC in patent claim construction cases. The Article also compares the performance of the ITC on claim construction with that of federal district courts of general jurisdiction. This study does not find any evidence that the patent-experienced ALJs of the ITC are more accurate at claim construction than district court judges or that the ALJs learn from the …


Taking Aim At Tiahrt, Angela Jacqueline Tang Apr 2009

Taking Aim At Tiahrt, Angela Jacqueline Tang

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tort Experiments In The Laboratories Of Democracy, Alexandra B. Klass Apr 2009

Tort Experiments In The Laboratories Of Democracy, Alexandra B. Klass

William & Mary Law Review

This Article considers the broad range of "tort experiments" states have undertaken in recent years, as well as the changing attitudes of Congress and the Supreme Court toward state tort law. Notably, while states have limited tort rights and remedies in the products liability and personal injury areas in recent years, they have at the same time increased tort rights and remedies to address new societal problems associated with privacy, publicity, consumer protection, and environmental harm. At the same time, however, Congress has eliminated state tort law entirely in targeted areas without replacing it with corresponding federal remedies. The Supreme …


Leaving The Chisholm Trail: The Eleventh Amendment And The Background Principle Of Strict Construction, Kurt T. Lash Apr 2009

Leaving The Chisholm Trail: The Eleventh Amendment And The Background Principle Of Strict Construction, Kurt T. Lash

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Diversity And Discrimination: A Look At Complex Bias, Minna J. Kotkin Apr 2009

Diversity And Discrimination: A Look At Complex Bias, Minna J. Kotkin

William & Mary Law Review

Multiple claims have become a fixture of employment discrimination litigation. It is common, if not ubiquitous, for court opinions to begin with a version of the following litany: 'Plaintiff brings this action under Title VII and the ADEA for race, age, and gender discrimination. "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) statistics show exponential growth in multiple claims in part because its intake procedures lead claimants to describe their multiple identities, at a time when they have little basis upon which to parse a specific category of bias. But increased diversity in workplace demographics suggests that frequently, disparate treatment may in fact …


A Golden Age Of Civic Involvement: The Client Centered Disadvantage For Lawyers Acting As Public Officials, James E. Moliterno Mar 2009

A Golden Age Of Civic Involvement: The Client Centered Disadvantage For Lawyers Acting As Public Officials, James E. Moliterno

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Citizen-Lawyer - A Brief Informal History Of A Myth With Some Basis In Reality, Robert W. Gordon Mar 2009

The Citizen-Lawyer - A Brief Informal History Of A Myth With Some Basis In Reality, Robert W. Gordon

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Original Sin And Judicial Independence: Providing Accountability For Justices, Paul D. Carrington, Roger C. Cramton Mar 2009

Original Sin And Judicial Independence: Providing Accountability For Justices, Paul D. Carrington, Roger C. Cramton

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Citizen As Lawyer, Lawyer As Citizen, Mark Tushnet Mar 2009

Citizen As Lawyer, Lawyer As Citizen, Mark Tushnet

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Some Thoughts About Citizen Lawyers, Lawrence M. Friedman Mar 2009

Some Thoughts About Citizen Lawyers, Lawrence M. Friedman

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Citizen Lawyer And The Administrative State, Edward Rubin Mar 2009

The Citizen Lawyer And The Administrative State, Edward Rubin

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Harmonizing The Exclusionary Rights Of Patents With Compulsory Licensing, Troy L. Gwartney Mar 2009

Harmonizing The Exclusionary Rights Of Patents With Compulsory Licensing, Troy L. Gwartney

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Citizen Lawyer, W. Taylor Reveley Iii Mar 2009

The Citizen Lawyer, W. Taylor Reveley Iii

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lawyers As Citizens, Deborah L. Rhode Mar 2009

Lawyers As Citizens, Deborah L. Rhode

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Public Service Must Begin At Home": The Lawyer As Civics Teacher In Everyday Practice, Bruce A. Green, Russell G. Pearce Mar 2009

"Public Service Must Begin At Home": The Lawyer As Civics Teacher In Everyday Practice, Bruce A. Green, Russell G. Pearce

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


What Should Citizens (As Participants In A Republican Form Of Government) Know About The Constitution?, Sanford Levinson Mar 2009

What Should Citizens (As Participants In A Republican Form Of Government) Know About The Constitution?, Sanford Levinson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.