Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Lawyers (and Judges) Doing Good

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Michael Froomkin

It's pretty easy to get cynical about the law. Almost any recent volume of the Supreme Court Reporter can do it.

So here's a palate cleanser: Kentucky Supreme Court recognizes nonbio mom in stunning opinion.

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Line of the Day

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Michael Froomkin

Best line of the conference yesterday: “99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.”

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Phil Agre Found

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Michael Froomkin

Missing Internet Pioneer Phil Agre Is Found; the original report says “found safe”, but there seems to be uncertainty about that among his fans and friends.

Earlier post: Where's Phil Agre?

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Twittering the Flatirons

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Michael Froomkin

Lots of folks are twittering the The Digital Broadband Migration: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem at #flatirons.

Also, there's a feed at http://www.nextgenweb.org/.

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Off to Boulder – Missing a Great Conference at Home

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Michael Froomkin

Today the University of Miami Law Review is hosting an absolutely first-rate conference on administrative law under Obama called The Future of the Administrative State.

And I can only attend the first third of the event, because long ago, before they picked the date for the UM event, I agreed to go to another, very different and also first-rate event, The Digital Broadband Migration: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I hate to miss so much of UM's event, but I have to leave for the airport soon.

I have a special fondness for Boulder, as I spent a very happy summer there soon after I got married. (I followed the judge I was clerking for, who had a house there.) It's a beautiful place, in a way very different from home. No palm trees, but mountains. And snow. It was spectacular in the summer; I've never been there in winter.

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Just for My Torts Students

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Michael Froomkin

I've posted a note on our class blog about meeting to discuss your exams. Please read it before e-mailing me. Thanks!

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