"What's New in the UN Cybercrime Convention?", an interesting new post from Jessica Shurson at her new substack on UK cybercrime law. issuesincybercrimelaw.substack.com/p/whats-new-in…

Showing that the more expensive schools with the fewest students on financial aid (ie rich schools with rich students) were the most likely to have anti-Israel protest encampments. Make of this what you will.

During the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matters brought a class action lawsuit against Los Angeles for excessive force in how it dealt with protests. CA9 today: Trial court incorrectly applied Rule 23 in certifying class action, needs to try again. #N cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin…

If you have never watched The Wire, you need to watch The Wire. If you have watched The Wire, you should probably watch it again. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire

SDNY charges man with wire fraud after he bought and posted AI music for streaming, amassed an army of bots that continually streamed the AI music— amounting to billions of listens—and collected millions in royalties from the streaming sites. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

I’m reminded of this from Paul Noth.

When I get depressed about the current state of Congress, at least I can feel comparatively better that we don’t have a House of Lords.

At college campuses, the fall semester is off to a start without a lot of protest occurring—less than in the spring, @NYTimes reports. nytimes.com/2024/09/04/us/…

Hunter Biden pleads guilty on all charges without a plea deal (aka, "straight up"). nytimes.com/2024/09/05/us/…

George Floyd protest in 2020 turns violent, cops order crowd to disperse. Over the next few hours, officers arrest over a dozen people in the area. Arrestees later sue. CA8: Need to establish probable cause as to each person; can't just arrest anyone. #N ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/24/09/2…

One thing you learn from watching Italian opera is that if someone makes a prophesy of your death or casts a curse on you, you gotta watch out for that stuff. Too many people just blow that off and them suddenly in Act III, bam, it comes true.