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Clinical Enrollment Next Week! Meet the Cyberlaw Clinic This Week!
Attention Harvard Law School 1Ls and 2Ls: as you make your way back from spring break and head into the homestretch of the 2013-14 academic year, you should be aware […]
CoSN Teams w/Cyberlaw Clinic on Privacy Toolkit
On Friday, March 21, 2014, the Consortium of School Networks (“CoSN”), with the help of the Cyberlaw Clinic, released an in-depth, step-by-step privacy guide — the “Protecting Privacy in Connected […]
HLS Clinical Office — Spotlight on Kit Walsh
The blog of Harvard Law School‘s Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs has shone a well-deserved spotlight on the Cyberlaw Clinic’s Clinical Instructional Fellow Kit Walsh! In Kit’s own […]
Massachusetts High Court Requires Warrant for Cell Phone Tracking
On Tuesday, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued its ruling in Commonwealth v. Augustine (available here). The Court ruled that police officers need to obtain a warrant before they […]
HLS Students: Meet the Cyberlaw Clinic!
Harvard Law School students interested in the Cyberlaw Clinic are invited to meet the Clinic’s supervising attorneys over lunch on Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm […]
Addressing Legal Needs for Open Technology Fund Projects
The Cyberlaw Clinic is pleased to be included on the inaugural list of law school clinics making legal services available to projects funded by Radio Free Asia‘s Open Technology Fund.
2013 Year in Review
As we make our way through the short 2014 winter term and start thinking ahead to spring, it seems like a good time to take stock of goings-on here at […]
Fifth Amendment Prevents Compelled Decryption
On Monday, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Judicial Court on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts, the American Civil Liberties Union […]
Cyberlaw Clinic to Take Part in National Privacy Education Program
The Cyberlaw Clinic is excited to be a part of an innovative collaboration launched this week by Fordham Law School’s Center on Law and Information Policy (“CLIP”). CLIP has developed and […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Supports Challenge to Podcasting Patent
The Cyberlaw Clinic is pleased to have assisted the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other attorneys working pro bono in filing a formal challenge to the so-called “podcasting patent.” Personal Audio […]
EFF Argues for Warrant Requirement to Obtain Cell Phone Location Data
Today, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (pdf) on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. The case is Commonwealth v. Augustine, and […]
Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against TripAdvisor
The Sixth Circuit issued an important decision today in Seaton v. TripAdvisor, LLC, a case concerning Tennessee defamation law and the scope of liability for online intermediaries that aggregate user-submitted […]
Presub Guide Preview: Only You Can Prevent Overbroad Patents
The Cyberlaw Clinic has been working with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to make use of the “Third-Party Pre-Issuance Submission” process to file what we call “presubs.” This process was introduced […]
Welcome to the New Cyberlaw Clinic Website!
Following last week’s news about changes at the Cyberlaw Clinic, we wanted to formally announce the launch of the Clinic’s new website: cyberlawclinic.berkman.harvard.edu. The site describes the Clinic’s practice; collects some of the amicus briefs, […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Defends Free Speech at Federal Appeals Court
Today the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in the case of U.S. v. Auernheimer on behalf of the Digital Media Law Project (DMLP), arguing that the First Amendment prohibits […]
EFF and the Cyberlaw Clinic Take on Overbroad Mesh Networking Patents
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reported on Friday about the latest developments in the Cyberlaw Clinic’s ongoing collaboration with EFF, which addresses overbroad patent applications in key technology areas. As previously mentioned, […]
CCTV Posts Video from its May “Filling the News Gap” Event
Cambridge Community Television has posted video from its terrific May 4th event, “Filling the News Gap in Cambridge and Beyond.” The event included a panel entitled “Newsgathering and the Law: […]
Massachusetts SJC Holds Warrant Required for Prolonged Government Location Tracking
The Cyberlaw Clinic is pleased to report that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision this week in Commonwealth v. Rousseau, a case about whether an individual may challenge […]
Join Zeega for an Experiment — Zeegas to be Exhibited at SFMOMA!
Our friends at Zeega are involved in an exciting project called “The Making Of…,” a collaboration among award-winning NPR producers the Kitchen Sisters, KQED, AIR’s Localore, and the Zeega community. The […]