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  • 2022
    • October
      • Michael Hassard Joins a Virtual Panel on Intellectual Property and Smart Contracts
      • In Liminae: The Road to Nowhere
      • Guilty Until Proven Innocent
    • September
      • Tor Ekeland Law Associate Michael Hassard is presenting today with virtualeventsgroup.org.
    • March
      • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) Updates – March 23, 2022
    • January
      • Breaking: The Douglass Mackey Motion for a Bill of Particulars
  • 2021
    • December
      • 2021 CFAA Year in Review
    • October
      • The Cybersecurity 202: A fight in Missouri shows the damage of overbroad hacking laws
    • July
      • New York Times – ‘Enemies of the State’ Review: Seeking Proof Shrouded in Shadows
    • February
      • Blackstone 8: Sexism & the Common Law
    • January
      • On Blackstone 7: Camera Stellata
      • Interview – The World
  • 2020
    • November
      • #IPSERIES Interview – The thin line between fair dealing, sampling and copyright infringement.
    • September
      • On Blackstone 7: The Lost Works
      • WIRED – Julian Assange Lays Out His Case Against US Extradition
    • May
      • The Washington Post – The Cybersecurity 202: There’s finally a Supreme Court battle coming over the nation’s main hacking law
    • April
      • The CFAA will soon have its day before the Supreme Court – CYBERSCOOP
  • 2019
    • December
      • ABA Journal Legal Rebels Podcast Interview
      • On Blackstone 6: Perjury, the FBI, & Obstruction of Justice
    • October
      • What’s Up with WhatsApp: Thoughts on the NSO CFAA Complaint
      • Room 3420 and the Birth of the Internet
      • Constitutional Basics: Congressional Supremacy
      • On Blackstone 5: London Calling
    • June
      • Impeachment and Judicial Review
    • May
      • On Blackstone 4:
      • On Blackstone 3
    • April
      • On Blackstone 2
      • On Blackstone 1
      • The Julian Assange Indictment
    • March
      • Interview with Futurism.com "Computer Fraud Laws are Flawed, this Lawyer is Fighting Against Them"
      • U.S. Supreme Court Appeal Filed in U.S. v. Keith Gartenlaub.
      • The Trial Lawyer's College Podcast: How Technology is Threatening our Personal Privacy - with Tor Ekeland
    • February
      • March Newsletter
      • July Newsletter: Sun, Sand, and Cyber Security
      • August Newsletter: Lessons from Summer in Computer, IP, and Trial Law
      • June Newsletter: Freedom In A Stalker Nation
      • April Newsletter
      • December Newsletter: Deck the Halls With Fortnite ad Copyright
      • October Newsletter: Creeping Computer Laws & The Music Modernization Act
      • November Newsletter: Legal News to Bring to the Thanksgiving Table
      • September Newsletter: Don't FALL for bad laws
  • 2018
    • August
      • Lessons from Summer in Computer, IP, and Trial Law
  • 2017
    • July
      • 2nd Circuit reverses Anthony Conti's conviction and dismisses indictment
    • June
      • CFAA Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Preview: United States v. Matthew Keys
    • February
      • Opening Appellate Brief filed in U.S. v. Thomas
      • Is the Department of Justice Obstructing Justice When It Comes to Michael Flynn?
      • EFF and ACLU File Ninth Circuit Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Keith Gartenlaub
      • Opening Brief Filed in United States v. Gartenlaub (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
    • January
      • Ninth Circuit Denies Keith Gartenlaub Bail Pending Appeal
      • 2d Circuit Oral Argument Preview: United States v. Allen et. al.: January 26, 2017 10:00 am Eastern Time
      • Legitimizing General Warrants? Rule 41 Amendment Enlarges Government’s Hacking Authority
  • 2016
    • November
      • Insider Trading and Salman v. United States: Will this Case Tip the Scales?
    • October
      • Data Driven Injustice
      • New Indictment in U.S. v Gottesfeld
      • Friday the 13th
    • September
      • 2016 Fall Docket Roundup
    • February
      • Seventh Circuit: It’s not fraud to circumvent software’s implicit access restrictions
  • 2015
    • November
      • TEPC Represented 3 out of 7 Defendants From Wired Magazine's List of the Most Controversial CFAA Cases of All Time
    • March
      • Understanding the Blurred Lines Trial
      • Clearing up 10 of the Blurred Lines, Part 1
      • Mark Jaffe Interviewed for BBC and Hollywood Reporter, Esq. on Trademark and Copyright Issues
      • New Lawsuit Targets "Shims" Between Linux and Proprietary Code
    • February
      • Mark H. Jaffe Interviewed on Trademark and Copyright Issues for Recording Artists
      • Matt DeHarts Canadian Refugee Status Denied
      • Insert Some Kind of Taylor Swift Lyrical Reference: How the Media is Failing the Public with its Reporting of Taylor Swift's THI
  • 2014
    • November
      • Joining the Defensive Patent License advisory board
      • A conspiracy of silence around FOSS license violations
      • Aaron Williamson speaking at PLI Open Source and Free Software event
    • October
      • Tor Ekeland P.C. proposes DMCA exemption on behalf of Software Freedom Conservancy
      • Tor Ekeland in The Daily Journal: Silk Road and the Intangible Digital Age
      • Slate quotes Aaron Williamson on Scrabble word list copyright
    • September
      • Government Drops 28 Counts from the Indictment in U.S. v. Salinas, 13-CR-1439 (S.D. Tx. Mcallen Division)
    • July
      • Aaron Williamson Writes for Opensource.com on GPL Cases
    • June
      • Understanding CalOPPA's "Do Not Track" requirement
    • May
      • XimpleWare: Does the GPL Govern Distributions to Independent Contractors?
      • Update on Deric Lostutter's Case
    • April
      • Mark to Speak at Panel on Copyright and Fair Use
      • Judge Dismisses Auernheimer's (weev's) Indictment and Lifts Release Conditions
      • Prosecutor Agrees to Dismiss weev's Indictment, Lift Release Conditions
      • Tor Ekeland P.C. Files Motion for Andrew Auernheimer's Immediate Release
      • Third Circuit Vacates Auernheimer (weev) Conviction
    • March
      • Versata Court: State Court Can Rule on Breach-of-Copyleft Claim
      • Aaron Williamson and Meredith S. Heller Join Tor Ekeland, P.C.
      • Oral Argument in U.S. v. Auernheimer (weev) Appeal Scheduled for March 19, 2014 at 10 A.M.
      • Think Your Website is Qualified for DMCA Safe Harbor? Recent Decision Challenges Common Practices
  • 2013
    • November
      • Mark H. Jaffe Quoted on Copyright Law in Daily Dot
      • Tor to Speak at OWASP AppSec Conference in NYC on November 20th, 2013
    • September
      • U.S. Files Opposition Brief to Weev's Appeal
      • Judge Issues Gag Order in U.S. v. Barrett Brown
    • August
      • Tor to Speak on CFAA at Hacker Halted USA on September 20th, 2013
      • Court Holds That Public Websites Can Revoke Authorized Access Under the CFAA in Craigslist v. 3Taps.
      • Notes From a Prison Visit With Weev 2.0
      • Flo and Eddie's Lawsuit Underscores Challenges of pre-1972 Sound Recordings
      • Government Files Reply to Andrew Auernheimer's (weev) Opposition to the Government's Motion for Extended Appellee Brief Length
      • Andrew Auernheimer (weev) Files Opposition to Government's Request for a Word Extension and Stay of the Briefing Schedule
      • U.S. Asks to Stay Briefing Schedule and for a Word Count Extension in U.S. v. Auernheimer (weev) Appeal
    • July
      • Third Circuit District Court Follows U.S. v. Nosal in Narrow Interpretation of Exceeding Authorized Access Under the CFAA
      • Nebraska District Court Holds that Accessing a Computer With An Improper Purpose Exceeds Authorized Accuss Under the CFAA
      • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Files Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Auernheimer (weev) in Support of Appellant
      • U.S. v. Auernheimer (weev) Appeal Filed With Third Circuit Court of Appeals
    • June
      • Joan Jett's Blackheart Records Sues Retailer Over "Blackheart" Clothing Line; Band Name Disputes are on the Rise
    • May
      • Federal Appellate Court Permits College Football Player's Right of Publicity Lawsuit Against Video Game
      • Reporters Threatened with CFAA Lawsuit for Googling Confidential Data
      • Notes From a Prison Visit With Weev
      • Notes From a Prison Visit With Weev
      • In Large Class Action Copyright Action Against YouTube and Google, Class Action Status is Denied
      • Protective Order in U.S. v. Swartz Modified to Allow Congressional Investigators Access to Discovery
      • Matthew Keys Legal Defense Fund Launched
      • Harper Lee Sues to Regain Copyright to "To Kill A Mockingbird"
    • March
      • Tor Ekeland P.C. to Represent Indicted Reuters Social Media Editor Matthew Keys
      • Tor Ekeland to Speak on CFAA Prosecutions at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' White Collar Conference
      • Andrew Auernheimer ("Weev") Sentenced to 41 Months Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA")
    • January
      • By Posting Your Photographs on Twitter, You Have NOT Granted a License for Any Press Agency to Publish Them - District Court
      • Swartz CFAA Amendments
      • Aaron's Law
  • 2012
    • November
      • Andrew Auernheimer
      • U.S. v. Auernheimer Trial Date Postponed Until November 13, 2012
    • September
      • Importance of Accurate Copyright Registration: Court Finds that Because Claimant Had Incorrectly Designated Published Work as "U
      • BlueToad Claims They, and not the FBI, Were Hacked by Antisec
      • Velvet Underground's Copyright Claim Against Warhol Foundation, Over the "Banana Album" Cover, is Dismissed. Trademark Claims Su
      • FBI Denies it was Hacked by Antisec
    • August
      • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
      • U.S. v. Auernheimer
    • July
      • ABA Panel for August 16 CLE Webinar on Termination Rights in Sound Recordings Released
      • New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Reveals Aggressive Enforcement Against Unlicensed Home Improvement Contractors
      • New York Court Holds that DMCA Safe Harbor is Available for State Claims Involving Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
    • June
      • Supreme Court to Decide Important Trademark/IP Issue in Nike v. Already
      • Authors Guild v. Google - Court Certifies Class Action, Denies Google's Motion to Dismiss
      • Appeals Court Finds that South Park "What-What" Parody is "Obvious" Fair Use; Dismisses Copyright Infringement Case
    • May
      • In Dispute Over Photographs Taken at Woodstock Festival, Court Denies Motion to Dismiss
      • DOJ: "Policies Should Affirmatively Set Forth the First Amendment Right to Record Police Activity"
      • TTAB Refuses Registration for "FANTRIP" as Merely Descriptive
    • January
      • Noted Photographer Katja Heinemann Retains Tor Ekeland, P.C.
      • Alleged AT&T Ipad Email Hacker Andrew Auernheimer ("Weev") Rejects Government Felony Plea Offer
      • Noted Photographer Stephanie Keith Retains Tor Ekeland, P.C.
      • Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Litigation Dramatically Increases
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