101 Ways To Rile A Rattlesnake

Ren at trubble highlights another jurisprudential treat brought to you by none other than Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski. [via Boing Boing] Howard Bashman has more on this Second Amendment case, as does Eugene Volokh in several May 6 posts.

Speak Then

Two more notable additions to the ClickZ Weblog Business Strategies conference: Halley Suitt and Beth Goza.

It's A Mythstery

Jonathan Pink entertainingly explodes 11 common copyright myths in a piece from this month's California Lawyer, "Copyright Myths Debunked:"

Myth 5:

Copying just a little bit does not constitute copyright infringement.

a. Maybe.

b. Maybe.

c. Maybe.

Funny, lucid and good for an hour of California MCLE credit.

Blawgroll Newcomers

Please join me in welcoming these latest miscreants to the B&B blawgroll:

• Kos of the Daily Kos offers fine political commentary in addition to being an expectant dad. [via Rick Klau]


• Joseph Gusmano is a third year associate at Weinstock, Friedman & Friedman, who also maintains separate blogs devoted to patent and trademark issues.


• Russ Wheeler is blogging Tenth Circuit criminal cases at Direct Appeal. [via Blawg.org]


• Can't say I get the title, but there's some good tainted legal love going on over at 306Taint.us.


• Dishings dishes up commentary on television business and legal affairs.


• The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Austin, TX branch has its own blog.

Where No Blog Has Gone Before?

Law professor Lawrence Solum: "It is Tuesday afternoon, and I am blogging from the Hearing Room of the Senate Judiciary Committee . . . The Confirmation Wars are on the agenda. For months, I have been blogging about the downward spiral of politicization that has characterized the judicial selection process for the past several years. . . ." [via Howard Bashman] Some excellent stuff over there; spend some time.