Kashmir Hill
I'm an editor emeritus at Above the Law. I am still a contributor to ATL, but now spend my days at Forbes writing about privacy, technology and the law at The Not-So Private Parts. Follow me on Twitter or friend me on Facebook.
Posts by Kashmir Hill
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Crime, Media and Journalism, New York Times, Technology
New York Times Has No Idea Reporter Broke A Law By Using Someone Else's 'HBO Go' Password
But which law? Here's a hint: it's the same one public document hacker Aaron Swartz allegedly violated. -
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Legal Ethics, Pornography
Prenda Law's Plight: Porn Copyright Lawyers Plead The Fifth When Asked About Dirty Dealings
You can do so much with a law degree, including porn production… wait, what? 
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Google / Search Engines, Technology, Traffic Accidents
Google Glass Will Be Incredible For The Courtroom
Will technology like Google Glass soon replace eyewitness testimony?
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Facebook, Privacy, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Facebook Sends Most Of America An Offer To Settle A Class Action Lawsuit For $10
Did you get an email from Facebook about its class action settlement? -
Money, Pictures, Privacy, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Everyone's Freaking Out Over Instagram's New Money Filter
Instagram is trying to monetize its business by leasing users' photos to advertisers. Users aren't fans of the idea... -
Constitutional Law, Pornography, Privacy
FBI Dad Finds Handy Fourth Amendment Workaround to Bust School Principal for Child Porn
Thanks to this spyware program, an FBI dad got a gift-wrapped child porn case from his son's principal... -
California, Courtship Connection, Law Schools, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection SF: 'Law School Has Ruined Her'
How did Kash's latest Courtship Connection pairing work out? -
California, Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection SF: You Had Me At 'Attractive'
So far, it seems the West Coast is also the best coast for lawyerly blind dates. 
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Advertising, Drinking, Lawsuit of the Day
Belvedere 'Date Rape' Model Won't Let Ad Go Down Smoothly
Belvedere Vodka is still suffering a hangover from the rapey ad it broadcast on its Twitter and Facebook feeds last month. -
California, Courtship Connection, Holidays and Seasons, Romance and Dating, Silicon Valley
Courtship Connection: Moving West
Happy Valentine’s Day to you if you have a date lined up tonight! For the rest of you, Happy Staying-In-To-Watch-A-Movie-And-Drink-With-Your-Single-Friends Day. Last year, two Washington lawyers actually let me set them up on a V-Day date. This year, with my pool of Chicago candidates, I didn’t bother. I wouldn’t wish the boring Chicago dating scene […] -
Facebook, Law Schools, Privacy, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Law Student of the Day: Max Schrems
While most law students are shaking off the winter break and settling back in for the second semester, Max Schrems is busy doing his best to bring Facebook to its knees. Last year, the 24-year-old University of Vienna law student spent a semester abroad at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. His privacy law professor […] -
Copyright, Facebook, Pornography, Pranks
Perkins Coie Gets E-Male; Does This Qualify as a Legal Response?
Just when you thought “revenge porn” couldn’t get worse, IsAnyoneUp came along. In addition to posting user-submitted nude photos — often sent in by someone’s angry ex — the site’s proprietor, Hunter Moore, includes a screenshot of the amateur porn star’s Facebook profile page, so that it’s clear exactly who the person is, where they […] -
Crime, Drugs, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Not Psyched About Idea Of Government Secretly Putting GPS Trackers On Their Cars
The Supreme Court justices were decked out in their usual black robes today for U.S. vs Jones [pdf], a case involving the question of whether police need a warrant to attach a GPS tracker to someone’s car. But given their paranoia about possible technology-enabled government intrusions on privacy, it might not have been surprising if […]
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While generative AI may feel like a hot new topic, the legal industry is no stranger to leveraging artificial intelligence.
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This new GenAI-powered deal point extraction tool provides big advantages in the negotiation process and beyond.
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How happiness, a positive workplace, and alignment with the right role can transform not just your own career, but also the success of your clients…
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Courtship Connection, Drinking, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try to Get Her Wasted
Since the dates in D.C. have been a little more exciting than those in Chicago, Kash decided to spoil you with one last set-up in the nation's capital. She brought in a pinch hitter for this one. The two legal eagles both sounded like thrill-seekers to her, so she sent them to The Russia House after work on a Friday and hoped for an epic night. Epicness ensued.... -
Hotties, Lawsuit of the Day, Movies, Privacy, Technology, Women's Issues
Actress To IMDb: 'I'm Too Old For This Sh*%'
It’s said that it’s rude to ask a woman her age. In fact, it’s only rude to ask women 30 and over about their digits. It’s far worse, however, to ask a woman with decades under her belt for her age and then to publish it for the world to see. An actress in Texas […] -
Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection: Please Try To Be Less Boring
The latest Chicago pairing involved two lawyers in their 20s. Asked why he agreed to be set up by a random legal blogger, our male lawyer, who described himself as "kinetic, adventurous, and faux-angsty," said, "regardless of the outcome, it'll probably be a good story, which is generally the important thing." He asked to be set up with someone "outgoing and hilarious." Our female lawyer volunteered that she has "HUGE brains." That seemed like a decent match. It wasn't.... -
Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connections: Out Of His League
Dating sucks sometimes -- especially when it's a date set up by a legal blogger with no particular aptitude for matchmaking. Last week, Kashmir Hill thought she had actually done a decent job. She sent two Washington, D.C. lawyers out to Eighteenth Street Lounge on a Thursday night. Halfway through the date, the dude sent her an email, "Going really well so far." She thought she finally set up a date that was going well.... -
Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection Chitown: Hush, Puppies
One of the past Courtship Connection couplings that beat the odds included two New York lawyers paired because of their shared love of My Cousin Vinny. Seeing that two Chicago early-twenty-somethings had named Vincent Gambini as their fave legal fictional character, Kashmir Hill sent these two yutes out on a date, hoping to replicate that success.... -
Biglaw, Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection Chitown: Nothing To Feel Guilty About
Courtship Connection blew into the Windy City on the tail end of the summer. This week marks the city's first two Courtship dates. One couple went out last night. Kashmir Hill is hoping they had a better time than the two lawyers who met each other in front of a closed restaurant on Monday night. The two Biglaw associates said there wasn't "a spark." Instead of a spark, there was a big height difference. It's hard out there for the tall lady lawyers.... -
Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Chicago Singles, Watch Out Get Excited: Here Comes ATL Courtship Connection!
There are many kinds of journalism: investigative, advocacy, tabloid, service… Okay, there are four kinds of journalism we can currently think of. Above the Law’s Courtship Connection is in the service journalism camp. It’s our attempt to help over-worked, under-socialized, but ultimately lovable legal types, both lawyers and law students, to find romance. Or, failing […]
