Elie Mystal
Posts by Elie Mystal
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Wokest Job Opening In History For The Right General Counsel
I should apply for this. I saw it first.
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No Expectation Of Privacy In Own Facial Biometrics
Google wins lawsuits over facial recognition.
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Alexa On The Witness Stand Is Going To Be Killer For Privacy
The Internet of Things can and will be used against you.
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Here Is The Most Tortured Biglaw/Military/Al-Qaeda Analogy Of 2018
Could Biglaw defeat Al-Qaeda? I dunno. Is this a real question?
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The European Union Is A Foe… To Google, It Seems
EU hits Google with a $5 billion antitrust fine.
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Judge Rules Trump Twitter Feed A Public Forum, President Can Mute, But Not Block, Users
Hey look, it’s an actual application of the First Amendment
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That Time I Got Suspended On Twitter For Calling Kanye West An ‘Uncle Tom’ And Other Things
My first Twitter suspension is not a First Amendment issue, just a Twitter being stupid issue.
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Facebook Being Sued In Britain More Intelligently Than Anything The U.S. Senate Has Contemplated
Facebook can run circles around our stupid Senate, but a private citizen in the U.K. understands what rots at Facebook.
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Now that we have a corpse, we’re going to have a lawsuit.
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Blockchain Sex Contracts Will Be Weaponized Against Women
Instead of requiring consent, we’re going to require women to be contracts lawyers.
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Is It Ageist To Microtarget On Facebook?
Facebook could be the new vanguard of age discrimination.
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Firefox v. Yahoo Lawsuits Are Like Watching Homeless People Fight For A Dollar
No offense to homeless people, many of whom do their jobs more proficiently than Mozilla and Yahoo.
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Anthony Weiner Pleads Guilty, Will Have To Register As A Sex Offender
Anthony Weiner is gross, but he’s not special.
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Donald Trump, Justice, Politics
White House Staff Probably Violating The Presidential Records Act, And I Probably Don’t Care
I almost don’t want a record of this… WAKING NIGHTMARE.
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Justice, Labor / Employment, On The Job, Technology
In Rare Double, Labor Sues Oracle For Paying Too Much To Whites, Hiring Too Many Asians
You just don’t see this kind of lawsuit every day; let’s keep an eye on it.
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Patents, Supreme Court, Technology
Supreme Court Unanimously Bails Out Samsung
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that this is a clear case. She literally pulled out the dictionary.