Speaking of potential libel, I happened upon this clump of flyers in the gutter over the weekend. Instantly I felt sorry for Yisroel [Redacted], alleged “‘noted’ moser!!!” of my neighborhood’s Orthodox community, whose name has now literally been dragged through the mud. Back at home, I discovered that a moser is “a Jew who intends to turn another Jew in . . .
Website operators traditionally have relied on the Communications Decency Act to shield them from liability for user-generated content. The April decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com significantly narrows this immunity. Over the weekend my friend and former law professor Lyrissa Lidsky alerted me to the case, noting that . . .
Customs officials routinely seize laptops brought back into the country by U.S. citizens returning from international travel.
Junot Díaz admits Grand Theft Auto IV is no Moby-Dick, Beloved, or even Battlestar Galactica, but argues it’s a matter of time.
Mark Sarvas admires Ed Park’s Personal Days. He asks not why we’ve seen two recent novels about cubicle life but why we haven’t seen more.