Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

As I mentioned in a previous post, I began teaching law in the summer of 1998 — 20 years ago! — but this is the first time that I am not giving lectures. Instead, I created a business law game … Continue reading →

Chris McVeigh is the creator of these custom Lego sets. (Check out his website here to see more of his creations. Hat tip: @kottke.)

According to this report, Jelmer Eerkens (UC Davis) and Alex de Voogt (American Museum of Natural History) assembled and analyzed a set of 110 carefully dated, cube-shaped dice and made the following main findings (their full paper is available here): … Continue reading →

We’ve shared many examples of “Lego Art” in previous blog posts (see here). This spring, 13 new works of LEGO art are on display at Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida. These works are by Lego artist Sean Kenney. (Check out … Continue reading →

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is a federal law that imposes criminal and civil penalties on computer hackers. The original version of this law made it a federal crime to access government computers without authorization or in excess … Continue reading →

According to the 2010 film “The Social Network” (see page 27 of the movie script), the Harvard Ad Board accused Zuckerberg of “violating copyrights” (among other things) when he created Facemash. Really? This allegation may sound plausible. After all, creators … Continue reading →

Thus far, we have wondered whether Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg may have committed a tort when he created Facemash back in ’03. Broadly speaking, whether an act or omission constitutes a civil tort depends on the common law of the … Continue reading →