Samuelson Clinic News Feed

District Court Rules on Key Copyright and Computer Law Issues in Online Coupon Distribution Case

Jennifer Lynch — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:54:34 -0700

July 7, 2008 - Last week, a district court in California ruled on several important copyright and computer law issues affecting the ability of software consumers to customize and modify programs on their personal computers. Two Samuelson Clinic students, Hari O’Connell and Domenic Ippolito, with help from Clinic faculty, Jennifer Lynch and Jason Schultz, filed an amicus brief in the case, on behalf of client Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), that was critical to the outcome of the ruling. read more »

Samuelson Clinic Featured in Press for Efforts to Fix Sallie Mae's Flawed Security Practices

Jennifer Lynch — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:54:32 -0700

The Samuelson Clinic was recently featured in the Contra Costa Times for its investigation into Sallie Mae’s poor security practices. Clinic student intern Kathleen Lu and Clinic Fellow Jennifer Lynch were both quoted in the article, available online here.

Samuelson Clinic Reveals Sallie Mae’s Flawed Security Practices

Jennifer Lynch — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:47:10 -0700

Students at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law recently accused Sallie Mae—the nation’s largest student lender—of placing millions of its customers at risk of identity theft through improper and potentially illegal authentication practices. Although Sallie Mae revised its authentication practices this spring after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the Clinic, law students say the new practice remains flawed and leaves student borrowers vulnerable to identity theft. read more »

Samuelson Clinic Featured on Wired Threat Level Blog for Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Accused Coupon Hacker

Jennifer Lynch — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Samuelson Clinic student interns Hari O’Connell and Domenic Ippolito, with help from Clinic faculty Jennifer Lynch and Jason Schultz, filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Elecronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in support of accused “coupon hacker” John Stottlemire’s motion to dismiss in the case Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Clinic argued that Coupons, Inc’s DMCA claims and common law trespass to chattels and conversion claims constitute a strained and improper interpretation of the law and should be dismissed. read more »

Clinic Accepting Applications for Summer, Fall 2008

Chris Hoofnagle — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:00:00 -0700

The Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic has openings for several summer research assistants for a broad range of legal and public policy projects. Topics may include: privacy, cyber-security, IP considerations in developing health technologies and medicine for the developing world, consumer protection, video surveillance, synthetic biology, personal genetic information, patent reexamination and opposition processes, injunctions in 1st Amendment cases, fair use, and the DMCA safe harbors. Full and part-time paid positions are available. read more »