Manhattan Judge Denies Legal Personhood for Chimps; Amicus Curiae Brief Cited
A Manhattan judge today denied a petition for habeas corpus to release two chimpanzees held by the State University of New York at Stony...
Apple Loses e-book appeal, but...
The decision was split three ways and the only ruling today was that Apple's conduct was a "per se" violation of the antitrust laws....
Update on Chimp Cases
Here's an update on where we stand with the chimp cases filed by the NonHuman Rights Project (NhRP). Last year, I filed an amicus curiae...
Honored with Quotation of the Day by The New York Times
I was asked to opine on whether chimpanzees should be recognized as legal persons in an article which appeared today in the New York...
Amicus Brief Filed to Oppose Human Rights for Chimpanzee
Yesterday, I filed an amicus brief on behalf of The Center for the Study of the Great Ideas in opposition to a lawsuit by the Nonhuman...
NY Court Hears Question of Personhood for Nonhumans
Yesterday, I attended the appellate hearing in the case of Nonhuman Rights Project v. Tommy, a suit filed by the NRP to free a chimp from...
Refuting Amazon's Simplistic Argument
In my opening remarks earlier this week at the NYPL, I tried to point out the challenge authors and publishers have in responding to...
Jefferson's Handwritten Copy of the Declaration of Independence
Last night, just prior to our panel discussion at the NY Public Library, the panelists were given an opportunity to view an original...
James Patterson's Gift to the World of Books
Last night at the NY Public Library I had the pleasure of meeting my co-panelist, the great James Patterson, or Jim as he prefers. The...
Lively Panel at NY Public Library on Amazon's Threat to Books & Authors:
Here's the video of the 1 1/2 hour panel discussion, moderated earlier this evening by Tina Bennett (literary agent at William Morris)...
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