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Law professor at UC Berkeley and a Co-Director Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. International Expert in #Privacy & Security Law 🌐 paulschwartz.net

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · Nov 24

My latest paper, Privacy Standing, is now out in the BU Law Review. In it, I analyze the Supreme Court's invention of a new tradition of common-law faux historicism for privacy standing: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 14h

Join the “New Developments in Health Information Privacy and Security Law” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum

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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 18h

New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No longer would we be a country under the rule of law. We would be a nation under the rule of Donald Trump.”
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

What happens to democracy if Trump ignores judge’s orders on National Guard? | Opinion

“If that happens, we will have a president who is no longer constrained by the Constitution or any law. There is a word for that: a dictator.”

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 4d

Friday Song of the Week: Emmylout Harris, The Road. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRbb...
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The Road

YouTube video by Emmylou Harris - Topic

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 4d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 4d

Dean Chemerinsky comments on “a pattern of ignoring court orders or trying to circumvent them,” and "a case in which he represents University of California faculty and researchers challenging Trump administration cuts to NSF funding." www.latimes.com/california/s... via @latimes.com

Trump uses repeated funding cuts to pressure California, complicating state's legal fight

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has sued the Trump administration more than 40 times. He says President Trump disregards the rule of law and overstates his control of federal funding.

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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 4d

Your Data Will Be Used Against You

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 5d

"There’s always the impulse to punish speech we don’t like. But the First Amendment protects all speech,” Dean Chemerinsky spoke to @calmatters.org about teachers posting to their private social media accounts during non-work hours bit.ly/3IPABbM #UCBerkeleyLaw #FirstAmendment

Charlie Kirk fallout hits California schools, where 20 teachers face discipline over posts

Some California teachers who posted social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk were disciplined, raising concerns about free speech.

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 6d

Dept of blaming the victim? NY Times headline today:

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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 6d

A new book by #UVALaw Prof. G. Edward White explores the life and legacy of #SCOTUS Justice Robert H. Jackson. www.law.virginia.edu/news/202510/...

Professor’s New Book Explores Life and Legacy of Justice Robert H. Jackson

A new book from Professor G. Edward White explores the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, an underexplored but historically consequential 20th-century jurist.

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 7d

New privacy lawsuit against the Trump administration arguing that DOGE, DHS and USCIS secretly consolidating "Americans' sensitive data from multiple agencies w/o statutorily required notice to the public and Congress." Complaint here: democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

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TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for a fireside chat with Nita Farahany to discuss Mental Privacy. Nov 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 8d

"It all depends on what the conditions are, and whether those conditions are constitutional," Dean Chemerinsky told @washingtonpost.com about a plan being developed that could change how universities are awarded research grants: wapo.st/4pKhO2c #UCBerkeleyLaw

White House considers funding advantage for colleges that align with Trump policies

The proposal has the potential to transform the government’s vast research funding operation, which has long awarded university grants based on scientific merit.

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you Latham & Watkins for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – Nov. 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #privacy

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TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 8d

Privacy + Security Forum – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today - www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 11d

Listen: Dean Chemerinsky joins "Legal Face Off" on @wgnradio.bsky.social to discuss the latest on Governor Gavin Newsom's ban on ICE agents wearing face masks in California: bit.ly/3W7CNhQ #UCBerkeleyLaw

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Lior Strahilevitz @thelior.bsky.social · 10d

I’m honored to be giving this upcoming lecture at my alma mater. Go Bears!

Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 11d

Come join us on Nov. 19 for the 18th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture delivered by Prof. Lior Strahilevitz @thelior.bsky.social. Register here:
bclt.wufoo.com/forms/m1f7z1...
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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 11d

Friday Song of the Week: Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB5z...
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Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire? (Official Audio)

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 11d

Come join us on Nov. 19 for the 18th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture delivered by Prof. Lior Strahilevitz @thelior.bsky.social. Register here:
bclt.wufoo.com/forms/m1f7z1...
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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 12d

“The California Legislature has passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom should sign, Assembly Bill 288 to protect workers and businesses…” - Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky and Professor Catherine L. Fisk: bit.ly/4gDYDmw

AB 288 enables California to protect labor rights when the federal government cannot

The Daily Journal has more journalists covering the California legal profession than any other publication.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 12d

“To have an endowed chair of civil rights at one of the best law schools in the country — and the world — is huge for me," said Judge Thelton E. Henderson '62 to the National Jurist: https://bit.ly/4npX9z1 #UCBerkeleyLaw

Berkeley Law receives $6M gift to establish civil rights chair honoring Thelton Henderson

A $6 million gift from Bob and Colleen Haas will establish the Thelton E. Henderson ’62 Chair in Civil Rights Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Henderson was an assistant d...

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15d

I am skeptical of whether the FTC could be a credible regulator without independence. This is quite devastating because the FTC performs a key role for ensuring consumer protection, especially privacy protection. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 15d

Here's the 6-3 opinion: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 15d

Supreme Court issues stay, allows firing of FTC Commissioner Slaughter by President Trump, will hear case in December. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Democratic member of trade commission

The justices overturned a lower court injunction that reinstated Rebecca Slaughter to her job with the agency that oversees antitrust and consumer protection issues.

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 16d

It is a searing indictment of the American educational establishment that Robert Post, a highly distinguished First Amendment scholar and former dean of Yale Law School, just posted, "for the first time, I have become frightened that freedom of speech in America might actually be endangered."

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 18d

Join us @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social on October 10 for a Cali Lawyers Ass'n event on Privacy + AI. Register here: calawyers.org/event/privac...

Privacy + AI Lab - California Lawyers Association

This immersive, full-day conference is designed for high-level privacy law professionals. Set at the prestigious UC Berkeley Faculty Club, nestled in the heart of the beautiful UC Berkeley campus, thi...

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