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Sunstein on Wikipedia

March 3, 2007 in University of Chicago Law School, Wikipedia

Last week, the Washington Post ran an interesting article by Cass Sunstein on Wikipedia. Sunstein is a tenured professor at my law school and is often referred to as the most cited living legal scholar, although I think Posner might have him beat. The article leads with a great stat:
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The benefits of due diligence

February 27, 2007 in Chicago GSB, NVC, Wikipedia, venture capital

Last night I helped out with the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center’s Fast Pitch Competition. The event was co-sponsored by The GSB, Kellogg, and De Paul and a bunch of my GSB classmates entered with hopes of winning the $5,000 prize. Each entrant in the contest had 3 minutes to pitch to a panel [...]

Fuzzy Zoeller sues IP address owner over Wikipedia entry

February 25, 2007 in Wikipedia, litigation

Apparently golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is suing the owner of an IP address over defamatory comments made from the address via Wikipedia. Strangely, the IP address is owned by Josef Silny & Associates, a Miami education consulting firm, which means that one of the employees of the firm edited the Zoeller entry through a work [...]

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