Courtney M Cox
@coxlaw.bsky.social
Law, philosophy, and occasionally the bassoon. Previously IP litigator @RopesGray, now faculty @FordhamLawNYC.
Writing here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1569375
Writing here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1569375
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Courtney M Cox
@coxlaw.bsky.social
· Dec 4
I have a joke about equity, but I can't, in good conscience, repeat it.
I have a joke about government searches, but it's unreasonable and unwarranted.
I have a joke about copyright, but it’s totally unoriginal.
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You'll never guess what this is in response to
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
You'll never guess what this is in response to
starting a return to semi-normal after two weeks/two countries/two papers on dramatically different subjects by teaching...
Palsgraf.
what a magnificent streak. is it about duty or causation? idk, down the rabbit hole we go!
Palsgraf.
what a magnificent streak. is it about duty or causation? idk, down the rabbit hole we go!
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
starting a return to semi-normal after two weeks/two countries/two papers on dramatically different subjects by teaching...
Palsgraf.
what a magnificent streak. is it about duty or causation? idk, down the rabbit hole we go!
Palsgraf.
what a magnificent streak. is it about duty or causation? idk, down the rabbit hole we go!
Listening to music on my flight and under "Easy and Chill" is an album called... "Climate Change."
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Listening to music on my flight and under "Easy and Chill" is an album called... "Climate Change."
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Everything you need to do is dramatically easier when you are happy.
Contrary to popular belief, unless you are deeply selfish, being happy does not lead to inaction. Depression and fear lead to inaction. Anger leads to rash, destructive, self-serving action.
Contrary to popular belief, unless you are deeply selfish, being happy does not lead to inaction. Depression and fear lead to inaction. Anger leads to rash, destructive, self-serving action.
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Everything you need to do is dramatically easier when you are happy.
Contrary to popular belief, unless you are deeply selfish, being happy does not lead to inaction. Depression and fear lead to inaction. Anger leads to rash, destructive, self-serving action.
Contrary to popular belief, unless you are deeply selfish, being happy does not lead to inaction. Depression and fear lead to inaction. Anger leads to rash, destructive, self-serving action.
anyone else having problems with Westlaw? keeps logging me out when i try to access... a statute.
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
anyone else having problems with Westlaw? keeps logging me out when i try to access... a statute.
Feels like a good time to also remind gen X & elder millennials (or, really, anyone T-Swift age & up) that you may be due for another measles shot if you only got one.
www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and...
www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and...
October 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Feels like a good time to also remind gen X & elder millennials (or, really, anyone T-Swift age & up) that you may be due for another measles shot if you only got one.
www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and...
www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and...
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Pertussis (whooping cough) cases have exploded in the US in the past 2 years. Get your Tdap if you’re due (every 10 years for adults)
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠
October 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Pertussis (whooping cough) cases have exploded in the US in the past 2 years. Get your Tdap if you’re due (every 10 years for adults)
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠
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so much about this case is judges in extreme distress
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
so much about this case is judges in extreme distress
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I keep on proposing law students need media training.
October 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I keep on proposing law students need media training.
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
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That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
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Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
October 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
missing the days when google books was way more useful to researchers
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
missing the days when google books was way more useful to researchers
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Congratulations to Alison LaCroix for winning the @hisorians.org Littleton-Griswold Prize in US law and Society!!
October 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Congratulations to Alison LaCroix for winning the @hisorians.org Littleton-Griswold Prize in US law and Society!!
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October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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It's hard to overstate Searle's influence on 20th century philosophy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
John Searle, Philosopher Who Wrestled With A.I., Dies at 93
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's hard to overstate Searle's influence on 20th century philosophy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
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🚨 New from the Science, Health & Information Clinic at @nyulaw.bsky.social! 🚨
An amicus brief in Vanda v. United States, on federal agencies' legal authority to use & disclose private trade secrets.
A case you probably haven't heard of, but with major consequences for federal regulation!
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An amicus brief in Vanda v. United States, on federal agencies' legal authority to use & disclose private trade secrets.
A case you probably haven't heard of, but with major consequences for federal regulation!
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October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🚨 New from the Science, Health & Information Clinic at @nyulaw.bsky.social! 🚨
An amicus brief in Vanda v. United States, on federal agencies' legal authority to use & disclose private trade secrets.
A case you probably haven't heard of, but with major consequences for federal regulation!
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An amicus brief in Vanda v. United States, on federal agencies' legal authority to use & disclose private trade secrets.
A case you probably haven't heard of, but with major consequences for federal regulation!
🧵
1/
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You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
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Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
Legal Theory Blog
Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!
legaltheoryblog.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
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A valuable reminder in these hard times.
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A valuable reminder in these hard times.
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Scientists & experts say that RNA innovation is poised to usher in a new era of treatments & cures for different diseases & illnesses. The work being done at Brown University is helping to lead the way. Great to speak at Brown’s RNA Center Symposium this morning.
September 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Scientists & experts say that RNA innovation is poised to usher in a new era of treatments & cures for different diseases & illnesses. The work being done at Brown University is helping to lead the way. Great to speak at Brown’s RNA Center Symposium this morning.
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Nice work, @estherverheyen.bsky.social and co!!!
September 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Nice work, @estherverheyen.bsky.social and co!!!
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CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this