But this does impose harsh criminal liability because previously owners could argue that their customers didn't have an expectation of privacy in areas outside of the bathroom and bedroom. Thus, if you had a camera up in living room, the host would argue that they couldn't be arrested under peeping tom statutes because their customer had no expectation of privacy. With explicit rules against recording, the customers can say that they relied on the AirBnB rules, and they expected that they had privacy inside the living room of their rental.

I'm with you. Stuffing as much peat smoke into a whisky is like cramming an IPA with too much hops. It is very easy to overdo, and some people just want to show off. I'm a fan of Black Bush for a good Irish whiskey or Glenkinchie 12-year if going for scotch whisky. I find lowland scotches much more palatable than highland or Islay scotches.

Anyone who has ever practiced in front of Alsup knows that he is far from clueless.

As a patent lawyer, I can tell you that technology lawyers don't like engineers on the jury because they jury will give that juror's opinion inordinate weight. If that engineer completely misunderstands the technology, or doesn't like one of the parties, they can steer the entire jury one direction because they will use their outside knowledge to "teach" the jury. Rather than relying upon what evidence was given in trial, the jury will follow the lead of the one engineer, even if that one engineer is wrong.

Says someone who has clearly not tried to prosecute any patents before the USPTO. Their approval rate for software patents has dropped a huge amount. Plus, this isn't even a patent, just a patent application. It hasn't been examined by the patent office at all.