From the Even-a-Blind-Sow-Finds-An-Acorn-Once-In-a-While Department:

Murphy is pleased to provide an update on the most recent Murphy’s Law newsletter. Several media outlets, here, here, and here, ran articles last week discussing the government’s efforts to avoid disclosing the substance of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a pact it is currently negotiating with several foreign nations. This is relevant to the Murphy’s Law newsletter for two reasons. First, prospects for the open and transparent government allegedly favored by President Obama are looking increasingly grim, as government lawyers continue to stonewall FOIA requests. And second, based on available information about ACTA, some have speculated that an Internet section included in the pact could be used by the big content industries to further stifle competition and increase their control over content. A summary of the ACTA negotiations produced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative can be found here.