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Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Billboard Company’s Challenge to Michigan Sign Code Survives Motion to Dismiss
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="420"] One of International Outdoor's billboards in the Detroit area. Source: International Outdoor.[/caption] Late last month, a federal court in Michigan granted in part and denied in…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit: First Amendment Right to Record Police
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In its opinion in Fields v. City of Philadelphia, the Third Circuit concluded that "Simply put, the First Amendment…
Drug & Device Law
Both Sides Equal Under the First Amendment
By Bexis
There’s a problem with attorney advertising in the prescription medical product space – but it’s not the one you normally hear us defense-side litigators kvetching about. Quite apart from its…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Says that Fannie Mae, Even Under Conservatorship, is No Government Actor
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled yesterday that Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored but privately-owned corporation, but now under conservatorship of an independent government agency, cannot be…
Supreme Court Update
Trump v. Int’l Refugee Assistance Project (16-1436), Trump v. Hawaii (16-1540), Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm’n (16-111), Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers (16-1276), Parvan v. Smith (16-992), Hicks v. United States (16-7806), Peruta v. California (16-894), Bay Point Properties v. BP Properties (16-1077), and Mathis v. Shulkin (16-677)
It is finished. October Term 2016, that is. This morning, the Court handed down decisions in four of its six remaining cases for OT16 (with two cases that were argued…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds Liquor Regulation Against First Amendment Challenge
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In its en banc opinion in Retail Digital Network v. Prieto, the Ninth Circuit rejected a First Amendment challenge…
Supreme Court Update
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of San Francisco, San Francisco County (16-466), Packingham v. North Carolina (15-1194), Sessions v. Morales-Santana (15-1191), Sandoz v. Amgen (15-1039) and Jenkins v. Hutton (16-1116)
The end-of-term rush is officially on. On Monday, the Court handed down six new decisions (including a per curiam summary reversal) and accepted a potential OT17 blockbuster for review. To…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS symposium: The Freedom of Speech
Main Monday, June 19, 2017SCOTUS symposium: The Freedom of SpeechIt's a "Captain Obvious"-level obvious point, but the Court handed down two cases today -- Matal v. Tam and Packingham v.…
PrawfsBlawg
More heckling
Main Sunday, June 18, 2017More hecklingGreat essay in The Atlantic by Thomas Healy (Seton Hall) arguing that some of the non-violent "intense pushback and protest" against right-wing speech on campus…
PrawfsBlawg
Vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp
Main Wednesday, June 14, 2017Vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharpThis is correct. Posted by Howard Wasserman on June 14, 2017 at 05:50 PM in First Amendment, Howard Wasserman, Law and…