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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Preview: State Action and Public Access Television
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawOn February 25, the Court will hear oral arguments in Manhattan Community Access Corporation v. Halleck, presenting the question…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit Finds Public Official Violated First Amendment Rights of Constituent on Facebook
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its thorough opinion in Davison v. Randall (& Loudoun County), the Fourth Circuit earlier this month concluded that…
Media Law Prof Blog
District Court Finds Massachusetts Statute Prohibiting Secret Recording of Government Officials Violates First Amendment @M_Lambert4612
A federal district court has ruled that the Massachusetts statute criminalizing secret recordings of non-consenting persons as it applies to public officials violates the First Amendment. "Consistent with the language…
Drug & Device Law
First Amendment Pours Cold Water on Sugary Beverage Warning Law
It is easy to articulate the core principle behind the First Amendment right to free speech: The government can’t restrict what you say or make you say what the government…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
En Banc Ninth Circuit Finds Sugared Beverages Warning Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its en banc opinion in American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco the Ninth Circuit…
PrawfsBlawg
Your new civ pro exam question
Main Wednesday, January 23, 2019Your new civ pro exam questionA lawyer in Kentucky is threatening to sue a whole lot of people for defamation for commenting on the videos of…
California Employment Law Update
LA Times Wins Lawsuit Against Former Freelancer
The California Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal of a former freelancer’s defamation and employment-related claims against the Times. Frederick Theodore Rall III, a political cartoonist and blogger for the paper,…
Pay or Play
Supreme Court to Decide Whether “Scandalous Clause” Passes Constitutional Muster
Just over a year ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a century-old ban prohibiting the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) from registering “scandalous”…
Media Law Prof Blog
Adler on Art’s First Amendment Status @nyulaw
Amy Adler, New York University School of Law, has published Art's First Amendment Status: A Cultural History of The Masses in volume 50 of the Arizona State Law Journal (2018).…
Municipal Minute
County Official’s Facebook Page a “Public Forum”
In August of 2017, we reported on a case out of Virginia involving a claim of First Amendment violations against an elected official who had deleted critical posts and blocked…