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Game Counsel
AR Game Maker Launches First Amendment Challenge
By James Gatto
Candy Lab AR, makers of the augmented reality poker game Texas Rope 'Em, sued Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, over an ordinance alleged to be violating the First Amendment. The ordinance states:…
Government and Public Policy
“Anti-Police” Painting Controversy: Court says, No First Amendment Rights at Stake
The US. District Court for the District of Columbia recently denied a preliminary injunction seeking the reinstallation of a controversial “anti-police” painting at the U.S Capitol complex. David Pulphus, a…
Media Law Prof Blog
Citron on Extremist Speech and Compelled Conformity @daniellecitron
Danielle Keats Citron, University of Maryland School of Law; Yale University Yale Information Society Project; Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, is publishing Extremist Speech and Compelled Conformity…
The Brand Protection Blog
11th Cir. holds “skim milk” label protected by 1st Amendment
By Saul Perloff (US), Andre Hanson (US)
In a case with potentially significant ramifications for regulatory oversight of the labeling and advertising of foods and pharmaceuticals, the Eleventh Circuit held the First Amendment precluded the Florida Department…
PrawfsBlawg
Your Fed Courts/Civil Rights Exam
Main Wednesday, April 05, 2017Your Fed Courts/Civil Rights ExamIdentify the problems with this complaint: The victims who will testify in the Michigan sexual-abuse prosecution Lawrence Nassar, the former doctor for…
Above the Fold
When is a Price Not Just a Price But a Matter of Speech Protected by the First Amendment?
A New York case decided this week by the U.S. Supreme Court involving a state prohibition on credit card surcharge fees would not, at first blush, seem to involve “speech,”…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
United States District Judge Refuses to Dismiss Complaint Against Trump on First Amendment Grounds
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a Memorandum Opinion and Order, Judge David Hale ruled on a motion to dismiss the complaint in Nwanguma…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Rejects Media Claim to Guantanamo Force-Feeding Tapes
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled today in the long-running Dhiab case that media intervenors had no First Amendment right to access redacted and videotapes classified as…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Chicago Short-Term Rental Ordinance Does Not Implicate First Amendment: Federal District Court
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="448"] An advertisement for the organization Keep Chicago Livable states that home sharing is a "fundamental right," yet the district court disagreed that home sharing implicated First…
Media Law Prof Blog
Suski on A First Amendment Defense Approach To Reforming Anti-Bullying Laws @EmilySuski
Emily Suski, University of South Carolina School of Law, has published A First Amendment Deference Approach to Reforming Anti-Bullying Laws at 77 Louisiana Law Review 701 (2017). Here is the…