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Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Denver Courthouse Case Continued: Plaintiffs Lack Standing
Last week, in a case we previously covered here, a federal district court in Colorado considered whether plaintiffs have standing to seek permanent injunctive relief when the defendant has stipulated…
Media Law Prof Blog
Kessler on the Early Years of First Amendment Lochnerism
Jeremy K. Kessler, Columbia University, is publishing The Early Years of First Amendment Lochnerism in the Columbia Law Review. Here is the abstract.From Citizens United to Hobby Lobby, civil libertarian…
Media Law Prof Blog
Kamatali on The Limits of the First Amendment in the Era of the Internet and the Global Marketplace of Ideas
Jean-Marie Kamatali, Ohio Northern University, is publishing The Limits of the First Amendment: Protecting American Citizens’ Free Speech in the Era of the Internet & the Global Marketplace of Ideas…
Media Law Prof Blog
Snow on Content-Based Copyright Denial
Ned Snow, University of South Carolina, is publishing Content-Based Copyright Denial in volume 90 of the Indiana Law Journal (2015). Here is the abstract. No principle of First Amendment law…
Media Law Prof Blog
Long on the Lawyer As Public Figure For First Amendment Purposes
Alex B. Long, University of Tennessee College of Law, is publishing The Lawyer as Public Figure for First Amendment Purposes in the Boston College Law Review. Here is the abstract.…
IP Intelligence
In re Tam: Still No Trademark Registration for The Slants
By Nancy R. Frandsen, Lisa Bollinger Gehman
In the continuing saga of whether Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment, the rock band The Slants will have to wait a…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
“Chilling Effect” Must Be Reasonable to Show Standing, plus an Expansion of the Government Speech Doctrine
By Cory Rutz
[caption id="attachment_1925" align="alignleft" width="320"] Virginia exercises "editorial control" over the brochures placed in kiosks located in its welcome centers, like this one in the Town of Skippers, limiting content to…
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Federal Court Finds Plaintiffs Likely to Prevail in Denver Courthouse Free Speech Case
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="380"] The Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse plaza should be open to expressive activity, at least according to the federal district court in Colorado. Source: Glass Magazine.[/caption] In a case…
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Eleventh Circuit: Tattooing is Protected Speech; Jimmy Buffet Lyrics Do Not Establish a Significant Government Interest
By Cory Rutz
[embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyoctopus/5475761852/in/photolist-9kSHe7-88fN9z-bvz44L-9kSHBL-9kPBRB-4FBDtb-9kPKw2-apvyaL-9kSGp1-9kSEy1-7Pkdmx-9kPBmv-9kSMPu-99BMDM-9kPHtR-9kSDQS-9kSRBu-9kSS4C-9kSE9J-9kSBE7-9kPLFz-9kPH2g-4ufEn7-jHoZTN-4ufEnh-gA2QQ-9kSPKG-nvGP9M-9kSR3J-9kPwbP-4ufEn9-4ubhn4-4ubhnR-ggFzW4-9kSQ85-asHB4P-4ubhnk-4ufEn3-4ubhmV-9kPzqp-9kPCSD-4nFHu-9kPNL8-9kPwEr-9kSCTb-gA2Ta-9kPGwp-7PpdDh-gzYZC-9kPE8R[/embed] Considering the issue for the first time, the Eleventh Circuit joined the Ninth in holding that the act of tattooing is sheltered by the First Amendment. In Buehrle v.…
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Massachusetts Court: City’s Panhandling Ban is Content Based, Unconstitutional
Following post-Reed decisions in other courts, the federal district court in Massachusetts has found Lowell’s ban on aggressive panhandling content based and unconstitutional. McLaughlin v. City of Lowell, ___…