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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Allows Steven Saliata’s Constitutional Claims to Proceed
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn an over 50 page decision in Salaita v. Kennedy, United States District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber largely denied the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article On Notice And Takedown Under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Michael Bradford Patterson (University of Georgia School of Law) recently published an article entitled, To Speak, Perchance To Have A Dream: The Malicious Author And Orator Estate As A Critique…
Media Law Prof Blog
Arizona Appeals Court Upholds TV Station’s Right To Broadcast Live Police Chase and Suicide of Suspect
In Rodriguez v. Fox News (CA-CV 14-0437), the Arizona Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's dismissal of tort claims and the First Amendment right of the defendant to…
Media Law Prof Blog
The First Amendment and Tort Law
George C. Christie, Duke University School of Law, has published The Uneasy and Often Unhelpful Interaction of Tort Law and Constitutional Law in First Amendment Litigation at 98 Marquette L.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Southern District Rebuffs Citizens United’s Speech Claim
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJudge Sidney Stein (SDNY) this week denied Citizens United's motion to preliminarily enjoin the New York Attorney General from enforcing his policy of requiring…
Media Law Prof Blog
Rappers and the First Amendment
Eugene Volokh (Washington Post) and Eric Zorn (Chicago Tribune) on the police shutdown of Chief Keef's holographic performance at CrazeFest on July 25 in Hammond, Indiana. Police and Hammond's mayor…
The Trademark Blog
FAN 69 First Amendment News Justice Alito discusses four First Amendment cases in Kristol interview — Free-Speech Jurisprudence Comes into Sharper Focus – Concurring Opinions
FAN 69 First Amendment News Justice Alito discusses four First Amendment cases in Kristol interview — Free-Speech Jurisprudence Comes into Sharper Focus - Concurring Opinions.
Land Use Prof Blog
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It turns out that the Land Use Institute, which was to be held later this month in concurrence with the ABA meeting in Chicago, has been postponed. [Note: the sharing…
Employer Labor Relations
NLRB v. The Constitution: Constitution Wins
By Michael Fucci, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By: Brian Stolzenbach, Esq. In early 1999, the Venetian Casino Resort in Las Vegas asked police officers to remove union protesters from a temporary walkway in front of the Venetian…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Wisconsin Supremes End Walker Campaign Finance Investigation
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled this week that a special prosecutor's reading of Wisconsin's campaign finance rules in the investigation into illegal coordination between…