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Land Use Prof Blog
APA webinar: A Sign Regulation Apocalypse? Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert
From the APA website...Tuesday, July 21 20151:00PM - 2:30PM ESTCM | 1.50L 1.50The webinar will be held from 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern; 12:00-1:30 pm Central; 11:00-12:30 pm Mountain; 10:00 am-11:30 pm Pacific. Refunds will…
South Florida Trial Practice
Suing Consumer Bureaus: Florida Court rules that Better Business Bureau’s Practices, Representations, and Systems are Not Protected by First Amendment
By W Mason
Successfully suing a consumer rating bureau for the lost business that results from an erroneous or biased rating can be extremely challenging. Potential business-owner litigants and their attorneys quickly learn…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
Two Cheers For Nude Dancing
By Donald Pinto
In its decision last week in Showtime Entertainment, LLC v. Town of Mendon, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) struck down a Town of Mendon bylaw banning alcohol at "adult entertainment businesses." This is the latest case…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Government in Confederate Flag Controversy
By Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, John Peloso, Dwight Merriam
[caption id="attachment_2007" align="alignleft" width="300"] Original photography by Texas.713 (Licensed)[/caption] As promised in our earlier post, Reed v. Gilbert: Impact to municipalities across the nation, this post provides a summary of…
LawSites
Lawyer Can't Unmask Anonymous Critic on Avvo, Court Rules
A Florida lawyer has lost her bid in a defamation action to force the legal directory site Avvo to reveal the identify of an anonymous poster who wrote a negative…
Drug & Device Law
The Court Will Hear Oral Argument Tomorrow Morning on Amarin’s First Amendment Challenge to FDA Off-Label Regulation
The briefing is complete on Amarin’s motion for preliminary injunction. The parties and several amici have all weighed in, and the court will hear oral argument tomorrow. To this point, there has been significant…
Education Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Teachers’ Union Dues Case
The Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday to hear Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the case about compulsory teachers' union dues that some observers say will threaten union financing. Friedrichs challenges…
Land Use Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Cert in Eminent Domain Sign Case
While everyone was rightly focused on the flurry of historic decisions at the end of the Supreme Court term (including the raisins takings case, my personal favorite) the court also…
Life Sciences Legal Update
FDA Files Brief Regarding Off-Label Promotion In Amarin Pharma Lawsuit
By Lisa Baird
As we mentioned in our prior post, the Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. United States Food and Drug Administration lawsuit pending in the Southern District of New York raises interesting issues…
inversecondemnation.com
Upcoming APA Webinar: 2015 Planning Law Review
On Wednesday, July 1, 2015, the American Planning Association is putting on the 2015 Planning Law Review, a program highlighting the most important and topical cases decided by the courts…