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Fourth Circuit Finds that First Amendment Trumps Trademarks
By Ira S. Sacks, Julia R. Lissner
The Fourth Circuit recently ruled that a Defendant’s online article entitled “NAACP: National Association for the Abortion of Colored People” did not violate the trademark rights of the NAACP, the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Haan on NAM v. SEC
Sarah Haan has an interesting post on Balkination about D.C. Circuit's rehearing of NAM v. SEC, the 2014 case in which the court threw out part of the SEC’s Conflict Minerals…
Media Law Prof Blog
Regulating the Advertising of e-Cigarettes: First Amendment Issues
Eric N. Lindblom, Georgetown University, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health law, has published Effectively Regulating E-Cigarettes and Their Advertising — And the First Amendment at 70 Food &…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Upholds DMV Ban of “Choose Life” License Plate Against First Amendment Challenge
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its divided opinion in Children First Foundation v. Fiala, the Second Circuit held that the Commissioner of Motor…
Education Law Prof Blog
Federal Court Approves Prayer At School Events If Students Selected On Neutral Criteria
A federal court in South Carolina recently found that a school district’s practice of including Christian prayers at elementary school graduation ceremonies violated the Establishment Clause, but approved a revised…
Media Law Prof Blog
Classified Information, Leakers, and the First Amendment
Heidi Kitrosser, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, School of Law, has published Leak Prosecutions and the First Amendment: New Developments and a Closer Look at the Feasibility of Protecting Leakers…
Media Law Prof Blog
Speaking and Silence: Boy Scouts v. Dale
Mae Kuykendall, Michigan State University College of Law, is publishing Evaluating the Sociology of First Amendment Silence in volume 42 of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly (2015). Here is the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
DC Circuit Holds No Clearly Established Right Not To Be Tasered
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Lash v. Lemke, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Client Loyalty and an Attorney’s First Amendment Rights
Sande Buhai, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, has published Lawyers and the First Amendment: Conflicts between Former Clients and Personal Speech at 83 University of Cincinnati Law Review 73 (2014).…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Sixth Circuit Rules Against St. Johns, Michigan Ordinance Banning Charitable Donation Bins
By Evan Seeman, Karla Chaffee, Dwight Merriam
In a decision that should be of interest to many of our readers, the Sixth Circuit has affirmed a federal district court’s ruling that an ordinance in the City of…