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The Rainmaker Blog
Legal Marketing: Florida Bar’s Proposed Online Ad Rules Bar Free Speech
That rumble you hear in Florida is not a typical summer thunderstorm, but a storm of protest from Florida attorneys regarding the Florida Bar’s proposed new online ad rules. If…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: First Amendment Problems?
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Judge Ronald Whyte of the District Court of Northern District of California has dismissed the indictments against Joseph Buddenberg and three other defendants under AETA, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Connecticut Campaign Finance Decisions from Second Circuit: Green Party v. Garfield
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
In two related opinions today, the Second Circuit ruled on challenges to Connecticut’s Campaign Finance Reform Act (CFRA). In Green Party v. Garfield (Green Party I) the Second Circuit panel affirmed…
Media Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Strikes Down “Fleeting Expletives” Policy On Constitutional Grounds
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Court Allows First Amendment Retaliation Claim to Proceed To Trial
Last year, I talked about a First Amendment retaliation case and noted the difficulties in defending against such claims. A new case out of the federal court in Connecticut last…
Supreme Court Update
Christian Legal Society v. Hastings College of The Law (08-1371), Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. (08-1191), Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (08-1214) and Magwood v. Patterson (09-158)
By Kim Rinehart
As we continue to work our way through the Court's final decisions of the Term, this Update will cover Christian Legal Society v. Hastings College of The Law (08-1371), finding…
PrawfsBlawg
Open Thread for Prawfs on Christian Legal Society Chapter of UC-Hastings v. Martinez
Main Monday, June 28, 2010Open Thread for Prawfs on Christian Legal Society Chapter of UC-Hastings v. MartinezHere's the BNA capsule on the Hastings case, just decided and opinion here.Christian Legal…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Street Artists in New York City
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
How many artists must the constitution allow? That's not precisely the issue in the continuing saga of NYC's repeated attempts to curtail the number of artist vendors in Manhattan. However,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A mostly civil morning at the Supreme Court, with a terror prosecution ruling on the side
Main June 21, 2010A mostly civil morning at the Supreme Court, with a terror prosecution ruling on the sideAs super SCOTUS fans know, we are coming down to the wire…
The D&O Diary
Another Court Rejects Rating Agencies’ First Amendment Defense
The rating agencies have been among the targets in many of the lawsuits filed as part of the subprime-related litigation wave. By and large, the rating agencies have been successful…