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Labor Law Prof Blog
Reading Book on Break=Racial Harassment?
Here is a remarkable story, highlighted by the Freedom for Individual Rights in Education's (FIRE) The Torch, and brought to my attention by Dennis Nolan (South Carolina):In a stunning series…
Drug & Device Law
Developments In Off-Label Promotion And The First Amendment
By Bexis
A little over a week ago (in other words, an eternity in the blogosphere), the FDA announced new draft guidelines that slightly relaxed some aspects of the Agency's prohibitions concerning…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Rutherglen on Public Employee Free Speech Rights
Of course, this is a topic near and dear to my heart, so it was with great pleasure that I saw that one of the preeminent labor and employment scholar,…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
First Amendment Law Review Symposium on First Amendment and Tax Exempts
The First Amendment Law Review published Symposium: No Strings Attached? The First Amendment and Exempt Organizations, 6 First Amend. L. Rev. 1-191 (2007). The symposium contains articles by a number…
Labor Law Prof Blog
UNC First Amendment Symposium
The University of North Carolina Law Review will host on February 22, 2008 a symposium on the First Amendment: Public Citizens, Public Servants, and Free Speech in the Post-Garcetti Workplace. …
Media Law Prof Blog
District Court Unseals Order in Amazon Subpoena Case
The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin unsealed (November 2007) an order granting in part and denying in part a motion to quash a grand jury…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lynne Stewart appeal raising lots of notable issues
Main January 30, 2008Lynne Stewart appeal raising lots of notable issuesAs detailed in press reports assembled here and here by How Appealing, there were "intense arguments Tuesday at the 2nd…
inversecondemnation.com
PA Supreme Court Upholds Use of Eminent Domain to Take Private Property And Turn Over to Religious School
In a case at the intersection of Kelo-style eminent domain and First Amendment church-state issues, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in In re Condemnation of 1839 North Eighth Street, No. 36…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Tech folks concerned about NJ law banning sex offenders from internet
Main December 29, 2007Tech folks concerned about NJ law banning sex offenders from internetIt is intriguing, but perhaps not surprising, to see a number of tech-orieted website discussing — and…
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Federal Court Tosses Case Against Avvo
A federal judge in Seattle yesterday dismissed the class-action complaint filed by two lawyers against lawyer-rating site Avvo. U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik ruled that the opinions expressed through…