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Securities Law Prof Blog
Page on First Amendment
Taking Stock of the First Amendment's Application to Securities Regulation, by ANTONY PAGE, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Securities regulations that compel or prohibit corporate disclosure have…
PropertyProf Blog
Interesting Sign Dispute, With Eminent Domain Twist
By propertyprof
From the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch:Supporters say it's a political statement, maybe even art. The city says it's too big, a nuisance that needs to be removed.Either way, a two-story mural…
Media Law Prof Blog
Access to Digital Media as a First Amendment Right
Hannibal Travis, Florida International University College of Law, has published "Of Blogs, eBooks, and Broadband: Access to Digital Media as a First Amendment Right," at 35 Hofstra Law Review 1519…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Employee’s First Amendment Claim Based on Expressing Reluctance to Testify Allowed to Go To Trial
A few days ago, I reported on the summary judgment decision of Tucker v. Journal Register East. While the case is notable for its discussion of the whether an employee…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Anti-Abortion Activists Threaten to Sue Denver For Not Giving Them Permits to Demonstrate During the DNC
Via the Rocky Mountain News:Anti-abortion activists threatened to sue thecity of Denver for not giving them permits Thursday to demonstrateduring the Democratic National Convention, but the city said theprotesters knew…
inversecondemnation.com
▪ Ninth Circuit: Some Billboard Restrictions Violate First Amendment, Some Don’t
In Desert Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of Oakland, No 01-15501 (Oct. 30, 2007), the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld most of Oakland, California's billboard restrictions…
Media Law Prof Blog
Call for Applications–Staff Attorney/Graduate Teaching Fellow in First Amendment and Media Law/Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center
The Institute for Public Representation invites applications for a two-year position starting in August 2008 as a Staff Attorney/Graduate Teaching Fellow in First Amendment and Media Law. Read more about…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
First Amendment Claim Denied Where Employee’s Duties Included Raising Issues About Patient Safety
It has been over a year since the Supreme Court's decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos, which held that where a public employee speaks as an employee and not a public…
inversecondemnation.com
▪ Cert. Petition Filed in “For Sale” Sign on Cars on Public Property Case
Out of the most insignificant situations can come the most significant legal decisions. It is being reported that the government has asked SCOTUS to review the Sixth Circuit decision in…
Media Law Prof Blog
Google and Fair Use
David Kohler, Southwestern Law School, has published "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us--Or Is It? Reflections on Copyright, the First Amendment, and Google's Use of Others'…