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Drug & Device Law
The First Amendment and Off-Label Use
By Bexis
One thing that’s always bothered us about how FDA goes about regulating drug and medical device manufacturers is the Agency’s penchant for declaring information that’s actually entirely truthful to be…
Drug & Device Law
Zyprexa and the First Amendment
By Bexis
We were pleased to read in today's New York Times (page C3) that Judge Weinstein is holding a hearing to determine the proper scope of his injunction that seeks to…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Lawyer Blogs : Scholar’s view of commercial speech and First Amendment issues
Larry Ribstein, author of the blog, Ideoblog, and Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, provides an excellent summary on the First Amendment and lawyer blogs…
Labor Law Prof Blog
6th Cir: Public Employee May Have First Amendment Protection for Speech He Never Actually Gave
Yet another public employee free speech case. But this one has an interesting twist: can a public employee claim First Amendment protections for speech that he claims he was fired…
Legal Profession Blog
Bathroom Break Issue Leads to Contempt
by Mike FrischA recent Kansas discipline case reinforces the principle that the First Amendment does not afford protection to statements by counsel in ongoing litigation. In re Eckelman involved an…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Volokh Files Amicus Brief In Supreme Court Union Dues Case
Update: Oral argument is scheduled in the case for January 10, 2007. Other briefs can be found here.Eugene Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy has posted on-line the amicus brief he…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Public Citizen, ACLU, and NYCLU attack New York’s legal advertising rules
Unafraid to tell it like it truly is, Public Citizen, submitted yesterday, in conjunction with the ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, their comments to what can only…
Land Use Prof Blog
Of flags, a celebrity, snobbery and … oh yeah, zoning …
It's a sign of the times that a rare appearance of zoning law in the Associated Press concerns a celebrity. If you follow such things, you've probably already learned…
LawSites
C2C: Military chaplains and the First Amendment
Earlier this month, Congress removed a controversial provision in a military bill that would have permitted military chaplains to offer sectarian prayer at mandatory nondenominational events. But the issue remains…
Labor Law Prof Blog
En Banc 5th Cir.: Public Employees Wearing “Union Yes” Buttons in Hospital Not Entitled to First Amendment Protections
Howard Bashman of How Appealing pointed me to this interesting Connick/Pickering First Amendment public employee free speech case from the en banc 5th Circuit from yesterday.At stake in CWA v.…