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Drug & Device Law
Not An Early April Fools’ Day Joke: State Still Pushes Its Dumb Ivermectin Law
About two months ago, we marveled at the notion that challenges to facially neutral state and local government vaccine requirements were still percolating through the legal system. We probably should…
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Jack Daniel’s in the Doghouse: SCOTUS Opines on First Amendment and Trademark Law
For months, Jack Daniel’s has had a bone to pick with VIP Products, the manufacturer of a parody dog toy called “Bad Spaniels.” In Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. v. VIP Products,…
Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: But Should He Teach?
Whether you agree with the exceptions to the First Amendment or not, there is little doubt that this is not a “true threat” and thus is protected speech. The writer…
IP IQ
Green Light at the Intersection of First Amendment and Patent-Related Speech
Patent owners worry about what they can and cannot publicly say about infringement of their patent rights. Accused infringers may believe that certain public statements by patent owners are actionable…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Supreme Court Oral Argument Preview: Does the federal law that prohibits encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration violate the First Amendment?
Photo Courtesy of the Official Supreme Court website Amanda Shanor for SCOTUSBlog.com previews an immigration and First Amendment case that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this morning. She writes"For…
PrawfsBlawg
Still more on Stanford (Updated)
Main Saturday, March 25, 2023Still more on Stanford (Updated) Steve (welcome!) reports (with a copy of Dean Jenny Martinez's letter) on the for-the-moment resolution of the Stanford-Kyle Duncan debacle. A…
PrawfsBlawg
How else are you supposed to do it?
Main Friday, March 24, 2023How else are you supposed to do it?Journalist Jason Garcia is upset that the Speaker of the Florida House acknowledged that the bill altering state defamation…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Middle finger Charter right, US firm Mintz
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PrawfsBlawg
On why I think I am (mostly, generally) right
Main Friday, March 17, 2023On why I think I am (mostly, generally) rightI appreciate Rick's response to my post on Stanford. I want to hit a few points.• I said…
Municipal Minute
Seventh Circuit Upholds Sign Code Variance Procedure
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against a billboard company in its First Amendment challenge to a county’s sign code. GEFT Outdoor, LLC v. Monroe County. A…