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Media Law Prof Blog
Rozenshtein and Sugarman on January 6, Ambiguously Inciting Speech, and the Overt-Acts Solution @ARozenshtein @UofMNLawSchool @jedshug @FordhamLawNYC @ConstComm
Alan Z. Rozenshtein, University of Minnesota Law School, and Jed Handelsman Shugerman, Fordham Law School, are publishing January 6, Ambiguously Inciting Speech, and the Overt-Acts Solution in volume 37 of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Check it Out: Koppelman’s Emerging First Amendment Right to Mistreat Students
Check out Andrew Koppelman's Emerging First Amendment Right to Mistreat Students, Case Western L. Rev.:Under the long-settled tradition of religious liberty, religious people may not demand a right to invade…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Advocacy group files lawsuit challenging California regulations requiring consumer-like disclosures for commercial transactions
By John Sadler, John L. Culhane, Jr., Ballard CFS Group
On December 2, a non-profit advocacy organization filed a lawsuit in a California federal district court seeking to enjoin the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) from enforcing…
For Purpose Law Group Blog
A New Lawsuit: Form 990, Schedule B, Challenged
On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the highly controversial decision in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta. There, six of the nine justices struck down California’s requirement…
PrawfsBlawg
Quick thoughts on 303
Main Tuesday, December 06, 2022Quick thoughts on 303I found a few interesting things in the questioning of Kristen Waggoner, counsel for petitioner in 303 Creative. (Mike Dorf has more about…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Michele Goodwin and Mary Ziegler on “The Next Anti-Abortion Tactic: Attacking the Spread of Information”
By Jamie Abrams
Michele Goodwin and Mary Ziegler have published an Op-Ed titled "The Next Anti-Abortion Tactic: Attacking the Spread of Information in the New York Times." Here is an excerpt: Now that abortion…
Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
More Bark or Bite? U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether the First Amendment Has the Teeth to Protect Whiskey Bottle Shaped Dog Toy Maker from Jack Daniel’s Lanham Act Claims
By Preetha Chakrabarti, Joachim B. Steinberg, Katie Johns
On November 21, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed—after passing on the issue once before—to hear Jack Daniel’s (JDPI) challenge to the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in VIP Prods. LLC v. Jack…
Media Law Prof Blog
Whittington on What Professors Can Say in Public: Extramural Speech and the First Amendment @kewhittington
Keith E. Whittington, Department of Political Science, has published What Can Professors Say in Public? Extramural Speech and the First Amendment. Here is the abstract.Since the early twentieth century, academics…
Religion Clause
Parties Agree To $2 Million + Attorneys’ Fees in Christian Flag Case
After plaintiffs' win in the Supreme Court in Shurtleff v. City of Boston (the Christian flag case), plaintiffs sought to recover attorneys' fees and costs for the five years of litigation. On…
Simple Justice
Will The En Banc 5th Circuit Deny The “Obvious”?
The phenomenon of “citizen journalists” has had a curious history since social media allowed anyone to claim the protections of the First Amendment’s Freedom of the Press. Some, like Carlos…