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The Onion goes to the Supreme Court
Have you heard the joke about the writers at The Onion and nine Supreme Court justices walking into a bar ….Ok, not really. But in a move that’s delighting lawyers…
The Faculty Lounge
University of Florida Law & J School Seek Media Law Scholar
This just in: The Opportunity The College of Journalism and Communications and the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, ranked number five nationally among public…
The IP Law Blog
Area Man Defends the Rights of Satirists: The Onion’s Headline-Grabbing Amicus Brief Defends the Right to Deadpan Parody
The Onion recently filed a headline-grabbing amicus brief intended to defend the rights of Ohio amateur satirist Anthony Novak. Novak created the “City of Parma Police Department” Facebook account, admittedly…
PrawfsBlawg
Trump v. CNN
Main Tuesday, October 04, 2022Trump v. CNNDonald Trump has sued CNN for reporting and op-eds comparing him to Hitler and using the term "Big Lie;" he seeks $ 475 million…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Executive Discretion and First Amendment Constraints on the Deportation State by Jennifer Lee Koh
Executive Discretion and First Amendment Constraints on the Deportation State by Jennifer Lee Koh, Georgia Law Review, Vol. 56, 2022 (Forthcoming)AbstractGiven the federal courts’ reluctance to provide clarity on the degree…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Aspects to the Fifth Circuit’s NetChoice v. Paxton Ruling
In May we posted about the Eleventh Circuit's ruling in NetChoice, LLC v. Attorney General, which struck down many provisions of a Florida statute that sought to regulate social media companies as…
Nonprofit Law Blog
2022 Exempt Organizations Symposium – Part 3
This is part three of a three-part list of highlights from the Exempt Organizations Symposium held by the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Exempt Organizations Committee on September 8, 2022. Also see…
Association Alert
Can you Agree to Waive your First Amendment Rights?
Facts Marshall Spiegel, the Unit Owner, had been in constant litigation with his Association for over 20 years regarding various matters surrounding the operation and maintenance of the common areas. …
PrawfsBlawg
The wrong abstention
Main Tuesday, September 20, 2022The wrong abstentionThe district court held a hearing in the lawsuit by Tampa DA Andrew Warren against Ron DeSantis for suspending him from office. The court…
Simple Justice
Let The Fifth Circuit Come Get Me
From the sanitary perspective, it’s a bizarre decision lacking both sound rationale or respect for precedent. The Fifth Circuit got it wrong. Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the…