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PrawfsBlawg
Bad state action arguments (Updated)
Main Monday, April 19, 2021Bad state action arguments (Updated)MyPillow, facing a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems over Mike Lindell's post-election nuttery, has sued Dominion (note: It is a…
Southern California Appellate News
“F*@# the Draft!” Cohen v. California
LACBA Appellate Courts Section's next webinar program is “F*@# the Draft!:” 50th Anniversary of Cohen v. California at noon to 1:30 on June 7Program Description: On the 50th anniversary of the U.S.…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
8th Circuit: Street Preacher Doesn’t Have First Amendment Right to Disrupt Permitted Festival
Some things go together: funnel cakes, summer crowds, and street vendors, for instance. The prospect of eternal damnation, on the other hand, tends to dampen the mood. So it was…
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Universality in Tandon v. Newsom
Main Sunday, April 11, 2021Universality in Tandon v. NewsomChristopher Sprigman started a Twitter thread contemplating what happens if California disregards or circumvents the order in Tandon v. Newsom. A different…
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Thoughts on Caron Nazario lawsuit
Main Sunday, April 11, 2021Thoughts on Caron Nazario lawsuitHere is the complaint. A few thoughts.• The complaint is uniquely specific and precise about the facts because the plaintiff obtained the…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Supreme Court Clarifies Standing Requirements in First Amendment Cases
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
The Supreme Court recently issued a major ruling in a dispute over free speech on the grounds of a public college. By a vote of 8-1, with Chief Justice Roberts…
Everything IP Under One Digital Roof
Satanic Panic? Trademark Law’s Collision with the First Amendment
This post is also available as a podcast. Wearable art or a devilish rip-off? That’s the question posed by a recent collaborative release by art cooperative MSCHF Product Studio and…
Simple Justice
Has Eugene Volokh Punted On Revenge Porn?
For years, UCLA Lawprof Eugene Volokh has provided interesting and thoughtful commentary on First Amendment law, establishing himself as one of the foremost scholars of Free Speech in the country.…
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Speech is not money (Update)
Main Tuesday, April 06, 2021Speech is not money (Update)People are having fun ridiculing ridiculous Republicans. After years of insisting that the First Amendment guarantees corporations the right to spend money…
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SCOTUS vacates Knight Foundation, Thomas has things to say
Main Monday, April 05, 2021SCOTUS vacates Knight Foundation, Thomas has things to saySCOTUS GVRed Biden v. Knight Foundation (begins on p.9) with instructions to dismiss as moot under Munsingwear. No…