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Missouri Lawyers Media
Legal Limelight: Michael K. Whitehead
Listen to this article Summary Michael Whitehead reflects on decades-long legal career. Worked on multiple U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment cases. Involved in Trinity Lutheran and Chiles decisions. Balances small…
Truth on the Market
The FCC Wants Final Cut
By Ben Sperry
The government does not need to burn books when it can threaten licenses. Why bother with an inquisitor’s bonfire when a regulator’s raised eyebrow can do the trick? That is…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Federal court questions Trump’s push to punish major law firms
By Reuters
Listen to this article Summary President Donald Trump’s administration faced a skeptical federal appeals court on Thursday in its bid to revive the Republican leader’s executive orders punishing four major…
Religion Clause
Noise Ordinance Arrest Did Not Violate First Amendment or State RFRA
In Acevedo v. Zatora,(ND IL, May 11, 2026), an Illinois federal district court dismissed plaintiff's claims that police officers violated his free speech and free exercise rights when they arrested…
California Public Safety Labor Blog
Ninth Circuit Protects First Amendment Rights to Place Political Yard Signs While Drawing Sharp Limits on Internal Job-related Speech
By Mastagni Law
In a decision that offers important guidance for California public safety unions and the rank-and-file members they represent, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Burch v. City of Chubbuck…
Regulatory Oversight
High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For AGs
Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., co-leader of Troutman Pepper Locke’s State Attorneys General Practice Group, was quoted in the May 5, 2026, Law360 article, “High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For…
Missouri Lawyers Media
SCOTUS revives pro-life nonprofit’s fight to protect donor lists
By Staff Report
Listen to this article Summary Supreme Court unanimously finds pro-life nonprofit has Article III standing to challenge donor disclosure subpoena Case centers on First Amendment right of association and donor…
Privacy World
The Colorado AI Act Hits a Wall: Litigation, Legislative Uncertainty, and an Enforcement Standstill
By Kyle Fath
The Colorado AI Act (SB24-205) is effectively frozen just weeks before its June 30, 2026 effective date, following a stay in enforcement of the law by a Magistrate Judge in…
Budding Trends
I Guess You Could Say That: Rescheduling and the Dawn of First Amendment Protection for Medical Marijuana Advertising
This is the fifth of 13 posts describing the impacts of marijuana’s rescheduling. An homage to Phish’s historic run at Madison Square Garden in the Summer of 2017, Budding Trends…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Comey indictment could be upended by 2015 Supreme Court precedent
Listen to this article Summary James Comey indicted for threatening President Donald Trump 2015 Supreme Court Elonis ruling requires proving intent to threaten Indictment uses outdated legal standard from Watts…