Awfully Convenient…
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the director of the “Innocence of Muslims” movie, which has been blamed for setting off riots and murders in Islamic countries, has (conveniently?) been arrested for violating...
View ArticleHappy Banned Books Week!
In 1982, the Supreme Court found that students’ First Amendment rights were violated when the Island Trees School District removed Slaughterhouse Five and eight other books from library shelves. This...
View ArticleIt’s a Beautiful Thing, the Destruction of Words.
First Amendment BAMF The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (“FIRE”) defends individual rights at American Colleges and Universities from the barrage of attacks on free speech and free...
View ArticleSunshine is the best disinfectant – the Steubenville Rape Case
The mainstream media has noticed that something is amiss in Steubenville, Ohio. (Rape Case Unfolds on Web and Splits City). And Jezebel gives credit where it is due — to a blogger who refused to let...
View ArticleFederal Circuit’s COCKSUCKER Decision Sucks
As many long-time readers know, Section 2(a) of the Trademark Act is one of my pet peeves. This is the section of the Trademark Act that gives pretty much unfettered discretion to a trademark examiner...
View ArticleThe New Victorians Strike Campus Yet Again (VIDEO)
By Greg Lukianoff While they are rightfully accused of being hyper-politically correct, college campuses these days sometimes seem downright Victorian. Take, for example, the case of Isaac Rosenbloom,...
View ArticleNevada’s New Anti-SLAPP Law
You may have noticed that the writing has been a bit slow as of late. Well, one of the things that has been taking our attention away has been an all-hands effort up in Carson City, working on getting...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Delivers First Amendment Ass-Kicking
This is not a Star Trek order. There are no pithy jokes here. There is, however, a shocking exposé of just how insidious the government can be in coercing silence when you speak out against outdated,...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Priorities
I’ve been involved in the debate over whether we should criminalize “revenge porn.” As much as I despise the practice, I don’t agree with new criminal laws to punish it. In fact, I just spent some time...
View ArticleBloggers are protected as “Media” – Comins v. VanVoorhis (Chapter 2)
It’s an all-too-common scenario: A blogger criticizes someone online, and then gets sued for his statements. But two things make this case unique: First, the plaintiff sued because of the blogger’s...
View ArticleJudge Admonishes Expert Witness – Expert Witness Sues Blogger Who Reported On It
By Marc J. Randazza When a New York Supreme Court Judge told Dr. Michael Katz, the medical expert for the defense in a personal injury case, that he was lying about the medical examination he...
View ArticleHow to cite to Walter Sobchak
If you don’t know what the deal is with prior restraint, here, watch: There. Simple. Right? THE SUPREME COURT HAS ROUNDLY REJECTED PRIOR RESTRAINT! I wish I could just submit that clip to the next...
View ArticleI DECLARE CONFIDENTIALITY!
You remember that episode, where Michael Scott declares bankruptcy? Keep that in mind for this lesson, kids. This happens to all of us, from time to time. A lawyer sends you a letter with some...
View ArticleIncitement
“If you protest, you’re just inciting the police to shoot you, so what do you expect?” Pretty stupid, huh? How about, “if you don’t want people to protest, then don’t treat them in a way that they feel...
View ArticleNote for the Legal Satyricon Blog: Marc Randazza on Alex Jones’s defamation case
Marc Randazza is protecting the rights of Alex Jones, a host on InfoWars and a journalist. Alex Jones faces several defamation lawsuits in different states filed by the families of victims of the Sandy...
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