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2 Dec 2021, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings: Excessive tax rates on cigarettes in some states induce substantial black and gray market movement of tobacco products into high-tax states from low-tax states or foreign sources. [read post]
28 Nov 2021, 4:34 pm by INFORRM
Internet and Social Media Graham Smith has an article on the Law Commission’s proposals to reform communications offences by replacing s.127 Communications Act 2003 and the Malicious Communications Act 1988. [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 4:40 pm by INFORRM
This is Part 2 of a two part post dealing with a concrete example of the way in which the Online Safety Bill is should operate. [read post]
7 Nov 2021, 4:41 pm by INFORRM
Graham Smith attempts to put what he considers to be a detrimentally-abstract draft Online Safety Bill onto more concrete footing on the Cyberleagle blog, with a hypothetical scenario involving an amateur blogger. [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 5:23 pm by INFORRM
One of the more intriguing aspects of the draft Online Safety Bill is the government’s insistence that the safety duties under the draft Bill are not about individual items of content, but about having appropriate systems and processes in place; and that this is protective of freedom of expression. [read post]
17 Oct 2021, 8:19 am by Bridget Crawford
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14 Oct 2021, 11:08 am by John Elwood
ShareThe Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. [read post]
5 Oct 2021, 12:33 pm by John Elwood
Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit departed from the Supreme Court’s decisions in Graham v. [read post]
17 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Delta Variant Postpones K Street’s Full Return MSN – Kate Ackley (Roll Call) | Published: 9/14/2021 On the cusp of Memorial Day back in May, most lobbyists were gearing up for a more normal return to their in-person work life, as they began to reemerge for meetings on Capitol Hill and sessions with clients and colleagues. [read post]
14 Sep 2021, 4:23 pm by INFORRM
As Graham Smith, author of Internet Law and Regulation and of Counsel at Bird and Bird notes in ‘Speech vs Speech’, freedom of expression under the ECHR cannot be simply understood as simply a limit on the coercive power of the state. [read post]
5 Aug 2021, 1:50 pm by Jamie Markham
As always, these summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to present. (1) The trial court properly excluded proffered evidence that another person committed the crime. (2) An alleged error in a photographic lineup did not constitute plain error when the defendant did not also object to the witness’s in-court identification. (3) The prosecutor’s statement at closing about a defendant’s… [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Trade Groups Wrestle with Supporting GOP Lawmakers Who Embrace Trump’s Election Lie MSN – Allan Smith (NBC News) | Published: 7/26/2021 The January 6 Capitol riot forced the sprawling network of Washington, D.C. trade associations, which represent everything from hedge fund managers to construction contractors, to reconsider their political contributions. [read post]
21 Jul 2021, 4:59 am by INFORRM
As Graham Smith has enquired: “If you want to carve out the press [from the online safety measures], how do you do so without giving the government (or Ofcom) power to decide who does and does not qualify as the press? [read post]
13 Jul 2021, 4:40 pm by INFORRM
One of the more perplexing provisions of the draft Online Safety Bill is its multi-level definition of legal but harmful content (“lawful but awful” content, to give it its colloquial name). [read post]