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29 Sep 2014, 8:48 am
Eugene Volokh has an interesting post on a recent Sixth Circuit decision upholding a conviction for misprision of felony. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 3:20 pm
Eugene Kontorovich, guest-blogging) Now that Eugene has given me the electronic keys to this Conspiracy, I could not resist getting involved in the now-legendary discussion of the ACA… There is a serious inconsistency between the government’s arguments for the mandate and for the Medicaid expansion. [read post]
[Eugene Volokh] My Identifying Would-Be Jane Doe Litigant in Law Review Article Wasn't "Harassment,"
30 May 2024, 12:55 pm
Volokh, decided today by the California Court of Appeal, in an opinion by Justice Helen Bendix, joined by Justices Frances Rothschild and Victoria Gerrard Chaney: Appellant Xingfei Luo, also known as Olivia Luo, twice sought a restraining order against respondent Professor Eugene Volokh pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 2:54 am
" Writes Eugene Volokh, "It's not clear whether indeed the police ordered residents to remove the wire mesh -- in the sense of threatening them with arrest or prosecution if they failed to comply -- or just advised residents about the possible risk of tort liability. [read post]
22 Nov 2024, 3:45 pm
City Attorney's office recently sent demand letters based on the statute to a Substack newsletter author and to Substack itself; that is one thing that I'd like to discuss in much more detail in a future post.The post <i>First Amendment Coalition, LaRoe & Volokh v. [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 3:05 am
Fuller investigation of that “reputation management” ruse of filing dummy court cases with the aim of getting critical web posts taken down [Eugene Volokh and Paul Alan Levy, Levy first and second followups, earlier here and here] “When Civic Participation Means Shaming A Non-Voter’s Kid” [my Cato post about an ill-considered public service announcement] Why America’s regulation problem is so intractable: Fortune magazine cover story [Brian… [read post]
11 Aug 2009, 12:29 pm
Eugene Volokh notes this passage from a Delaware court’s child custody ruling, discussing a father’s choice of what movies his roughly 14-year-old could watch: This Court also has concern regarding Father’s decision-making in allowing [son] to watch certain R-rated movies. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 12:55 pm
Ever since Eugene Volokh shared the results of his laptop experiment, the blogosphere has been talking more than usual about laptop bans. [read post]
25 Jun 2018, 5:01 am
Louis Post-Dispatch] “Lawsuit Against Snapchat Encouraging Speeding Can Proceed” [Eugene Volokh] “Art Imitates Life: ‘Billions’ Describes Six-Figure, Part-Time Jobs On Asbestos Trusts” [Daniel Fisher, Legal Newsline/Forbes] Lawsuit by insurer State Farm accuses prominent Michigan attorney of maintaining covert ties to medical imaging provider [JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press] “California Court Rejects Warranty Claims Where Rats… [read post]
21 Sep 2017, 2:58 am
Meyer, Philip Miles, Eugene Volokh, Tammy Binford/HRHero] Municipal worker with brain injury could not perform “the essential functions of his job,” per a neurologist’s letter, jury award plus backpay calculation totals $354,070 [Robin Shea on Stragapede v. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 1:26 pm
But I am moved to write by a post by Eugene Volokh yesterday (Martin Luther King Day, not incidentally) in which he writes to state for the record that I think it’s eminently fitting for us — and for anyone else — to feel and express hatred for those who are evil, and in particular to think that they eminently merited death and indeed would have merited an earlier one. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 9:05 pm
[D&O Diary] “Alice in Wonderland Has Nothing on Section 518 of the New York General Business Law” [Eugene Volokh, swipe fees] “Financial Reform in 12 Minutes” [John Cochrane] Why the state-owned Bank of North Dakota isn’t a model for much of anything [Mark Calabria, New York Times "Room for Debate"] Regulated lenders have many reasons to watch SCOTUS’s upcoming Mount Holly case on housing disparate impact [Kevin Funnell] Cert… [read post]
18 Jul 2015, 8:13 am
Eugene Volokh weighs in again on Oregon Sweet Cakes case, agrees with my view that agency’s order against Melissa and Aaron Klein’s speech is overbroad; Canada: “Ruling in Twitter harassment trial could have enormous fallout for free speech” [Christie Blatchford/National Post, earlier] Also in Canada: Law Society of Alberta cites controversial-speech veteran Ezra Levant, a lawyer, over column criticizing human rights commission [National Post] … [read post]
28 Jan 2018, 8:59 am
Eugene Volokh: Illinois “stalking” and “cyber-stalking” statutes criminalize (among other things), “knowingly engag[ing] in [2 more or acts] directed at a specific person,” including “communicat[ing] to or about” a person, when the communicator “knows or should know that this course of conduct would cause a reasonable person to” “suffer emotional distress,” defined as “significant mental suffering,… [read post]
1 Dec 2014, 9:05 pm
“Lying to a Lover Could Become ‘Rape’ In New Jersey” [Elizabeth Nolan Brown/Reason, Scott Greenfield] “A $21 Check Prompts Toyota Driver to Wonder Who Benefited from Class Action” [Jacob Gershman, WSJ Law Blog] On “right of publicity” litigation over the image of the late General George Patton [Eugene Volokh] HBO exec: “We have probably 160 lawyers” looking at film about Scientology [The Hollywood Reporter] … [read post]
18 May 2016, 9:05 pm
Why Josh Blackman signed Wednesday’s New York Times ad protesting the AGs’ investigation and subpoenas on climate advocacy; Proposed revision of ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct barring discrimination by lawyers could have major anti-speech implications [Eugene Volokh] “Game Studio’s Plan To Deal With Critic Of Games: Sue Him To Hell” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] The Citizens United case was correctly decided, says Michael Kinsley. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 3:39 am
Brown signs bill to grant law licenses in California to illegal immigrants [Reuters] “Court: website alleging police corruption shouldn’t have been shut down” [Ars Technica; Lafayette, Louisiana] License to speak: Eugene Volokh and Cato Institute challenge licensing of DC tour guides; Thanks to Keith Lee at Associates Mind for including us in list of recommended law sites; St. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 3:33 am
[Eugene Volokh] ABA model rule defining harassment as professional misconduct violates free speech, says Texas AG [John Mudd, Josh Blackman, earlier on Rule 8.4(g)here, here, etc.] [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 11:20 am
This week, Carolyn published this post with a video from a related presentation she delivered in December as part of Northwestern Law's Fourth Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues, where she appeared alongside bloggers Mark Herrmann and Eugene Volokh. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 8:55 am
(Eugene Volokh) The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports:A former nurse from Faribault, Minn., was convicted of two felonies Tuesday when a judge ruled he had used “repeated and relentless” tactics during Internet chats that coaxed two people to kill themselves.Rice County District Judge Thomas Neuville found that William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, “imminently incited” the suicides of Mark Drybrough of Coventry, England, and Nadia Kajouji of Ottawa, Ontario. [read post]
