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30 Mar 2019, 6:38 pm by Walter Olson
[ABA Journal; Eugene Volokh, first (Section 230), second (“fighting words” doctrine inapplicable), and third (injunction that suspends entire Twitter account likely overbroad remedy) posts; Mike Godwin and Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason] It’s worth emphasizing, in addition, that although the suit claims bias on Twitter’s part against political conservatives, were Nunes somehow to establish as a matter of law that the social media provider is obliged to… [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 8:38 am by Eugene Volokh
Herrera’s lawyers below); Don Falk, Brette Simon, Brian Wong, Robert Matthews, Patricia Perretti, Helene Siegel, Stephen Wells, and Kristine Neale (colleagues of mine at Mayer Brown LLP); Profs. [read post]
27 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Brown to Campaign Finance Change” by Dirk Vanderhart for Oregon Public Broadcasting Elections National: “Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone Indicted by Special Counsel in Russia Investigation” by Devlin Barrett, Rosalind Helderman, John Wagner, and Manuel Roig-Franzia (Washington Post) for Seattle Times Ethics California: “State Controller Betty Yee Disputes Claim That City of Industry Audit Was ‘Politically Motivated’” by Melody Gutierrez and Adam… [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 1:28 pm
" Overseas, the dogs literally sniffed out illegal disc-burning facilities, said MPAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Kaltman. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 7:21 am
Lee, Look at Mother Nature on the Run in the 21st Century: Responsibility, Research and Innovation Neil Gunningham, Confronting the Challenge of Energy Governance Charlotte Streck, Innovativeness and Paralysis in International Climate Policy Edith Brown Weiss, The Coming Water Crisis: A Common Concern of Humankind Alexander Gillespie, Science, Values and People: The Three Factors that Will Define the Next Generation of International Conservation Agreements … [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Check out his archive; “Under the Microscope: The FBI Hair Cases,” on a major forensic fiasco [Al-Jazeera America documentary, auto-plays, via Scott Greenfield] Knock and announce: in case from Eastern Shore of Maryland, Fourth Amendment got SWATted by militarized police [Ilya Shapiro and Randal John Meyer, Newsweek and Cato] Of course the intersection of civil asset forfeiture with sex panic is one big disaster area for liberty [Elizabeth Nolan Brown]… [read post]
26 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Department of Labor will seek comment on whether employers should be liable for overtime when non-exempt employees use company-issued mobile devices after hours [Daniel Schwartz] Yes, the Gig Economy is piecework, no, there isn’t anything particularly horrible about that [Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View] House panel blasts DoL regs prescribing overtime for junior managers [Littler, House Small Business] The madness of King Andrew: Cuomo’s $15 minimum wage would amount to 90% of the… [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“Nassau’s top cop orders retraining of officers who write fewest tickets” [Newsday via @GoLongIsland] Maryland House passes forfeiture reform 81-54, with nearly all GOPers voting against the property rights side [my Free State Notes post, Maryland Reporter and more (Baltimore County Del. and former police officer John Cluster “said he hadn’t seen a single case of abuse in his time”), Jason Boisvert] “Quiet change expands ATF power to seize… [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Others followed [PolitiFact; Glenn Kessler, Washington Post “Fact Checker” (four Pinocchios); our earlier encounters with Harris on truancy laws and the Moonlight Fire case, and see also Elizabeth Nolan Brown] Some critics charged Kavanaugh with not answering truthfully in several lines of questioning; David Lat responds with explanations regarding Judge Bill Pryor’s nomination, MemoGate, and NSA surveillance. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 1:54 pm by LTA-Editor
Former Editor-in-Chief Evan Brown wrote the second article, “Fixed Perspectives: The Evolving Contours of the Fixation Requirement in Copyright Law. [read post]
9 Aug 2019, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Roosevelt Gilliam III and Susan Peschin, STAT] Senate Republicans file bill to fast-track FDA consideration of over-the-counter birth control pill [Elizabeth Nolan Brown] Tags: FDA, Germany, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, opioids, pharmaceuticals, preemption, Supreme Court [read post]
20 Sep 2019, 3:01 am by Walter Olson
.'” And mistakes will happen [Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason] Population growth has caused the Ninth Circuit to bulge at the seams. [read post]
10 Jan 2017, 2:56 am by Walter Olson
., The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law [Leiden University Press] On porn, some GOP lawmakers favor wacky litigation theories; others, a nanny state approach [Elizabeth Nolan Brown (Utah proposal), A. [read post]
7 Nov 2015, 5:27 am by Walter Olson
Major congratulations to Jim Epstein, Elizabeth Nolan Brown, and the others at Reason and elsewhere who relentlessly exposed the faults in the Times coverage. [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Our defense of free expression should go beyond the utilitarian and consequentialist: Flemming Rose’s acceptance speech last week on receiving the Cato Institute’s 2016 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty [Cato Daily Podcast, WSJ “Notable and Quotable” excerpt, earlier; Michael Tanner on Rose’s role in the Mohammed cartoons episode and more recent Cato book, The Tyranny of Silence; my related post in context of Copenhagen terrorist attack] Virgin Islands… [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Our post on the closure of California’s Westover Winery following punitive fines for letting customers volunteer continues to draw interesting comments, including one from a reader identifying himself as William Smyth, owner of the winery; FDA comes out with revised proposed FSMA rules, a preliminary look [AP] Agency only partially backs off restrictions on use of spent brewing grains as animal feed [Elizabeth Brown/Reason, WLF, earlier] “Cottage food” law… [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Orin Kerr] Undercover police target Uber, Lyft drivers to “send a message” [Alice Truong, Fast Company; related on New York AG Eric Schneiderman; yet more from NY state senator Liz Krueger (claims AirBnB could also lead to gambling and drugs)] Judge Rakoff on plea deals: “hundreds… or even tens of thousands of innocent people who are in prison, right now” [Tim Lynch, Cato] “Everybody’s trafficked by something,” claims one Phoenix police… [read post]
15 Apr 2020, 3:11 am by Walter Olson
” And that was terrible news for anyone in the business of trying to build public health stockpiles — of vaccines, equipment, PPE — that might be needed in a contagious-disease emergency [John Berlau, CEI] Better than compulsory purchase orders: “Using Purchase Guarantees and Targeted Deregulation to Boost Production of Essential Medical Equipment” [Caleb Watney and Alec Stapp, Mercatus Center] Flashpoints include drive-in services, curfews, ID and quarantine of… [read post]