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25 Feb 2020, 12:26 pm by Eugene Volokh
Adam Levitin (who had written about the underlying case), and was filed by Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen and local counsel Jay Bender of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P. [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 6:52 am by Eugene Volokh
Moreover, this court adopts the rationale of the Special Committee that the public interest in assuring the fairness of the process by which property taxes are levied outweighs the taxpayers' privacy interest in personal information contained in appraisal reports submitted to this court. [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 2:58 am by Walter Olson
[TMZ, Eugene Volokh] “Your Periodic Reminder that Blogging About Litigation Can Generate More Litigation” [Eric Goldman] Virginia emerges as libel tourism destination in high-profile cases [Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post; Paul Alan Levy, Public Citizen on Devin Nunes action, earlier] “Virginia Legislator Joe Morrissey Gets Called “Fool,” Sues, Arguing He’s Not a Fool” [Eugene Volokh] “Retired Law Professor Sues… [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 3:06 am by Walter Olson
Claiborne Hardware [Eugene Volokh first and second posts on Arkansas challenge, David Bernstein first and second posts] My own views on anti-Israel-boycott and anti-BDS laws here, and related; Officials in Lafayette County, Wisconsin quickly back off “completely bananas” suggestion of prosecuting news outlets that report “selectively” on water quality test results [Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Patrick Marley update] Some IP claims are real… [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 3:03 am by Walter Olson
Public.Resource.Org, earlier here and here] Update: federal judge Kaplan imposes sanctions on alleged “copyright troll” Richard Liebowitz, further complications ensue [Eugene Volokh, more, ABA Journal, earlier] How Coca-Cola responds to flavor suggestions from fans on Twitter [Mike Masnick] “California Man Gets Sued After Trying To Trademark Bully A Theme Park’ [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt] “Like Righthaven before it, the Higbee firm has been taking… [read post]
4 Nov 2019, 3:01 am by Walter Olson
” [Paul Alan Levy] How courts draw the line on when menacing language triggers the “true threat” exception to First Amendment protection [Federalist Society teleforum with Eugene Volokh, John Elwood, and Michael Dreeben] “Should Congress Pass A ‘Deep Fakes’ Law? [read post]
19 Sep 2019, 1:02 pm by Eugene Volokh
From Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen (Consumer Law & Policy Blog): The personal and commercial heirs of the deceased photographer Korda, best known for the iconic photograph of Che Guevara that has adorned Tshirts and posters displayed by young admirers for fifty years, have issued a takedown demand to Liberty Maniacs over its sales of parody items that display the photo's cap and hair but replace Guevara's visage with, alternately, Donald… [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 5:13 am by Eugene Volokh
Moreover, Ener's fugitive status has a direct connection to the instant action as many, if not all, of the allegations levied against Martin stem directly from the facts underlying the State Court Proceedings and the State Court Proceedings themselves. [read post]
14 May 2019, 8:46 am by Eugene Volokh
A very interesting post by Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen), who is a leading expert on this sort of thing; much worth reading, if you're interested on the use and abuse of copyright claims online. [read post]
9 May 2019, 9:48 am by Eugene Volokh
Thanks to Paul Alan Levy (Public CItizen) for the pointer. [read post]
1 Apr 2019, 9:32 am by Eugene Volokh
This violates the First Amendment and common law rights of access to court records, I think; Paul Alan Levy (Public Citizen) has just filed a motion to intervene and unseal in the matter (Shelby Resorts Corp. v. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 2:51 am by Walter Olson
A longtime progressive objects to the diversity pledge (applying to personal and professional lives alike) soon to be expected of Ontario lawyers and paralegals as a condition of their licenses [Murray Klippenstein with Bruce Pardy, Quillette] More on Cato’s First Amendment challenge to SEC gag-order settlements [Cato Daily Podcast with Clark Neily, Robert McNamara, and Caleb Brown] “Federal judge sanctions lead lawyer in Roundup trial for opening statement… [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 7:30 am by Ilya Somin
" Other panelists include Jacob Levy (McGill University), John Samples (Cato Institute), and Philip Wallach (R Street Institute). [read post]
13 Aug 2018, 3:05 am by Walter Olson
Harris, Bloomberg, Washington Post; two views at Volokh Conspiracy from David Post and Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman; earlier on Emoluments Clause litigation] Last year I noted the hotel-competitor fact pattern as the kind of emoluments case most likely to clear the standing hurdle; Excessive fines are unconstitutional, whether levied on persons or on groups of persons [Ilya Shapiro and Matthew Larosiere and Dave Kopel on Cato/Independence Institute brief in Colorado Dept. of… [read post]
6 Aug 2018, 3:09 am by Walter Olson
” [John Samples, Eugene Volokh] Is it lawful for a state lawmaker to block someone on Twitter who’s publicly discussed ways of murdering him? [read post]
11 Jul 2018, 4:17 pm by Eugene Volokh
In light of a court's power to levy contempt sanctions (up to and including imprisonment) for disobedience under the collateral bar rule, "the right to free speech should not lightly be placed within the control of a single man or woman," A decree that requires a judicial permission slip to engage in truthful speech is the epitome of censorship. [read post]
27 Jun 2018, 8:50 am by Eugene Volokh
Now I think this helps show that the Janus majority erred in claiming that the agency-fee system is unconstitutional; as the dissent points out, "when a government mandates a speech subsidy from a public employee," that is really just "levying a tax to support collective bargaining," and doesn't violate the First Amendment. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 7:51 am by Eugene Volokh
But, partly because the Clause has not yet been incorporated against the states, many states and cities are indeed levying excessive fines and forfeitures. [read post]