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'What I’ve Always Loved Is the Mischief for Creating Change'

5 Aug 2017, 11:30 am

When I was covering the East European Revolutions of 1989 for The Independent, I read a wonderful essay about the power of the powerless by Václav Havel, the Czech dissident-turned-president. [read post]

American Civil Liberties Union Blog of Rights - https://www.aclu.org/blog

Former Professional Wrestler Sues Van Morrison for Using his Likeness without Authorization

5 Aug 2017, 8:17 am by Marie-Andree Weiss

The case is Two Rivers v. [read post]

The 1709 Blog - http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/

[Eugene Volokh] Appellate court requires online tabloid to remove photos accusing recently withdrawn presidential nominee of participating in figurative ‘lynching’

4 Aug 2017, 4:50 pm by Eugene Volokh

See Brandenburg v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Entire 7th Circuit court will rehear the ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal

4 Aug 2017, 1:23 pm by Eugene Volokh

Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit announced Friday that it will rehear Dassey v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

1H 2017 Quick Links, Part 6 (Defamation, Section 230, Consumer Reviews)

30 Jul 2017, 7:47 am by Eric Goldman

Defamation * Gillon v. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

1H 2017 Quick Links, Part 5 (Advertising, Contracts)

28 Jul 2017, 9:14 am by Eric Goldman

Rev. * CouponCabin LLC v. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Around the IP blogs

28 Jul 2017, 1:48 am

“On Monday, news washed up that this "famous" sari of the Nobel laureate nun, who died in 1997, has been trademarked to prevent "unfair" use by people for commercial purposes. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Taylor Swift, butt-touching, a gender studies professor and evidence law — all in one court decision

27 Jul 2017, 5:05 pm by Eugene Volokh

(Darron Cummings/Associated Press) An interesting federal district court opinion handed down last week in Mueller v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

United States: How public feuds on social media and reality TV play out in court – Shontavia Johnson

27 Jul 2017, 4:38 pm by INFORRM

In one recent case, Bollea v. [read post]

Inforrm\'s Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

Possession of Child Pornography | Federal Criminal Defense Attorney

24 Jul 2017, 6:39 am by Benson Varghese

While the Guidelines are no longer mandatory and federal judges have far more sentencing discretion since the United States v. [read post]

Versus Texas Criminal Defense Blog - https://www.versustexas.com/blog/

[Eugene Volokh] Can accusation of lynching be ordered taken down as a supposed threat of lynching?

21 Jul 2017, 2:07 pm by Eugene Volokh

Professor Volokh is concerned about an unusual development in Brummer v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

“Not my employee, not my problem.” Oh, yeah?

21 Jul 2017, 3:43 am by Robin Shea

In Scheurer v. [read post]

Employment & Labor Insider - http://www.employmentandlaborinsider.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Court order bans ‘memes’ that use photo of local community activist

19 Jul 2017, 12:07 pm by Eugene Volokh

Likewise, in NAACP v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

THE COPYKAT

19 Jul 2017, 3:47 am by Ben

And in Access Copyright v. [read post]

The 1709 Blog - http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/

1H 2017 Quick Links, Part 3 (Google, Facebook, Uber, Airbnb)

17 Jul 2017, 7:46 am by Eric Goldman

This update will only apply to links, such as an individual article, not to domains, Pages, videos, photos, check-ins or status updates. * Washington Post: Facebook is going to show you news that you normally avoid * WSJ: Facebook Agrees to Audit of its Metrics Following Data Controversy * Palomino v. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

When is the Filed Rate Doctrine a Defense to an Antitrust Lawsuit?

16 Jul 2017, 9:45 pm by Jarod Bona

The case is called Wortman v. [read post]

The Antitrust Attorney Blog - http://www.theantitrustattorney.com/

Twitter Users Sue to Enjoin the President’s Twitter Blocking Based on Political Viewpoint

13 Jul 2017, 10:40 am by Robert Loeb, Michael Linhorst

The complaint quotes from the Supreme Court’s Packingham v. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Judging the Supreme Court

13 Jul 2017, 10:00 am by Jeannette Cooperman

And [Clarence] Thomas is much more conservative than people thought he’d be. [read post]