Laws that make it a crime to share false information in an emergency, without requiring the government to demonstrate that the speaker acted with actual malice, are guaranteed to chill reporting and commentary that does not toe the government's official line—which can have disastrous consequences if the government's official line turns out to be wrong, as it was during the controversy over the death toll caused by Hurricane Maria. [read post]

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Mark Kirk, R-Ill., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and David Vitter, R-La., and Reps. [read post]

Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar, Professor of Law and International Affairs); (2) Rachel Chambers (University of Connecticut Business School, Assistant Professor of Business Law; Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum, Co-Director); (3) Jeremie Gilbert (University of Roehampton Law School, Professor of Human Rights Law; Roehampton Climate Network, Founding Member); (4) Cannelle Lavite (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Co-Director of Business and Human… [read post]

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer; Tauluseinä Tavelväggen, Wall of Printings (1977); Nörrköping Art Museum Turku Findland))Every year for almost 25 years, the Corporate Practice Commentator (with great thanks to Robert Thompson (Georgetown)) announces the results of its annual poll to select the ten best corporate and securities articles. [read post]