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30 Dec 2015, 3:32 am by Walter Olson
Federal Circuit court of appeals says government can’t deny trademark as “disparaging” just because it frowns on its expressive content, implications are favorable for Washington Redskins in their legal case [Eugene Volokh, Paul Alan Levy, In Re Simon Shiao Tam opinion, case won by past Overlawyered guestblogger Ron Coleman] Mentally ill man walks into San Diego county recorder’s office, submits properly filled-out deed transferring major sports… [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 10:59 am by Paul Levy
by Paul Alan Levy Rosetta Stone has just filed the opening brief in its appeal from a trial court decision granting summary judgment against its claim that Google violates the trademark laws when it sells advertising space to companies who want to reach Internet users who have shown interest in finding information about search terms that incorporate specific trademarks. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 7:27 pm
Criminal charges can be levied at anyone, including those working within the justice system itself. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 4:11 pm by Paul Levy
by Paul Alan Levy We have previously blogged about the crucial role played by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in protecting the ability of consumers to speak effectively about corporate or political wrongdoing, by protecting the hosts of web sites and email services from being sued over the contents of communications that are made using their services. [read post]
19 Mar 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“Utah poised to outlaw mentioning people’s names online with intent to ‘abuse’ or ‘harass’” [Eugene Volokh] In win for Paul Alan Levy, Eugene Volokh & co., filer of fake R.I. lawsuits aimed at search engine takedown agrees to settle [Consumer Law & Policy, earlier] Activists shut down speech at Ontario university by criminal defense lawyer who helped CBC radio host beat sex-assault rap [David Millard Haskell, Toronto Star;… [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
Cox; Volokh] Co-workers’ taking of Lord’s name in vain is element in discrimination claim of religious harassment [Oregon; Ruder Ware] “Michigan Court of Appeals Again Protects Anonymous Criticism” [Paul Alan Levy] Virginia by contrast adopts standard less protective of speech [same] Is D.C. lawyer attempting to unmask Wikipedia editor in defamation suit a “public figure? [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 3:06 pm by Paul Levy
by Paul Alan LevyRecently I discussed a case in which a web hosting service betrayed its customers by turning over identifying information about Thai emigres who posted criticisms of Thailand’s lèse majesté laws to a web site hosted by that service, who considered that even disputing the laws was an insult to the king. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 6:12 am by Paul Levy
by Paul Alan LevyIn a major decision yesterday,  the Second Circuit struck down an injunction issued by a federal court in New York forbidding an aggregator from selling to its clients information that it had obtained about investment recommendations by major investment houses. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 9:36 am
View the article here 10/06/2009 By Paul Crocetti MARLBOROUGH - The city no longer has the power to arrest sex offenders who loiter near restricted areas following the City Council's approval of changes to its registered sex offender ordinance last night. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 9:15 am by Eric Goldman
Consumer Reviews * Eugene Volokh and Paul Levy: Dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages taken down or deindexed. [read post]
3 Nov 2013, 12:37 pm by Lyrissa Lidsky
  The panels of speakers discussing press issues old and new include Justice Steven's former clerk Sonja West, RonNell Andersen Jones, William Lee, Amy Gajda, Amy Kristin Sanders, Lili Levi, Paul Horwitz, and Rodney Smolla, and Hillel Levin will be moderating at least one of the panels. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 2:02 pm by Paul Levy
by Paul Alan Levy A recent decision from a federal judge in Detroit holds out hope of providing better protection for the owners of Internet gripe sites who face groundless lawsuits intended to make them pay a high price for standing up for their free speech.Lawrence White created a simple, anonymous web site at careeragentsnetwork.biz  to warn prospective small business owners to check carefully before investing their savings in a the “health care employee recruiting… [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 8:45 am
I wrote about this incident last fall, and now the National Security Agency has folded (as has the Department of Homeland Security with regard to a similar controversy), thanks to the work of Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen, who represented the designers. [read post]
22 Jul 2017, 11:20 am by Eugene Volokh
I’m not sure quite what should be done in cases like this, but I agree that this is an important issue, and Levy’s post is much worth reading. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 9:42 am by Ken
My friend and colleague Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen — fresh off a free speech victory against the infamous Charles Carreon — has asked for assistance in Medina County, Ohio. [read post]
3 Jan 2007, 8:18 am
She notes that President Ford's attorney general, Edward Levi, described Justice Stevens as "a moderative conservative. [read post]
4 May 2012, 2:19 pm by David Kravets
Paul Ceglia The man who claims a 50 percent stake in Facebook was ordered Thursday to pay the social-networking site’s attorneys an additional $16,851, bringing to nearly $97,000 in sanctions and fees a federal judge has levied against Paul Ceglia in a bizarre lawsuit over the company’s origins. [read post]