Ken Paulson: Bloggers have rights, as well
In a landmark decision on Friday, a federal appellate court held for the first time that blogs enjoy the same First Amendment protection from libel suits as traditional news media.
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View ArticleAbout our move to the Post, for those who missed the memo
If you haven't seen our announcement post, you can read it here . Eugene Volokh teaches free speech law, religious freedom law, church-state relations law, a First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic, and...
View ArticleSan Jose and A's: City appeals antitrust case against MLB
San Jose city officials on Thursday officially shifted their antitrust case against Major League Baseball to a federal appeals court, taking the first step in trying to overturn a federal judge's...
View ArticleArctic drilling opponents win round in court
A new court ruling could chill Royal Dutch Shell's plans to drill for oil off Alaska, finding that federal regulators used an "arbitrary and capricious" number to approve the project.
View ArticleArctic drilling opponents win round in court
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View ArticleNevada AG invokes bigamy, incest to defend marriage ban
Ask the attorney general of Nevada about the definition of marriage, and she'll tell you it doesn't include the union of a same-sex couple.
View ArticleNinth Circuit Rejects Percentage Method To Determine Attorneys' Fees In Class...
In Collado v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. , Nos. 11-57013, 11-57023, 11-57030 , the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's attorneys' fees award in a class action settlement...
View ArticleHayes convicted of murder - again
A man who escaped the death penalty on appeal, then acted as his own attorney only to refuse to attend his own retrial, has been convicted of first-degree murder for the second time.
View ArticleAppeals Court Won't Rehear Fox's Attempt to Stop Dish's 'Hopper' Ad-Skipper
Fox Broadcasting won't get a full panel of judges at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review its attempt to enjoin Dish Network's advertising-skipping DVR services known as "AutoHop" or "Hopper" or...
View ArticleDeath Row Inmate Has Habeas Claims Revived
A man convicted of a double murder at a Yuma, Ariz., rest stop deserves a second chance to present evidence that he suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome and brain damage, the full 9th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleSE Portland man who brought Viagra, condoms for teen tryst has 10-year...
A Southeast Portland father who brought condoms and Viagra to what he thought would be a sex encounter with a 16-year-old girl lost his appeal challenging his conviction and 10-year prison sentence.
View ArticleHeightened scrutiny required in sexual orientation cases, Ninth Circuit says
In a ruling issued on January 21, a three-judge panel of the court said unanimously that a Gay juror was improperly excluded from a jury because of his sexual orientation.
View ArticleJobs and Schmidt's 'Gentlemen's Agreement' to Suppress Wages
Emails unveiled in federal court suggest Apple founder Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a secret and perhaps illegal pact not to hire each other's workers and to keep salaries low.
View ArticleNevada is revising its anti-gay arguments
This is interesting - in response to a ruling earlier this week in the 9th Circuit which analyzed the Windsor v US ruling and found that it implies heightened scrutiny in regards to sexual orientation,...
View ArticleAttorney General Reevaluates NV's Defense of Gay Marriage Ban
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto says she's reevaluating her office's defense of the state's ban on gay marriage after a new ruling by a federal appeals court.
View ArticleHudson driver strikes pole, arrested for OUI
A 22-year-old Hudson man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after allegedly crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole early Saturday morning and driving away.
View ArticleBloggers have free-speech rights too
A website that castigates others as "evil doers" and "thugs" has exactly the same First Amendment protection as USA Today and The New York Times -- and that's a good thing.
View ArticleFederal appeals court may halt Shell's plans to "drill, baby, drill"
A federal appeals court decision handed down this week may further complicate Royal Dutch Shell's plans to drill in the Arctic this summer-plans that were already complicated by the fact that the oil...
View ArticleLetter from AmeriKat: Raging Bull, Brooklyn Nets, Cochlear Hearing...
Hollandaise sauce. Several months ago the AmeriKat had never tasted the golden, buttery, lemony silk that was laced over her grilled asparagus starter last night.
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