Apple again at center of debate over Reporter’s Shield Protection for bloggers
Four years ago, I was part of a legal team that represented a group of bloggers that filed a friend of the court brief in O’Grady v. Superior Court, a […]
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Wednesday Legal News Round Up
Notable legal news and views from around the legal world: The AP reports that the U.S. government has agreed to remove over 50 decaying military ships from a California bay […]
CA Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Challenge to California’s Law Protecting Winesses from Threats of Retaliation
The Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports: The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed yesterday to hear a First Amendment overbreadth challenge to a statute making it a crime to threaten retaliation against a […]
Mendoza v. ADP Screening and Selection Services, Inc.
Today the Second District Court of Appeal issued an opinion dealing with the use of sex offender information published on the Megan’s Law Website (MLW) and the First Amendment: The […]
Ninth Circuit strikes down California’s ban on selling violent video games to kids
The AP reports: A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a California law that sought to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The 9th […]
U.S. Supreme Court holds oral argument on FCC’s power to regulate indecency
The LA Times reports: Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court justices talked about indecency and foul language today, but they did so without using any of the actual words […]
California amends law to protect identities of anonymous internet users
The EFF reports: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed Assembly Bill 2433 and filled a significant gap in protection for anonymous speech online. Authored by Assemblymember Paul Krekorian and co-sponsored […]
California Court of Appeal ungags the Orange County Register
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press reports: The California Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a lower court to vacate an unprecedented order that prevented The Orange County Register […]
U.S. Supreme Court declines to disturb federal court ruling favoring Fantasy Baseball
The Las Vegas Sun reports: Without comment, the justices declined to hear the case involving a segment of the $1.5 billion fantasy sports industry in the United States, in which […]
This Week in Law Discusses Blogging and Podcasting Liability and Insurance Issues
This Week in Law is one of the more useful podcasts floating around the internet. April’s edition covers the liability and insurance issues that arise from blogging and podcasting. Suppose […]
Reporter faces fines for protecting her sources for 2001 anthrax attack story
The Associated Press reports: A former USA Today reporter facing fines for failing to reveal her sources for stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks said Saturday that news organizations need […]
Texas attorney sues patent troll tracker and CISCO for defamation
MarketWatch.com reports: Cisco Systems Inc. and one of its employees are being sued by Texas attorneys claiming the employee anonymously defamed them on a Web site critical of so-called “patent […]