Video Game Developers Have First Amendment Right to Base Characters in Part on Real People
So the Third Circuit held yesterday.
So the Third Circuit held yesterday.
Newspapers often argue against the sealing of court records; here the newspaper argued in favor.
Before, tattoos could apparently be done only by M.D.s.
So holds Judge Virginia A. Phillips (C.D. Cal.) in Tracy Chapman's lawsuit against Nicki Minaj.
The question remains pending before the Ohio Court of Appeals.
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That point seems to have escaped many people who have not actually watched the controversial film, some of whom think it should banned.
It also strikes down the stay-at-home order and business closings, but I'll discuss that in separate posts.
The federal definition of child pornography does not encompass risqué dancing by clothed 11-year-olds.
U.S. officials claim their espionage laws apply to the world, but constitutional protections do not.
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The escalation is part of a strategy to unmask China's abuses before the world.
Plaintiffs claimed that defendants had libeled them to foreign officials—but didn't have enough evidence that the defendants had actually said anything to those officials.
As the pandemic rages on, nominally free countries are sliding down a path blazed by authoritarian regimes.
A week after being sued over his arbitrary COVID-19 policy, Gov. Charlie Baker says he will allow arcades to reopen.
The 5th Circuit judge is a mixed bag from a libertarian perspective.
A federal lawsuit argues that the distinction drawn by Massachusetts is unconstitutional.
"This current incident, and Marshall's response so far, seem disturbingly similar to prevalent behavior in China [during the Cultural Revolution]—spurious accusations against innocent people, which escalated into institutional insanity."
would they be likely to hire blacks for jobs in China, or anywhere where they might have to hear Mandarin?
More on the Mandarin "neige" controversy.
"In effect, Maffick contends that it is likely to succeed on the merits because its CEO says so. That is far from enough to establish a likelihood of success on the merits, particularly in light of the largely undisputed counter-evidence Facebook tendered."
Fortunately, the N.Y. State Education Department has now reversed the decision, which had been made by the Valley Central School District (about 70 miles north of New York City).
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From Prof. John McWhorter (Columbia) in The Atlantic.
“Just because the story and the photograph may be embarrassing or distressful to the plaintiff does not mean the newspaper cannot publish what is otherwise newsworthy.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer and I have just filed a petition seeking this, in the Ohio Court of Appeals.
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A thought experiment that came to my mind; I'd love to hear what others think about it.
Plus a new draft law review article on the subject, by Prof. Randall Kennedy (Harvard Law School), a leading scholar of race and the law, and me.
Across the Atlantic from Amazonia lies ... Ambazonia.
There is enough evidence that the Times knew their allegations were false (or at least were likely false) to go to the jury.
Three interesting opinions: a sound majority, a plausible concurrence, and another concurrence focused on "hate speech" that I think is unsound.
Dean Lidsky is a libel law scholar, and one of the two Reporters of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Defamation & Privacy.
The Fourth Circuit decides a case involving defendants who violently participated in two white supremacist rallies in California and in the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, but the logic applies equally to rioters of all stripes.
The new law features harsher penalties, 12-hour detentions, and other invitations to abuse government power
When can libel plaintiffs, suing over allegedly false claims of sexual misconduct, sue pseudonymously? When can defendants defend pseudonymously?
So holds a federal court, quite correctly; of course, the same is true about any religious group, racial group, or other such large group.
"This research will inform and fuel much needed and overdue policy change."
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