No Sealing or Pseudonymity for Sexual Assault Defendant
"[I]f the purported falsity of the complaint's allegations were sufficient to seal an entire case, then the law would recognize a presumption to seal instead of a presumption of openness."
"[I]f the purported falsity of the complaint's allegations were sufficient to seal an entire case, then the law would recognize a presumption to seal instead of a presumption of openness."
"[T]he Fourth Amendment applies equally whether the government official is a police officer conducting a criminal investigation or a caseworker conducting a civil child welfare investigation."
While this is a problem, it's not one that scrapping Section 230 would solve.
It sucked for avoidable reasons.
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
That's the issue raised by a newly filed federal lawsuit.
So holds the court in a libel lawsuit brought by Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s former personal trainer.
Should the no-fly list include another 70 million Americans?
The bills call for reforms that would be nearly impossible to implement and will not prevent a repeat of 2020.
notwithstanding the “litigation privilege,” if the statute of limitations has long passed and there is therefore no reasonable prospect of meritorious litigation.
China's economic reforms were bottom-up, not top-down.
Recent articles in the Texas Monthy and the New York Times provide some useful insight on why Texas has been gaining migrants at such a high rate.
Advice from a judge to the litigants in a libel case.
“We have been through horrific things, but I’m still proud of being Uyghur," says Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor of China's torture camps.
"The statements include that Hubbard ... has been 'advocating for pederasty (pedophilia) for as long as he has taught at the University of Texas.'"
and remands for retrial as to whether such a purpose would be shown.
Four courts have recently said yes, in cases brought by conservative Muslims and Christians.
A new report says 83 percent of the world's population is less free today than it was in 2008, and the gap between the world's most and least free countries is growing.
Federal regulators have permanently lifted a requirement that mifepristone be dispensed in person.
"Dominion's well-pleaded allegations, however, support the reasonable inference that Fox's reporting was not accurate or dispassionate."
A white administrator is claiming she was fired based on her race, and based on her complaints that her department chair said "I despise white people" and various other things.
can go forward as to the "false light" claim, but not as to the libel claim (at least unless the plaintiff can amend his Complaint to adequately allege specific economic losses).
It's a fairly benign thing to say. And yet it's a landmine in our media landscape.
The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to review the case—and to clarify the proper scope of "investigatory stops."
“The events of January 6th were an attack on the foundation of our democracy. But this does not relieve the Department of Justice from following its own guidelines, written to preserve the very same democracy.... [This case] leaves the court to wonder who watches the watchmen.”
The charge requires proof that James and Jennifer Crumbley knew their son posed a threat and could have prevented the attack through "ordinary care."
Offending the powerful can be dangerous in an increasingly authoritarian world.
"The market was asking that anyone who didn't need to go into the store to please stay outside," she says.
MyPillow founder Michael Lindell loses lawsuit over allegedly false claim that he had a "secret romance with 30 Rock actress Jane Krakowski and wooed her with flowers and champagne."
Gavin Newsom is exploring legislation to authorize private civil actions against people who sell "assault weapons" or gun kits.
“During discovery, plaintiff shall not inquire of the defendant concerning his prior sexual or romantic experiences ... with anyone unless the identity of the person ... has been disclosed by the [person] or otherwise become public, in either case in connection with a claim, published report in mainstream media, or public allegation that any such sexual or romantic experience or encounter was not in all respects consensual.”
Keeping professors from testifying in lawsuits isn't the school's only free speech problem
In response to the Supreme Court's ruling largely precluding pre-enforcement challenge of the Texas abortion law, Governor Newsom calls for similar action on guns.
Federal district court holds that the First Amendment sharply limits restrictions on such professional-client speech, at least when the speech doesn’t involve “prescribing medication or reaching a diagnosis.”
Things are far from completely clear. But Justice Gorsuch's opinion may give preenforcement challenges to SB 8 and other similar laws a good deal more wiggle room than many think.