Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.
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Free Speech Unmuted: AI and Free Speech
The latest video podcast from Prof. Jane Bambauer and me.
No Pseudonymity for Porn Copyright Infringement Defendants, Says One Judge
The cases on the subject are sharply split, reflecting how ill-defined the law of pseudonymous litigation is.
Florida Appellate Court Disqualifies Judge in Gender-Transition Child Removal Case
Did the judge's remarks "suggest[] she had predetermined that the father had no right to oppose gender transition or otherwise direct the child's upbringing based upon his moral and religious beliefs"?
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Lies and the Law and Introduction," by Prof. Genevieve Lakier
The final article posted from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Weaponized from the Beginning," by Prof. John Fabian Witt
The eleventh of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Journal of Free Speech Law: My "When Are Lies Constitutionally Protected?"
The tenth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Epistemic Disagreement, Institutional Analysis, and the First Amendment Status of Lies," by Prof. Mark Tushnet
The ninth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Democracy Harms and the First Amendment," by Prof. Deborah Pearlstein
The eighth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Distrust, Negative First Amendment Theory, and the Regulation of Lies," by Prof. Helen Norton
The seventh of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Minor Third-Order-Procedure Decision in Walters v. OpenAI Large Libel Models Lawsuit
Procedure about procedure about procedure.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Anonymity, Identity, and Lies," by Prof. Artur Pericles L. Monteiro
The sixth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
No Right to Be Forgotten for Defendant in Civil Case
"To the extent that Kavadia asks the Court to order that public reporting about this case be removed from the Internet, such an order would blatantly violate the First Amendment."
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Fake News, Lies, and Other Familiar Problems," by Prof. Sam Lebovic
The fifth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Protecting Public Knowledge Producers," by Prof. Heidi Kitrosser
The third of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Government Counterspeech," by Prof. Jamal Greene
The third of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Missouri Government Agency Threatening to Sue Critic for Libel
But lawsuits for libeling the government do not "have any place in the American system of jurisprudence."
Journal of Free Speech Law: "What's the Harm?," by Profs. Adam Enders & Joseph Uscinski
The second of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Call to "Update Free Speech Policies" to Address Supposed Hate Speech at Public University
I'm against it, whomever it's coming from.
C.A.V.
What does this bit of legalese mean?
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Investigative Deception Across Social Contexts," by Prof. Alan Chen
The first of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.
Thursday Open Thread
UPDATE: Sorry, inadvertently scheduled two threads for this morning; please post to the other one instead.
State Employer's Requiring Employees to Watch "Antiracist"/"Gender Identity" Videos Isn't Unconstitutional Speech Compulsion
But plaintiff's claim that he was retaliated against for raising religious objections to the training, and discriminated against based on religion as to promotion, can go forward.
Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech, Government Persuasion, and Government Coercion
Prof. Jane Bambauer and I discuss Murthy v. Missouri (the former Missouri v. Biden).
Private Employee's Claim That She Was Fired for Peacefully Attending Jan. 6 Events Can Go Forward,
under California statutes that protect private employees' political activity; the plaintiff claimed that "[s]he listened to speeches being made and walked to the Capitol, and then she left," and "did not participate in any rioting."
Can't Sue In-Laws for "Undermining" Marriage and Thus Tortiously Inducing Breach of Marriage Contract
This used to be possible under the old "alienation of affections" tort, but all but a handful of states have abolished it, and the tortious inducement of breach of contract tort can't fill that gap.