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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is reining in loan giant Quiken’s rules that restricts talking to the media and saying anything that would damage the company. The NLRB wants Quicken to rewrite its rules to allow speech allowed under law. (Detroit Free Press, September 27, 2015, by John Gallagher) The NLRB contends that rules that prevent employees from discussing working conditions and wages are excessive and illegal. (Royal Oak Patch, September 28, 2015, by

Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson and his city attorney are working overtime to block media attempts to access to e-mails in personal accounts used to conduct public business. Johnson has even resorted to sue his own government and a local newspaper to prevent that access. (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, September 22, 2015, by Adam Marshall) The impetus for the records request came in the aftermath of Johnson’s involvement in the demise of the

With cable and telecom companies suing the federal government over net neutrality rules approved in February by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), The Internet Association, representing companies including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon filed a legal brief backing the  new rules. Congressional Democrats also filed a brief supporting net neutrality. (The Huffington Post, September 21, 2015, by Dana Liebelson) The Writers Guild is backing the FCC rules arguing that telecom arguments that the rules violate

Ohio’s limits on the fundraising of state judges survived a challenge before the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The limits at issue kept judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions unless addressing more than 20 and require candidates to take legal responsibility for their campaign committees. (Courthouse News Service, September 21, 2015, by Lorraine Bailey) The 6th Circuit decision cited this year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar in ruling against a

Dixie State University students were awarded $50,000 in damages and lawyer fees over an incident last March when university official imposed restrictions on the  distribution of flyers with disparaging likenesses of Che Guevera, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. (St. George News, September 18, 2015, by Mori Kessler) FIRE helped the students filed the lawsuit in March that brought a quick response from  Dixie State administration willing to work out a settlement. The university president