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State high court narrows ‘commercial speech’ to uphold free speech rights on published notice for class action suit

donal brown May 20, 2010

A California Supreme Court decision, in a case over the posting of an appeal for clients in a class action lawsuit, is expected to reaffirm the state’s anti-SLAPP law in protecting free speech in commercial settings. -db Davis Wright Tremaine LLP May 18, 2010 By Thomas R. Burke and Rochelle L. Wilcox The California Supreme Court issued its decision in Simpson Strong-Tie Co. v. Gore on May 17, 2010, narrowly construing the so-called “commercial speech”

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First Amendment: Federal judge protects anonymity of online critic of Pennsylvania corporation

donal brown May 20, 2010

A federal judge not only scuttled a subpoena to out an online critic of USA Technologies but also ruled that the critic’s charge that the company’s pay packages were “legalized highway robbery” was protected  speech under the First Amendment. -db Electronic Freedom Foundation Press Release May 19, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge in San Francisco has quashed a baseless subpoena aimed at outing an anonymous online critic of Pennsylvania corporation USA Technologies after

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Taft City Council under fire for alleged violation of open meeting act

donal brown May 20, 2010

A Grand Jury report says that a letter by a three person majority of the Taft City Council to one of their fellow councilmen asking him to refrain from commenting publicly about harassment charges against two councilmen could violate the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law. -db The Taft Independent May 19, 2010 The Kern County Grand Jury has released a new report critical of the City Council majority for violation of the Brown Act.

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Lawsuit filed for names of SEC workers surfing for porn during office hours

donal brown May 18, 2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission porn scandal heated up as a Denver lawyer sued the agency for the names of workers who viewed porn on government computers over the last five years. -db The Washington Post May 12, 2010 By Ed O’Keefe A Denver lawyer is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission for the names of agency workers disciplined in the past five years for viewing pornography on government computers. Kevin D. Evans filed suit

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