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California court throws out attorney’s case as SLAPP

donal brown February 22, 2010

The First District Court of Appeal has dismissed a San Francisco attorney’s suit saying the claims against an opposing lawyer of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress was in conflict with the lawyer’s protected free speech rights. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise February 16, 2010 By a MetNews Staff Writer The First District Court of Appeal has thrown out a San Francisco attorney’s causes of action for fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the

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Federal judge refuses to dismiss defamation claim against Dallas radio host

donal brown February 22, 2010

A U.S. district judge refused to dismiss an airport security guard’s defamation suit filed after radio personality Rickey Smiley called him “gay” on his radio show. -db Courthouse News Service February 22, 2010 By Leigh Sanders DALLAS (CN) – Comedian and radio host Rickey Smiley may have defamed an airport security guard by calling him gay on “The Rickey Smiley Show,” a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor refused to dismiss the guard’s

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Transparency: Environmental Protection Agency launches model web site

donal brown February 22, 2010

Transparency activists are expressing their approval of the EPA’s new site, the Rulemaking Gateway, that provides information about regulatory actions such as the control of greenhouse gas emissions in large vehicles. -db NextGov February 19, 2010 By Aliya Sternstein As more agencies deploy online score cards that publicly chart the progress of specific missions, the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Web site for tracking rulemaking could be a model, some government transparency activists say. EPA launched

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Student protests at speech of Israeli ambassador at California campus raise free speech issues

donal brown February 22, 2010

After eleven students at UC Irvine were arrested Feb. 8 for repeatedly interrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador to the United States, debate centered on the question of whose free speech rights should prevail, those of the hecklers or that of the invited speaker. -db Inside Higher Ed February 17, 2010 By Scott Jaschik Every few minutes during a talk last week at the University of California at Irvine, the same thing happened. A

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Judge allows suit to go forward on student Facebook posting

donal brown February 21, 2010

A Florida student is suing her principal for suspending her after she posted a Facebook page calling her Advanced Placement teacher “the worst teacher I’ve ever met.” -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 17, 2010 By Amanda Becker A federal magistrate said this week that a former Florida high school student who was suspended for criticizing her teacher on Facebook can proceed with a lawsuit against the principal who suspended her,

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