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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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FAC, media coalition win unsealing of search warrant affidavit in Gizmodo/iPhone matter

FAC May 18, 2010

The media coalition organized by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) has been successful in securing disclosure of the search warrant affidavit used to search an online journalist’s home for evidence concerning the Gizmodo/Apple/missing iPhone investigation. Joining FAC in the unsealing motion were the Associated Press, Wired.com, Bloomberg News, CNET, the LA Times and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. San Mateo Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan, over the objection of the District Attorney’s Office, ordered the

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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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Mississippi community college punishes student for swearing outside of class

donal brown May 18, 2010

Free speech advocates say community college exceeded its authority in policing vulgarity. -db FIRE May 18, 2010 JACKSON, Miss.— Mississippi’s largest community college unconstitutionally bans “cursing and vulgarity” and has barred a student from a course for swearing outside of class. After Hinds Community College (HCC) student Isaac Rosenbloom was forbidden to return to class and given twelve “demerits,” he turned to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help. “It is quite

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