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    The Powerful anti-SOPA protests show why corporations, too, need First Amendment rights

    […] they should have, at most, a second-rate version of the free speech protections for individuals), should realize that only the First Amendment stands in the way of governmental punishment--legislative, regulatory or otherwise--against Google and other Fifth Estate corporations for their inciting of public opinion against SOPA-type legislation. Think of how many members of Congress, […]

    January 20, 2012

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    CPRA

    City wants me to pay to see report on fire at my house

    […] unable to find any cases discussing the specific issue of whether a city or county ordinance qualifies as a "statute" for purposes of the California Public Record Act's copying costs provision, there is at least one case that states that an "ordinance is a local law which is adopted with all the legal formality […]

    November 24, 2009

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    Back Talk

    […] us..... -rcastevet ---- Quite a rant there rcastevet...four entries. Yet, I have never heard of an attorney representing an anonymous client. In any court proceeding, all parties must be identified publicly, unless such identification results in a danger to them or others, in which case the identity is made known only to the judge […]

    June 3, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Do we have the right to exercise 1st Amendment rights on shopping mall properties?

    Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to your question.  Generally, the First Amendment applies only to government actors, and since shopping centers are often privately owned, many of the broad First Amendment rights associated with public spaces such as parks and public sidewalks do not necessarily apply.  That said, there are situations where First Amendment […]

    May 31, 2016

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    First Amendment

    Can a public college bar employees speaking to the press?

    […] of other factors that may be relevant. As a threshold matter, it is important to note that citizens do not surrender their First Amendment rights by becoming government employees. The First Amendment is binding on public institutions. See Widmar v. Vincent, 454 U.S. 263, 268–69 (1981): ("With respect to persons entitled to be there, […]

    September 17, 2015

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    “Let us Now Praise” a Famous Man: Ray Pryke, Friend of the First Amendment

    BY PETER SCHEER---The First Amendment has lost a good friend. Raymond Pryke, a free speech provocateur, agitator for open and accountable government, and patron of First Amendment scholarship and advocacy, died February 7 in the southern California high-desert community of Hesperia, where he lived and worked for many years. He was 91. A British […]

    February 20, 2015

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    First Amendment

    Is banning R-rated films from classroom censorship?

    […] would reach a different conclusion than the Borger court did. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    December 30, 2010

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    Court Records

    Names of Grand Jury Sub-Committee Members

    […] juror; (ii) an interpreter; (iii) a court reporter; (iv) an operator of a recording device; (v) a person who transcribes recorded testimony; (vi) an attorney for the government; or (vii) a person to whom disclosure is made under . I hope this information is useful.  Please consider joining the California First Amendment Coalition.  Member […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    CPRA Request Denied Citing “Investigatory Files” Exemption

    […] you. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    November 19, 2018