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SLAPP case: Firm brings more notoriety to itself by appealing suit

donal brown August 25, 2009

A management firm who lost a case against a griper defending himself refuses to let the matter die, appealing the case to the Ninth Circuit. -DB Techdirt Commentary August 24, 2009 By Michael Masnick from the bad-idea dept Remember that discussion a few months ago about how most lawyers apparently understood the Streisand Effect, and knew better than to file bogus lawsuits against individuals putting up “gripes” sites about their business? We’ve already seen that’s

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When threats pass muster as ‘true threats’

donal brown August 24, 2009

The executive director of the First Amendment Center says that impolite, heated, intemperate and even vile remarks are protected under the First Amendment but there is no sure legal protection for threats that name specific persons and carry a reasonable chance of being enacted in an immediate way. -DB First Amendment Center Commentary August 23, 2009 By Gene Policinski Saying that someone deserves to be killed certainly gets anyone’s attention. But when does saying that or

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Social networking ban on convicted sex offenders deemed unconstitutional

donal brown August 21, 2009

A blogger for the Citizen Media Law Project says that the new Illinois law making it illegal for convicted six offenders to use social networking websites is probably unconstitutional and certainly unenforceable. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Commentary August 20, 2009 By Andrew Moshirnia The memory of pain can be one of the best painkillers. Anyone who has had the misfortune of enduring acute physical agony has later repurposed that nightmare as a psychic analgesic. “This

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Lawyer of right wing blogger claims FBI paid client to make threats

donal brown August 20, 2009

The lawyer for a New Jersey hate blogger charged with threatening to kill judges and lawmakers said his client was paid by the FBI to make his online rants. -DB Wired August 19, 2009 By David Kravets A notorious New Jersey hate blogger charged in June with threatening to kill judges and lawmakers was secretly an FBI “agent provocateur” paid to disseminate right-wing rhetoric, his attorney said Wednesday. Hal Turner, the blogger and radio personality,

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Online postings provide challenge for public during health care debate

donal brown August 11, 2009

Opponents of the Obama administration’s health plan are posting online articles that claim to present details of the health plan. But the government’s concerns about the public’s inability to discern the inaccuracies in the postings may be overblown, writes one law student. -DB SuffolkMediaLaw.com Media and Communications Law Society Commentary August 4, 2009 By Denise Ouellet Although the Obama Administration has advocated for a transparent government by encouraging public officials to blog and tweet and by

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