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According to Miller v. California, in order for material to be deemed legally obscene, a court must determine the following: Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find
When two girls in Bradenton, Florida painted their bodies to attend a high school football game in a show of school spirit, they didn’t expect that their body paint would
Jon Katz reports on the latest incident of political sanitization of media appearances. Apparently, Laura Bush appeared at an event at a DC public school and a reporter had the
David Lat over at “Above the Law” has an exclusive interview with Adam Key. The entire interview is worth reading, but here are some choice excerpts. David Lat: In terms
This recent article in the Boston Globe discusses gripe site litigation and the protection afforded to anonymous speakers on the internet. The article suggests, and my experience concurs, that many
As noted in this earlier post, Regent University might have the right to censor its students — but that doesn’t make it right. Above the Law has an update on
A few months ago, I blogged on the Freecycle v. Oey case, here. In that case, Timothy Oey a former member of “The Freecycling Network” opposed TFN’s efforts to trademark
I am NOT a big fan of the whole “law school prestige” crap game. C.F. What is wrong with Legal Education? If I am in a position to hire an
Seth MacFarlane just can’t seem to keep out of trouble – especially when hypersensitive overreacting IP owners want to stifle creativity in its crib by suing him (bias alert! bias
The New York Times reported today on the Red Rose Stories case (previously blogged here) The story highlights how US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan, despite taking an oath to uphold
One of the upsides to publishing is that you get to share your knowledge and opinions. One of the downsides… you open yourself up to criticism. I’ve certainly suffered my
Terry Nichols’ brother filed suit against Michael Moore for defaming him in his film, Bowling for Columbine. In that film, Moore reported that The court dismissed and the Sixth Circuit
