Cock Fights and the First Amendment
More discussion on this to come, but an interesting First Amendment issue. And no, that isnt a double entendre.
More discussion on this to come, but an interesting First Amendment issue. And no, that isnt a double entendre.
When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that a “drop of
The 11th Circuit is generally known as a constitutionally protective circuit. Not lately. Aside from its reversal in Johnson v. Tampa Bay Sports Authority, it recently issued a horrifying decision
There really is something stomach churning about a judge filing a defamation action. (See related post on Murphy v. Boston Herald). This one, however, really makes me a bit unsettled.
Freecycling, is the act of giving away usable but unneeded items to others. Freecycling harnesses the power of the Internet to connect people who have stuff with others nearby who
The “religious display” issue is relatively simple. If you happen to have art in a courthouse that has a religious overtone to it, but it is not there to promote,
Before making his decision not to grant clemency to Karla Tucker, Governor George W. Bush claims that he prayed on it all night with God, and God told him to
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. supplies pay-per-view movies to America’s hotels, and “Focus on the Family” (FOF) says, “In August, family advocates will ask the Department of Justice to investigate and bring
Stephen Dunne failed the 2007 Massachusetts Bar Exam and claims that it was all because there was a question on the exam in which a gay married couple was the
An interesting sports/trademark case. Leo Stoller, a well-known trademark squatter. Leo Stoller went out and registered a slew of trademarks containing common words — banking on the thought that eventually
I frequently blog on entertainment law issues, but more from the litigation side of things. When it comes to the contract and business side of the entertainment law divide, nobody
The Boston Herald, already stung with a $2 Million libel verdict, upheld in a questionable decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, just wired the plaintiff an additional $1.4 million