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Protester Case – The Canton Four
In 1927 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts executed Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. History has shown that they were framed, and the Commonwealth has at least acknowledged that they did not get a fair trial. Nearly a century later, in the same courthouse where the Commonwealth gave itself an indelible stain of shame, there is another trial that has many hallmarks
GOP rep sues House speaker after newsletter critical of lawmakers, Whitmer is blocked
Lansing — Republican state Rep. Matt Maddock has filed a federal lawsuit against Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate and House Business Office employees for refusing to use taxpayer resources to pay for the printing and mailing of a constituent newsletter that criticized Tate and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
The FDNY and Elon Musk Really Need to Recognize Free Speech
Firefighters booed Attorney General Letitia James. SpaceX employees wrote a scathing letter about Elon Musk. They have every right to do so.
Job Posting – Transactional Lawyer Needed
We are known for our First Amendment advocacy, but that’s not all we do. We have a lot of business needs for our clients. However, we are not (nor will we ever be) a “form churning farm.” Businesses and individuals come to us because they need creative solutions to problems, and out of the box thinking for how to prevent them.
Privacy vs. First Amendment Right to Publish
Well, we made a promise we swore we’d always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers in the winter’s night With a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender -Bruce Springsteen BREWER, Maine: In the case of McBreairty v. Brewer, the federal court ordered the parties to brief the issue of whether a journalist can publish a
City Violates First Amendment and Due Process Rights
Gloucester, Mass., Plaintiff is an elected official, dedicated to community service, who discussed a volunteer program with a constituent who happens to be a high school student. Defendants, seeking political advantage, mischaracterized the encounter as something nefarious. Defendants unfairly maligned Plaintiff and barred him from entering a school premises or attending school sponsored events, in an attempt to smear him.
First Amendment Suit for Petitioning Teenager
Teens in Brewer, Maine were concerned about a school bathroom rule which permits biological males to use the girls’ bathroom. The teenagers decided to circulate a petition asking the administration to reconsider. The petition could not have been more neutral in content. However, the teens allege that the school administration came down hard on them for it, accusing them of
Job Posting – Defend the First Amendment
Randazza Legal Group is looking for an associate who is already licensed or a law student we can have do some work and then farm up. We are First Amendment lawyers. We went up against the government because they were trying to censor a guy who protested in favor of LGBTQ rights. Then, we used the same underlying briefing to support
First Amendment Suit For LGBT Supporting Protester
Randazza Legal Group filed a lawsuit for Stephen Mandile, commonly known as “the Kindness Guy.” Mandile regularly stands outside schools holding up signs to support kids and against bullying. A disabled veteran, he spent an entire evening sleeping on a bridge to guard a Pride Month display that had been previously vandalized. Mandile seeks to vindicate his First Amendment rights
Censorship By Abuse of Restraining Order Process – First Amendment Victory
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA – In this case, a citizen got in a debate with another citizen over their competing views on pride month. Ms. Hope Watt-Bucci, a real estate agent in Manchester, MA disagreed with Kim Kahan’s political views. Rather than let their ideas compete in the marketplace of ideas, as our Constitution mandates, Ms. Watt-Bucci preferred to act the part
Brewery Sues North Carolina Alcohol Commission for Banning its Beer Because Label is “in Bad Taste”
The North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABC) denied the state-wide sale and distribution of Flying Dog Brewery’s bottled Freezin’ Season Winter Ale citing an administrative rule that First Amendment attorney Marc Randazza and Flying Dog Brewery call unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment in the lawsuit they filed against the ABC. The agency denied the sale and
Nevada Sex Worker Sues Gov. Sisolak for Continued Closure of Brothels Amid COVID-19
Alice Little, Nevada’s premiere and highest-paid courtesan, filed a lawsuit against Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on Monday over the continued closure of the state’s legal brothels due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In her complaint, filed by Randazza Legal Group, Little claims that sex workers have been treated unfairly as massage parlors, tattoo shops, hair salons and other high-contact businesses have
Randazza Legal Group and Bit Bar go 2-0 in smacking down unconstitutional actions by Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Twice in less than a month, Bit Bar, a Salem-based arcade venue, successfully challenged the Massachusetts government in federal court for violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Randazza Legal Group filed a complaint on behalf of Bit Bar against the Massachusetts governor, Charlie Baker, in early October. In it, Bit Bar argued that Governor Baker’s decision to keep arcades closed
RLG wins big anti-slapp victory over sahara casino on behalf of local journalist
Randazza Legal Group achieved a great victory for journalists on Tuesday when a judge granted its Anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss in the defamation lawsuit that casino hotel property Sahara Las Vegas filed against a blogger who reported last month that the property would be closing soon. Randazza Legal Group represented the blogger in the case. Marc Randazza told the Las
Student requests ‘diversity of thought’ training after teacher belittles him for political view
Randazza Legal Group is proud to represent 12-year-old Jackson Cody of Gloucester, Mass., who requested that the staff at O’Maley Innovation Middle School participate in ‘diversity of thought’ training after he said a teacher mocked him for supporting President Donald Trump in the upcoming election. “He is not suing anyone at this time,” Marc Randazza told the Gloucester Times on
Arcades reopen in Massachusetts
“I’m glad the state finally came to its senses even if it took a little help from a lawsuit,” Gideon Coltof, president of Salem’s Bit Bar told 7 News. Randazza Legal Group represents Bit Bar in that lawsuit, which challenges the Massachusetts governor’s decision to keep arcades closed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but allow casinos to reopen. In the documents
The Verge Profiles T. Greg Doucette, The Lawyer Chronicling Police Brutality
Tired of people around him rationalizing police violence as the act of a few bad apples, T. Greg Doucette, a North Carolina-based criminal defense attorney, took to social media to make a clear statement that police brutality is not an isolated issue that we can ignore. Doucette posted 10 videos, 10 separate examples, of police brutality in cities across the
Massachusetts Arcade Sues Governor Over Reopening Plan
Online publication Mass Live covered the lawsuit Randazza Legal Group filed on behalf of Bit Bar. The article, in part, says: A Massachusetts arcade based in Salem, Bit Bar, is suing Gov. Charlie Baker over his coronavirus reopening plan claiming it should be allowed to open now. Bit Bar accuses the governor and the state of violating its First and
Marc Randazza is an Opinion Writer for CNN on First Amendment issues. Here are some of his columns.
From 2012-2018, First Amendment Attorney Marc Randazza published an opinion column for CNN, regularly providing commentary and analysis on current events and cases related to free speech, Trademark and Copyright, freedom of the press, defamation and much more. See below for the articles Marc Randazza wrote for CNN during this time. 2018 Randazza: Scottish comedian’s Nazi salute dog video was
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