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Private Actors Are the Biggest Threat to Free Speech
Crime & Federalism discusses the threat to free speech from litigious private parties. The post talks about the Righthaven lawsuits and about a defamation complaint against the writer of the
Righthaven.com is up for auction
Righthaven went after hundreds of defendants in copyright cases. Often, the defendants were innocent and engaged in fair use. In all cases where a court has been asked, they found
Jury Nullification in Montana
Police arrested a Montana man for possession of marijuana. They couldn’t even seat a jury. Lets hear it for the residents of that community! You don’t need to be black
A Very Fahkin Southie Christmas
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Who Wants To Own Righthaven.com? Domain Seized, About To Be Auctioned
TechDirt posts about the impending sale of Righthaven’s domain name as part of the auction to pay off its debts after the Randazza Legal Group filed a writ of bodily
Dismantling of Righthaven appears under way with loss of website
VegasInc breaks the news that Righthaven’s assets have been transferred to a receiver for auction, including the domain for its website. Lara Pearson, the court-appointed receiver, says: If all goes
Righthaven Tries New Strategy: Maybe If It Just Ignores Marc Randazza, He'll Go Away
TechDirt reports on Randazza Legal Group’s filing of a writ of bodily attachment in the U.S. District Court of Nevada in the Righthaven lawsuit. The post states: It appears that
TODAY ON CYBER LAW AND BUSINESS REPORT: RANDAZZA, RIGHTHAVEN AND ROGER WILLIAMS
Attorney Marc Randazza discusses the Righthaven lawsuits on the radio show and podcast Cyber Law and Business Report. Read more and listen…
Standing up for our eroding civil liberties
Columnist and Randazza Legal Group client Amy Alkon writes in her column about standing up for civil liberties. Alkon recounts an incident with the TSA that she wrote about earlier
Twitter Stalker Is Free to Tweet, Federal Judge Rules
XBiz newswire discusses a recent federal court judge’s dismissal of a criminal case of against a man accused of Twitter stalking. The judge ruled that the man’s conduct was protected
XBIZ World Magazine Names Top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011
XBiz World Magazine recently named Marc Randazza one of the Top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011. The description on the nomination states: Corbin Fisher General Counsel and 1st Amendment advocate
Defendant asks US Marshals to drag defeated Righthaven to court
Ars Technica covers news that the Randazza Legal Group filed a motion asking the court to have U.S. Marshals take Righthaven’s principals into custody in order to compel them to
Court asked to step in after Righthaven refuses to comply with auction
Vegas Inc. reports that Randazza Legal Group attorneys are seeking an order enforcing the auction of Righthaven’s intellectual property after the company refused to turn over its copyrights to a
Online criticism sparks real world defamation lawsuit
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune writes about a Florida man’s defamation claim against a Yelp.com reviewer. The article also discusses defamation lawsuits in Florida, where Randazza Legal Group defends many defamation suits.
Blasting people on twitter – not cyberstalking!
By J. DeVoy Pundits were concerned earlier this year when the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland brought a criminal action against William Lawrence Cassidy. His alleged crime? Posting 8,000
Can Righthaven survive latest legal blow?
The Las Vegas Sun reports on a Nevada federal judge’s order to appoint a receivership to Righthaven, LLC in order to auction its copyrights to pay Randazza Legal Group’s client
VOTE!
Please go to http://www.abajournal.com/blawg100 and cast your vote in the “opinion” category for Popehat. They are all kinds of awesome. Their editor and I work on free speech cases together.
Finally Homeland Security does something useful!
Behold… the anti-terrorism tool of the future. The Department of Homeland Security’s fleet of SNO-CONE MACHINES. Yep, 13 state of the art, freedom makin’ sno-cone machines. $11,700 worth. (source) For
Black judges should not be allowed to hear discrimination cases
That’s essentially what the assholes representing, umm, someone (not sure who) argued when trying to appeal the decision invalidating Prop. 8 in California. (source) <blockquote>Lawyers for a coalition of
Your morning after screw
By Tatiana von Tauber And if Obama had two boys? I’m deeply disappointed by the recent decision to eliminate easier access to the so called morning after pill by girls 17
