Authors Share Excerpts on Free Speech: Amy Werbel and Lust on Trial
In Lust on Trial, [Amy] Werbel presents a colorful journey through Comstock’s career that doubles as a new history of post–Civil War America’s risqué visual and sexual culture. Born into a puritanical New England community, Anthony Comstock moved to New York in 1868 armed with his Christian faith and a burning desire to rid the city of vice.
Floyd Abrams, attorney, author and prominent legal authority on the First Amendment, spoke with First Amendment Watch about the Pentagon Papers, press rights, and libel law at the National […]
Authors Share Excerpts on Free Speech: Floyd Abrams and The Soul of the First Amendment
The Soul of the First Amendment "addresses legal issues from the adoption of the Bill of Rights through recent cases such as Citizens United" and "examines the repeated conflicts between claims of free speech and those of national security occasioned by the publication of classified material such as was contained in the Pentagon Papers and was made public by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden" - Yale University Press..
Federal Appeals Court Says Public Officials Cannot Block Critics
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that a local county official who temporarily blocked a constituent from her Facebook page violated the First Amendment, making this the first court of appeals ruling regarding whether the First Amendment applies to government-run social media accounts.
Ballard Spahr: MD and DC News Organizations Win Challenge To Online Political Ad Law
Reprinted with Permission from Ballard Spahr In a 50-page opinion and order issued today, a Maryland federal court ruled in favor of a coalition of Maryland and Washington, D.C.-based news […]
Massachusetts Mayor Can Pursue Defamation Suit Against Local Paper, Judge Rules
A judge is allowing a defamation lawsuit brought by the mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts James Jajuga to go to trial against the publisher of a local monthly paper over comments made […]
Citing First Amendment Rights, Tesla Founder Musk Seeks To Dismiss Defamation Suit
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is asking a judge to dismiss a libel claim against him brought by a British diver involved in the international rescue mission of young boys trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand, arguing that his Tweets calling the diver a "pedo" and "child rapist" were an opinion and could not be construed as facts.
Buzzfeed Prevails In Defamation Lawsuit Filed By Russian Executive For Publishing Dossier
A federal judge ruled in Buzzfeed’s favor in a lawsuit brought by Russian technology executive Aleksej Gubarev. Gubarev claimed that he was defamed in a dossier published by Buzzfeed in January 2017 […]