By Meghann M. Cuniff | July 16, 2021
The snafu is a procedural one, but it encompasses issues Avenatti's lawyer, H. Dean Steward, raised about the constitutionality of the jury selection process that could arise again in an appeal should Avenatti be convicted.
By Dara Kam | June 29, 2021
The controversial law seeks to prevent large social-media platforms from banning political candidates from their sites and to require companies to publish — and apply consistently — standards about issues such as banning users or blocking their content.
By Michael A. Mora | June 25, 2021
Attorneys for an Ivy League professor who runs a blockchain startup said a defamation lawsuit in federal court followed a trend in cryptocurrency, in which social media influencers pushed lies to their followers to buy or sell crypto-assets.
By Marcia Coyle | June 23, 2021
"It might be tempting to dismiss B.L.'s words as unworthy of the robust First Amendment protections discussed herein. But sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary," wrote Justice Breyer.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | June 14, 2021
"There is no doubt that the pandemic provides a compelling reason for remote courtrooms. It does not, however, provide a reason to exclude the public from watching what happens in those remote courtrooms, a practice that therefore violates the First Amendment," the filing reads.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | June 9, 2021
When law enforcement seeks to compel a subject to provide a passcode to allow them to rummage through a cellphone, courts have not spoken with a unified voice. On May 12th, the Supreme Court declined to wade in, seemingly guaranteeing that continued uncertainty on this critical issue will continue to bedevil criminal practitioners. Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert discuss the issue in this edition of their White-Collar Crime column.
By Max Mitchell | May 18, 2021
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court appeared to have a hard time focusing the arguments on a single dispositive issue, with both Chief Justice Max Baer and Justice Kevin Dougherty questioning whether the school's potential speech violations or due process violations should be key to their decision.
By David Horrigan, Relativity | April 28, 2021
Can public schools regulate speech that would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school if student speech that occurs off campus—in this case, online?
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Shari Claire Lewis | April 19, 2021
In this edition of her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis briefly describes the state of Communications Decency Act §230 in the Second Circuit, focusing on §230(c)(1), and explores the court's recent decision in 'Domen v. Vimeo', a rare decision involving CDA §230(c)(2), and its implications.
By Katheryn Tucker | February 3, 2021
"We need lawyers and paralegals and assistants and staffers to understand that—while the target may not look like you—if you break democracy, you break it for everyone," Stacey Abrams said in a virtual gathering at ALM's Legalweek(year).
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