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By Josefa Velasquez | July 13, 2017
The First Department ruled Thursday that Reorg Research, a specialty publisher with a narrow audience and tech-driven business model, is covered by New York's Shield Law, overturning the trial court.
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By ROBERT STORACE | July 13, 2017
When noted Texas attorney Austin Tighe was sought to represent the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation in the tribe's $610 million lawsuit against Connecticut, he said he jumped at the opportunity.
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By Marcia Coyle | July 12, 2017
Ropes & Gray's Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, who argued the historic gay marriage challenge in the Supreme Court, doesn't buy the fears that any successor to Justice Anthony Kennedy will jeopardize the "Obergefell" decision. "We now have hundreds of thousands of individuals acting in reliance on 'Obergefell.' And society has moved forward," he says. The SCB recently caught up with Hallward-Driemeier to talk about his work in this area of the law.
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By B. Colby Hamilton | July 12, 2017
The plaintiffs claim the move violates the First Amendment, as the president's Twitter account, they allege, represents a public forum.
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By Dara Kam | July 11, 2017
In a move that could affect thousands of Florida inmates, attorneys representing disabled prisoners and the Department of Corrections have settled a lawsuit accusing the state of discriminating against prisoners who are deaf, blind or confined to wheelchairs.
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By B. Colby Hamilton | July 11, 2017
A group of Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump are suing after a request to be unblocked on First Amendment grounds went unheeded.
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By Martin A. Schwartz | July 10, 2017
In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin A. Schwartz writes that the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the Ninth Circuit's "provocation doctrine" on the ground that it was inconsistent with Fourth Amendment excessive force jurisprudence. The court held that whether officers who conduct an unconstitutional search are liable for injuries from their subsequent use of force depends upon the application of traditional proximate cause principles—but applying proximate causation in these circumstances is easier said than done.
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | July 10, 2017
New Jersey presented a great lesson for the nation recently on censorship and First Amendment values.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | July 7, 2017
C.A. 4th; G053126 The Fourth Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment. The court held that police officers did not have an…
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By Andrew Denney | July 7, 2017
Lawyers for The New York Times came out swinging on Friday in Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against the paper over an editorial linking her to a mass shooting, arguing the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate could not show The Times acted with actual malice.
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