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Articles in Channel: Media, Entertainment & Sports Law
AG Mukasey on How to Handle Detainees:
Today's WSJ has an op-ed by U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey that addresses similar issues to the speech he was delivering last night at the Federalist Society's Annual Lawyers' Convention...
PRC Government Allows Press to Report "Bad News"
Reuters reports that Beijing is allowing the Chinese press to report "bad news." The thought seems to be that this approach will mitigate some of the negative effects of stories that spread through new communications technologies, such as the Internet,...
Update On Cancelled TV
Media TV update for Friday: MSNBC.com's Linda Holmes suggests there's a dearth of understanding of medmal on Grey's Anatomy. "Hilariously, it was decided that, for performing unauthorized and unnecessary surgery on a patient they almost killed, the creepy interns would...
Jon Gaunt and Freedom of Speech
Meanwhile, the Guardian's Mark Lawson sticks up for freedom of speech--even shock jock Jon Gaunt's--after Mr. Gaunt is fired from TalkSport over his remarks about "health Nazis." He compares the reaction to Mr. Gaunt's remarks, and his firing, with what...
Do You Now Own, or Have You Ever Owned, a Gun?
The Politico reports on a curious addition to the Obama transition personnel questionnaire for potential appointees to the new Administration....
You Too Can Reject a Minnesota Senate Ballot:
Why let the Norm Coleman and Al Franken campaigns have all the fun. Thanks to Minnesota Public Radio, you can look at pictures of actual ballots cast in the Minnesota...
Illegal To Use the Rain Water That Falls on Your Roof?
From High Country News:...
Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder, the First Amendment, and Crime-Facilitating Speech:
InstaPundit points to a 1999 program in which Eric Holder -- then Deputy Attorney General, and now President-Elect Obama's choice for Attorney General -- was expressing support for "reasonable restrictions"...
BBC Trust On Brand/Ross Calls To Andrew Sachs
The BBC Trust has spoken. Its head, Sir Michael Lyons, noted that the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross situation could have been "avoided" if the BBC had paid attention to its own guidelines, and the pair was likely to be troublesome. But...
Demand Elasticity for ICE Services
The Wall Street Journal today reported that many electricity utilities in the United States have experienced an unexpected decline in demand, particularly from residential users. It comes as no surprise to me that even essential public utility services have some demand elasticity, i.e.,...