first amendment

When is Reality TV Journalism? The Realhousewives Lawyer Up

David A. Hoffman
January 06, 2009 21:05

I'm a tremendous fan of no good television. Indeed, I've been known to watch Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City, to fill the long hours waiting for the new episodes of Top Chef. As it turns out, the...I'm a tremendous fan of no good television. Indeed, I've been known to watch Bravo's...

Distinction Between Public and Private Speech

Frank Crivelli
January 06, 2009 19:27

  In Brennan v. Township of Fairfield, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey addressed an important topic for public safety officers, freedom of speech. In this case, Plaintiff, a police officer, alleged he was retaliated against for distributing a memorandum on...

1st Holds High Level Employee Can Be Terminated Because of His Political Affiliation

Mitchell H. Rubinstein

January 06, 2009 05:14

Nader v. Blair, ___F.3d___(4th Cir. Dec. 12, 2008), is an interesting decision. Employer's motion for summary judgment was properly granted on Appellant's claims that she was unlawfully terminated based on her political affiliation. The position of Assistant Director at the...

Australia Postpones Filtering Test

December 26, 2008 21:05

Australia’s Labor government has delayed testing its proposed mandatory Internet filtering system until mid-January 2009, when it will announce which ISPs are taking part. The Associated Press has good coverage of the controversy over censorship in Oz. You can download my paper analyzing...

"Not a cough in a carload:" Images from the Tobacco Industry's Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking

Frank Pasquale
December 22, 2008 23:35

In 2005, Stanford's Humanities Center hosted the conference called "Agnotology: The Cultural Production of Ignorance, which included papers like "Manufacturing Uncertainty: Contested Science and the Protection of the Public's Health & Environment" and "Deny, Deny, Deny: How to Sow Confusion...In...