Los Angeles Will Pay $300K to Settle Lawsuit Against Journalist Over Undercover Photos June 21, 2024 By Jaimie Ding Los Angeles has agreed to pay $300,000 to cover the legal fees of a local journalist and a technology watchdog...
Nurse Honored for Compassion Is Fired After Referring to Gaza ‘Genocide’ in Speech May 31, 2024 By Karen Matthews A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as a...
First Amendment Does Not Protect Social Media Retaliation Against Employees May 29, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal court in Vermont recently ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a construction firm and its officials...
NRA to Have Surprising Defender in Supreme Court Free Speech Case: the ACLU December 11, 2023 By Philip Marcelo In a case of politics making strange bedfellows, the National Rifle Association will be represented by frequent nemesis the American...
NYU Langone Doctor Sues Over Firing for Posts Backing Israel November 20, 2023 By David Voreacos, Bloomberg A doctor who ran a cancer center at NYU Langone Health filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired for social...
Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenge to Public Adjuster Law October 30, 2023 By Jim Sams Insurers and the Texas Department of Insurance hope to persuade the state Supreme Court to block a constitutional challenge to...
Court Allows Philly Cops Fired Over Facebook Posts to Pursue 1st Amendment Claims June 13, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam A dozen Philadelphia police officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts can pursue a...
Small Town Debates Students’ Pastry Mural. Is It Art or Zoning Violation? April 19, 2023 By Kathy McCormack and Robert F. Bukaty CONWAY, N.H. (AP) – Bakery owner Sean Young was thrilled when high school art students covered the big blank wall...
In Supreme Court Jack Daniel’s Case, a Free Speech Fight Over a Dog Toy March 20, 2023 By Blake Brittain A trademark dispute over a poop-themed dog toy shaped like a Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle coming before the U.S. Supreme...
Families of 2018 Texas School Shooting Settle Suit With Ammo Retailer February 14, 2023 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON (AP) – The families of those killed and injured in a 2018 Texas high school shooting have settled a...