A federal judge has released a tentative order tossing a lawsuit by a California law school that challenged bar-passage disclosure requirements as compelled speech that violated the First Amendment.
U.S. District Court Judge Dennis Cavanaugh ruled Friday that a New Jersey law aimed at fighting the sexual trafficking of minors conflicts with federal law and likely violates the First…
Corrected: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is defending his state’s anti-sodomy law in the prosecution of a man accused of demanding oral sex from a 17-year-old girl.
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for middle school students in a Pennsylvania school district to show their support for breast-cancer awareness by wearing “I (heart) boobies” bracelets.
A former assistant attorney general in Virginia claims in a lawsuit that she was improperly fired because of suspicions she called her boss an “egomaniac” in an anonymous comment on…
The attorneys general of Texas and Indiana have filed an amicus brief (PDF) with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that prayers by mostly Christian clergy members before legislative meetings…
A former assistant prosecutor in suburban Chicago can assert a First Amendment claim concerning his allegation that he was fired for cooperating when he was subpoenaed by a special prosecutor…
Corrected: As she was taking the Massachusetts Bar Exam on Thursday, a Muslim woman was handed a note by a proctor informing her that she would have to remove her…
A bankruptcy trustee won’t pursue “exclusive worldwide rights” to Casey Anthony’s story in exchange for her agreement to pay $25,000 to help pay creditors.
A Justice Department lawyer advised the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that it had no legal authority to block transmission of a speech by Leon Trotsky.
A federal appeals court is allowing a former college athlete to pursue a right-of-publicity lawsuit against a video game maker that used an avatar with his…
A federal judge in Michigan has dismissed a free-speech suit filed by an Oakland University student who was banned from campus for several semesters after writing an…
The Kentucky Attorney General’s office says one of its lawyers “inadvertently” used its official letterhead when he sent a cease-and-desist letter to a nationally syndicated parenting columnist.
A wide swath of interest groups, ranging from Greenpeace to gun rights advocates, have joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a coalition of 19 organizations in filing a legal challenge…
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