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Tag Archives: First Amendment
Ninth Circuit upholds Redondo Beach’s crackdown on day laborers
The LA Times reports here: A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Redondo Beach city authorities are entitled to prohibit people from soliciting work or money by approaching motorists in the street. The 2-1 ruling by a panel of the … Continue reading
LA Prevails in appeal over unpermitted billboards
The LA Times reports: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed a major victory to the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday in its fight against the proliferation of unpermitted billboards, reversing a federal judge’s ruling that struck down a … Continue reading
Tattoo Parlor owner asserts First Amendment Right to open shop in Hermosa Beach
The L.A. Times reports here. Anderson, owner of the Yer Cheat’n Heart tattoo parlor in Gardena, said he thinks his store is in a seedy neighborhood and sought to move to a vacant storefront in Hermosa Beach in 2006. His … Continue reading
Posting a protest sign on your own front lawn is not against the law
Good news. In California, the right of free speech is still alive and well. When neighbors posted protest signs on their own front lawns about a company’s plan to sell timeshares, the company sued the neighbors for defamation, slander of … Continue reading
Apple again at center of debate over Reporter’s Shield Protection for bloggers
Four years ago, I was part of a legal team that represented a group of bloggers that filed a friend of the court brief in O’Grady v. Superior Court, a legal proceeding that tested, among other things, whether bloggers were … Continue reading
Wednesday Legal News Round Up
Notable legal news and views from around the legal world: The AP reports that the U.S. government has agreed to remove over 50 decaying military ships from a California bay over concerns that the ships were leaking toxic materials into … Continue reading
CA Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Challenge to California’s Law Protecting Winesses from Threats of Retaliation
The Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports: The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed yesterday to hear a First Amendment overbreadth challenge to a statute making it a crime to threaten retaliation against a witness. The justices, at their weekly conference in San Francisco, … Continue reading
Mendoza v. ADP Screening and Selection Services, Inc.
Today the Second District Court of Appeal issued an opinion dealing with the use of sex offender information published on the Megan’s Law Website (MLW) and the First Amendment: The appeal before us today arises from a case in which … Continue reading
Ninth Circuit strikes down California’s ban on selling violent video games to kids
The AP reports: A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a California law that sought to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 2005 law … Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court holds oral argument on FCC’s power to regulate indecency
The LA Times reports: Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court justices talked about indecency and foul language today, but they did so without using any of the actual words that federal regulators hope to ban from television and radio … Continue reading
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