News & Analysis as of

Civil Liability First Amendment

Lathrop GPM

Whistleblowers Get a Stronger Whistle: The False Claims Act Liability Under President Trump’s DEI Order

Lathrop GPM on

One of the new administration’s Executive Orders, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Base Opportunity,” has significant potential impact on companies operating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...more

Williams Mullen

Assessing and Mitigating Legal Risk: Emerging Trends and Challenges to the PLCAA

Williams Mullen on

Recent developments may cause firearms manufacturers to reevaluate their business and marketing practices to lessen their legal exposure. As we wrote previously, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) provides...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

NFTs and the Right of Publicity: Assessing the Legal Risks

Latham & Watkins LLP on

NFT creators should craft strategies to avoid minting or auctioning NFTs that use the likeness of an individual without their consent. As non-fungible tokens (NFTs) increase in popularity, the so-called common law “right of...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Federal Court Blocks Florida Law Aimed at Social Media Giants

Bilzin Sumberg on

A federal judge recently blocked a Florida law that would have penalized social media companies for removing, or refusing to publish, posts by politicians. Florida legislators approved the legislation after Facebook, Twitter...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Cities are Not Liable for Lessees’ Exercise of Choice in Speakers

Ninth Circuit Affirms Limits on Private and Municipal Liability for First Amendment Violations - The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that it takes more than some joint action with the government for a private...more

Jackson Walker

US Supreme Court Grabs Attention of Tech Giants as Past Immunity Granted by Section 230 Is Called Into Question

Jackson Walker on

While this was a big week for the United States Supreme Court with the confirmation of Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Clarence Thomas’ written statement following the Court’s October 12, 2020, decision in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends, Issue 8

This eighth edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, follows what we hope was a restful and meaningful Memorial Day weekend. For the third week in a row, shutdown challenges, workers'...more

Jackson Walker

First Amendment Watchdogs Warily Regard Passage of FOSTA

Jackson Walker on

In March, the Senate almost unanimously passed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (“FOSTA”). On April 11, President Trump signed FOSTA into law. As the name implies, Congress’ goal is to give law...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide