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Shoe Throwing Journalist Receives Three Year Sentence

Posted on March 13, 2009
That Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President Bush was sentenced to three years in jail. Read more here.

SNL Parodies Hawaiian Tourists, and Hawaiian Lt. Gov. Takes Offense

Posted on March 13, 2009
Hawaii's Lieutenant Governor is among those objecting to a recently aired Saturday Night Live skit that parodies locals who entertain visitors to the islands. Lieutenant Governor James "Duke" Aiona says he'll send a letter of protest to SNL executive producer...

Newspaper Asks Court To Void Labor Contract

Posted on March 12, 2009
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, now seeking bankruptcy protection, wants to invalidate a labor contract in order to put its financial house in order. Read more here.

North Carolina Writer Says Warner Brothers Swiped "Monster-in-Law" Idea

Posted on March 12, 2009
North Carolina writer Sheri Gilbert is suing Jane Fonda, Jennifer Lopez and other involved with the 2005 movie Monster-in-Law, alleging that the film is based on her script, written in 1998. The defendants say a hostile mom-in-law from hell is...

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Trademarks as False Advertising

Posted on March 12, 2009
Shahar Dillbar, University of Alabama School of Law, has published "Trademarks as a Media for False Advertising," as University of Alabama Public Law Research Paper NO. 1351862. Here is the abstract. This article explores an unnoticed aspect of trademark law...

ASA Says Christian Party Slogan OK As Advertisement

Posted on March 12, 2009
Even though it has generated more than one thousand complaints so far, that Christian Party advertisement is staying up wherever it is. The Advertising Standards Authority considers it "electioneering material" and according to ASA codes, it is permissible even though...

MP Released After Two Weeks

Posted on March 12, 2009
The "texting peer," Lord Ahmed, is free after serving two weeks of a three month sentence. The Court of Appeal has ordered his release. See an earlier post on his conviction and sentence here.

An ECHR Ruling On Internet Defamation

Posted on March 12, 2009
Cearta blogger Eoin O'Dell has a long and informative post on the recently decided ECHR case of Times Newspapers v. United Kingdom. The Court considered whether the UK's law violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. On...

Pillow Fight!

Posted on March 11, 2009
San Francisco authorities appear to have had ENOUGH after a "flash mob" of up to 3000 people appeared on February 14 armed with pillows and had great fun for six hours having at one another. Participants didn't clean up, leaving...

What Not To Say

Posted on March 11, 2009
The tabloid OK! has apologized for updating former Spice Girls Victoria Beckham's wardrobe in a recent cover. She was actually wearing a red dress, but OK! fashion police editors apparently thought she looked better in black. The photo also shows...

Anti-Putin Song Out of Eurovision Song Contest

Posted on March 11, 2009
The Republic of Georgia may be anti-Putin, but the Eurovision song contest folks aren't. They've told Georgia to pull its entry, "We Don't Wanna Put In," and submit something else. The song and its lyrics are, well, against the rules,...

Medical Justice

Posted on March 11, 2009
A hot blogosphere topic this week: the website Medical Justice, which advertises that it is "Relentlessly Protecting Physicians From Frivolous Lawsuits." According to the site's founders, its purpose is to promote an agreement between physicians and patients that would deter...

Christopher Hitchens in Beirut

Posted on March 11, 2009
Michael J. Totten, who has written for Commentary, Reason, and the Wall Street Journal, recounts about what happened when �crivain engag� Christopher Hitchens wrote on a Syrian Social Nationist Party sign during a recent visit to Beirut, and members who...

Novelist Must Pay Lawyers' Fees In Dispute Over Film

Posted on March 10, 2009
Novelist Clive Cussler, who lost a suit against Crusader Entertainment, the studio that took his book Sahara to the big screen, now has a big bill for lawyers' fees. The movie starred Penelope Cruz and Matthew McConaughey, and it got...

Appeals Court Reverses Trial Court, Finds Anti-SLAPP Statute Applies To Reporter's Conduct

Posted on March 10, 2009
In an unpublished opinion out of the 1st Circuit court of appeal (California), the court reversed the lower court. Plaintiff had sued a San Francisco newspaper and its reporter/photographer for invasion of privacy. The defendants filed an anti-SLAPP motion...

Google, PRS Negotiations Over Licensing Break Down

Posted on March 10, 2009
Google and the (British) Performing Rights Society for Music have been unable to come to an agreement concerning licensing fees. As a result, YouTube is yanking popular videos from labels such as EMI, Warner, and Sony as well as smaller...

An Added Burden For Speakers In Copyright Law

Posted on March 10, 2009
Ned Snow, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, School of Law, has published "Proving Fair Use: Burden of Proof as Burden of Speech." Here is the abstract. Courts have created a burden of proof in copyright that chills protected speech. The doctrine....

Mexican Journalist Asks For Asylum in US

Posted on March 10, 2009
National Public Radio has this story about Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez Soto's request for political asylum in the U.S., based on stories he has written about crime in northern Chihuahua. He alleges that members of the military have made threats...

Cook County Sheriff Sues Craiglist Over "Erotic Ads"

Posted on March 10, 2009
As if Cook County weren't in the news enough lately, its sheriff is suing Craigslist over its "erotic services" section, alleging that it promotes prostitution. Sheriff Thomas Dart says that Craigslist is ""the single largest source of prostitution in the...

SSRN Announces New Journal In Law, Politics and the Media

Posted on March 10, 2009
SSRN, the abstracting service, has announced a new journal in law, politics, and the media. Here's more information. View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Law-Politics-Media.htmlPreview the First Issue: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/sample_issues/1321348_CMBO...

Japanese Magicians Lose Case Over Disclosure of Secrets

Posted on March 09, 2009
That Japanese magicians' lawsuit against the Nippon Television Network alleging exposure was apparently dismissed. I'm relying here on a blogpost since I don't read Japanese. The problem here for the magicians was that the broadcasts involved centered on the delivery...

BBC Institutes New Producer Policy

Posted on March 06, 2009
The BBC is putting in place a new policy that prevents talent and agents from producing their own shows, either on radio or television. The reason? A new emphasis on compliance with BBC and Ofcom rules. However, some individuals, like...

Manhattan D.A.'s Office Charges Son With Identity Theft, Impersonation, In Attempt To "Influence Debate" on Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted on March 06, 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the arrest of Raphael Haim Golb, a New York attorney, on "charges of identity theft, criminal impersonation, and aggravated harassment" for allegedly going after those who challenged or in his opinion refused adequately to...

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