Media & Entertainment Law

Barak-Erez & Scharia on Freedom of Speech & Support for Terrorism
Daphne Barak-Erez and David Scharia (Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law and Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate UN Security Council) have posted Freedom of Speech, Support for Terrorism, and the Challenge of Global Constitutional Law (Harvard National Security...

Obama's Speech on National Security: "The Most Difficult Issue We Have to Face"
In his speech on Thursday about Protecting Our Security and Our Values, President Obama touched on many of the challenges posed by the threat of terrorism. I want to address one challenge in particular: What should we do with "detainees...

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
(Eugene Volokh) The Court just handed down its decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project. There?s a lot there that?s important for free speech law, even for contexts far outside national security and anti-terrorism laws...

Barak-Erez and Scharia on Freedom of Speech and Support of Terrorism
Daphne Barak-Erez (pictured) and David Scharia (Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law and Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate UN Security Council) have posted Freedom of Speech, Support for Terrorism, and the Challenge of Global Constitutional Law (Harvard National...

Terrorism and speech
In a piece for FindLaw's Writ, Joanne Mariner considers terrorism and speech: Restrictions of all sorts have multiplied in the heightened security environment of the last six-and-a-half years, so it should be no surprise that, around the world, legal restrictions on speech have tightened...

Dem Convention: judge hears arguments on free speech vs. security
The New York Times reports: A federal trial in a lawsuit seeking to ease strict security provisions at the Democratic National Convention ended Thursday with repeated questions from the judge about how the rules impinge on free speech, as the...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits