Tag Archives: first amendment

Court upholds SF’s required warning on sugar-sweetened beverage ads, including pure logos

Posted on May 23, 2016 by rtushnet

American Beverage Association v. City & County of San Francisco, No. 15-cv-03415 (N.D. Cal. May 17, 2016)   The court denied plaintiffs’ attempt to enjoin a sugar-sweetened beverage warning imposed on certain soda ads by San Francisco.  The warning is: … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Deception Roundtable, part 3

Posted on May 20, 2016 by rtushnet

Session 3 – Defamation and Speech Discussion Leaders: Amy Gajda, Rebecca Tushnet, Eric Goldman, Jessica Silbey   Silbey: Alvarez and a theory of deception as speech. The three opinions are helpfully, though perhaps erroneously, talking about bad speech in three … Continue reading →

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First Amendment/commercial speech conference in NYC, June 13

Posted on May 18, 2016 by rtushnet

Via Ron Collins at Concurring Opinions: On Monday, June 13th (8:45 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.) the Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression will host a major conference on the commercial speech doctrine. The event will take place in New York City. → Click here to register … Continue reading →

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Second Circuit narrowly interprets materiality for Lanham Act purposes

Posted on May 18, 2016 by rtushnet

Apotex Inc. v. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., — F.3d —-, 2016 WL 2848911, No. 14–4353–cv (2d Cir. May 16, 2016)   The parties compete to make tizanidine, a drug for treating spasticity. Apotex alleged that Acorda (i) filed a sham citizen … Continue reading →

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FESC: Choosing between approaches to 1A interpretation

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Andrew Tutt   Choosing Between Approaches to First Amendment Interpretation  Discussant: Vince Blasi   Fundamental questions of the options in interpretive methodology and criteria for choosing among them.  Main takeaway: values, assessing and implementing them, have no place in interpretation of … Continue reading →

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FESC: Regulation by Internet Intermediaries

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Regulation by Internet Intermediaries Moderator: Jack Balkin Emma Llanso & Rita Cant     “Internet Referral Units”: Co-Option of Private Content Moderation Systems for Extralegal Government Censorship Kate Klonick, discussant: Most UGC platforms have content standards to which users agree.  Impermissible nudity, … Continue reading →

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FESC: Sex offenders and anonymous speech

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

David Post & Annemarie Bridy         Sex Offenders, Anonymous Internet Speech, and the Constitution  Discussant: Jonathan Hafetz: Anonymity doctrine v. federal/state sex offender notification acts, which impose identity disclosure requirements on sex offenders. Over 800,000 people, a quarter of whom were … Continue reading →

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FESC: The Supreme Court of Sign Review: Reed and Its Aftermath

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Urja Mittal      The Supreme Board of Sign Review: Reed and its Aftermath            Discussant: Enrique Armijo   Armijo says “reaffirmed” and Mittal says “redefined” 1A doctrine.  Facial question of whether the gov’t regulation is content-based; purpose has no role in that … Continue reading →

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FESC: Relax about Town of Gilbert

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Enrique Armijo           Town of Gilbert: Relax Everybody    Presenter: Derek Bambauer   Argues that criticism of Reed is overblown/misplaced; argues in favor of the outcome.  Cleaned up dicta that caused lower courts to conflate content and viewpoint discrimination. Gilbert two step: … Continue reading →

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FESC: Trademark Registration and Free Speech

Posted on April 30, 2016 by rtushnet

Rebecca Tushnet        TheFirst Amendment Walks Into a Bar: Trademark Registration and Free Speech   Presenter: Deven Desai: Latest Trojan Horse in 1A law. §2(a) allows denial of registration for disparaging marks.  This piece of TM law is a chance to … Continue reading →

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