EFF and Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic: Anonymous speech protected by Illinois court
The Illinois Court of Appeals yesterday overturned a lower court ruling that had ordered the disclosure of the identity of an anonymous online critic of a political candidate, ruling that the First Amendment prevented such “fishing expeditions” undertaken by “those easily offended by online commentary.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Media Freedom and [...]
Members of Yale ISP File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Indecency Regulations
Brief amici curiae of Yale Law School Information Society Project Scholars, et al. filed. On September 14, Yale ISP fellows Priscilla Smith and Nicholas Bramble filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, urging the Court to refrain from using the case of Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations—which concerns the narrow question of [...]
Sorrell v. IMS Health (S. Ct. 2011)
The Supreme Court today issued its opinion in Sorrell v. IMS Health. (We’ll have to wait until Monday at 10am for its opinion in the violent video games case.) Here’s the opinion: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/10-779.pdf By way of background, Vermont passed a law restricting pharmacies from selling doctor-patient prescription information to data miners and to pharmaceutical companies. [...]
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