Archive for June, 2006

I need to look further into this. A year or so ago the English courts made an effort to curb libel forum-shopping. Ireland apparently isn’t concerned about it, yet. More »

We’ll discuss this early on in class. The subject matter makes for a good test question. More »

Media ownership regulation is probably the area most in flux in communication law these days. More »

It’s always a good exercise to look at these cases and ponder how they would have been decided under American law. More »

True crime novels can be a breeding ground for libel accusations. Here’s one from Cape Cod.

A Nevada school cut the microphone when a valedictorian started speaking about God in graduation. This situation is on the edge of the free exercise, establishment and free speech frontier. More »

The Smoking Gun often has some good copyright stuff. This includes the filings. More »

The 11th Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit Thursday against KWES-TV, the Odessa American and OA staff writer David J. Lee. The TV station and the newspaper reasonably relied on the police press release that they had arrested a sex offender who turned out not to be a sex offender. More »

Law professor Eugene Volokh offers a pretty impressive and reasoned defense of intellectual property on his blog this week. More »

You’d think folks on both sides of the pond would tire of “titillating tell-alls” about the Prince of Wales and the rest of Britain’s royal family, but a former secretary is touting her tales of shenanigans within the House of Winsor.

However, Prince Charles’ lawyers are seeking to stop the book before it hits the racks. People reading these stories may end up believing the Prince is weird or something. More »