Archive for November, 2015

Sheriff’s letters to Visa and MasterCard demanding that they stop doing business with Backpage.com violate the First Amendment

by   |  11.30.15  |  Free Speech

The Seventh Circuit holds unconstitutional the action by the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois (the county that contains Chicago), Tom Dart.

Source: Sheriff’s letters to Visa and MasterCard demanding that they stop doing business with Backpage.com violate the First Amendment More »

U-Va. fraternity files $25 million lawsuit against Rolling Stone

by   |  11.10.15  |  Free Speech

The Phi Kappa Psi chapter at the University of Virginia filed a $25 million lawsuit Monday against Rolling Stone for the fraternity’s portrayal in a 2014 story alleging that its members gang-raped a freshman in 2012. More »

NWA manager Jerry Heller files $110m Straight Outta Compton libel suit

by   |  11.02.15  |  Free Speech

Veteran mogul says record-breaking rap biopic paints him unfairly as a shady business operator and architect of the famed hip-hop group’s breakup More »