Look to the Bay Area for new battles on the commercial speech front. In these fights, you can really see how the conservative movement’s campaign against regulation is deploying the First Amendment. First, there’s the cellphone industry fight against Berkeley’s new requirement that mobile phone vendors warn against cell phone radiation. The warning reads: “If … Continue reading The Corporate Takeover of the First Amendment: All Eyes on the Bay Area…
Author: Ellen Goodman
In Open Letter to Google, 80 Internet Scholars Press for More Transparency on Right to Be Forgotten Compliance
One year ago, the European Court of Justice, in Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González, ordered search engines to respond to users’ requests to delist results on searches of their names that allegedly violate user privacy rights. This has become known as the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) ruling. Today, 80 technology scholars from … Continue reading In Open Letter to Google, 80 Internet Scholars Press for More Transparency on Right to Be Forgotten Compliance…
Rutgers Law Adjunct Professor Eli Segal Wins First Amendment Case Striking Down PA “Revictimization Act”
In sweeping language, Federal District Court Judge struck down Pennsylvania’s “Revictimization Relief Act” which made it a crime for violent “offenders” (undefined) to speak in ways that cause offense to victims. Prevailing plaintiffs had characterized the law as the “Silencing Act.” Passed and signed hastily by former Governor Corbett, the law was a reaction to the fact that … Continue reading Rutgers Law Adjunct Professor Eli Segal Wins First Amendment Case Striking Down PA “Revictimization Act”…
Mourning Professor Greg Lastowka
Acting Dean Oberdiek reported today the tragic news that Professor Greg Lastowka died late last night, “surrounded by his wife Carol and their sons Adam and Daniel, following a courageous year-long battle against a rare and aggressive form of throat cancer.” As a member of the faculty since 2004, Greg was a leading scholar of intellectual property … Continue reading Mourning Professor Greg Lastowka…
Professor Goodman and RIIPL to Guide NJ Journalists on Digital Newsgathering Law
Professor Ellen P. Goodman is thrilled to announce the receipt of a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in support of a RIIPL project on digital journalism. The grant comes from the Foundation’s journalism sustainability project, with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Working with students, Goodman … Continue reading Professor Goodman and RIIPL to Guide NJ Journalists on Digital Newsgathering Law…