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Virginia McDonald's Bars Under-21-Year-Olds from Eating Inside. Is That Legal?

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"This Case Has Ended Up in a Rather Confusing Procedural Neverland," "in a Peter Pan-esque State of Immaturity,"

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Transcendental Remediation: $2.6M Settlement in Lawsuit Over Chicago Public School Transcendental Meditation Program

Religion and the Law Eugene Volokh | 5.9.2025 8:01 AM The ABA Journal (Debra Cassens Weiss) reports on the...

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Free Speech Unmuted: Can AI Companies Be Sued For What AI Says? |

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.9.2025 11:47 AM A mother sues Character.AI, claiming that a conversation between her teenage son and a Character.AI...

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Hate Crime Hoax Could Be Constitutionally Unprotected True Threat

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.9.2025 1:36 PM From today's decision by Judge Regina M. Rodriguez (D. Colo.) in U.S. v. Bernard : Colorado Springs,...

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Should Streisand Warnings Join Miranda Warnings?

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Friday Open Thread

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"Justice Is Not Served by Allowing This Game of Whack-a-Mole to Continue"

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Reasonable to Deny Pseudonymity to Plaintiff Who Seeks to Conceal That She Has Epilepsy

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Penalty Based Partly on Divorcing Wife's Destroying $1800 Bottle of Scotch

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Dating Violence Restraining Order Reversed Because Court Relied on Unauthenticated Anonymous Communications

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Claim Can Go Forward Against American Publisher That Allegedly Knew Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder

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South Carolina Abortion Restriction May Be Void for Vagueness, But Doesn't Violate Free Exercise Clause

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Kanye West "Is Not Merely a Creator; He Is Art" (Say His Lawyers)

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Festivus + Jews + Kanye West + Litigation

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Court Throws Out Emotional Distress Lawsuit Brought by Jewish Student Over UNLV Anti-Israel Protests

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Wednesday Open Thread

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Are Employment Lawyers Disclosing the Reputational Risks of Litigation to Their Clients?

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.6.2025 2:14 PM From Monday's decision by Judge Woods in Hui v. Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y. (S.D.N.Y.): On April 30,...

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Third Circuit: No Establishment Clause Violation in School Lessons on Islam

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No Dragon, No Pseudonymity, No Nothin'

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Illinois Act Protecting "Lawful Reproductive or Gender Affirming Care" Doesn't Shield World Prof. Ass'n for Transgender Health (WPATH) from Subpoena

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No Preliminary Injunction for Yale MBA Student Suing Over Discipline for Alleged Use of AI on Exam

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Compelled Head-Shaving of Mental Patient With Severe Head Lice Infestation Violated Constitution

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Nearly $2M Award Upheld for Former College Tennis Coach Who Sued Over Rumor of Improper Sexual Relationship with Player

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Monday Open Thread

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Court Holds Anti-DEI Executive Orders Don't Facially Violate First Amendment

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Sperm Racing

Sperm Racing
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Judge Easterbrook: Public Universities Should Have Free Hand in Restricting Professors' Teaching

Judge Easterbrook: Public Universities Should Have Free Hand in Restricting Professors' Teaching
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The First Amendment and the Trump Administration's Anti-DEI Executive Orders

The First Amendment and the Trump Administration's Anti-DEI Executive Orders
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Shedeur Sanders Fan Sues NFL for Emotional Distress Over Sanders' Late Draft Pick

Shedeur Sanders Fan Sues NFL for Emotional Distress Over Sanders' Late Draft Pick
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First Amendment Injunction Against Administration in Perkins Coie Law Firm Case

First Amendment Injunction Against Administration in Perkins Coie Law Firm Case
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Friday Open Thread

Friday Open Thread
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Anonymous Would-Be Intervenor Seeks TRO, Relying Heavily on AI Output, in Harvard's Challenge to Funds Freeze

Anonymous Would-Be Intervenor Seeks TRO, Relying Heavily on AI Output, in Harvard's Challenge to Funds Freeze
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Federal Law Doesn't Require Evicting D.C. Subsidized Housing Residents for Pleading Guilty to Possessing Unregistered Guns

Federal Law Doesn't Require Evicting D.C. Subsidized Housing Residents for Pleading Guilty to Possessing Unregistered Guns
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Federal Government Urges S. Ct. to Take Second Amendment Case

Federal Government Urges S. Ct. to Take Second Amendment Case
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Elon Musk's Case Against OpenAI Can Go Forward, as to Some Claims

Elon Musk's Case Against OpenAI Can Go Forward, as to Some Claims
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Another Federal Judge Concludes Aliens Generally Can't Be Deported for Their Political Advocacy

Another Federal Judge Concludes Aliens Generally Can't Be Deported for Their Political Advocacy
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Large Libel Models: New AI Libel Lawsuit, Brought by Conservative Activist Robby Starbuck Against Meta

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Journal of Free Speech Law: "Humanist Copyright," by Jane Ginsburg

Journal of Free Speech Law:
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Wednesday Open Thread

Wednesday Open Thread
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Deportation for "Pro-Palestine or Anti-Israel Political Speech" May Violate the First Amendment, Court Holds

Deportation for
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"Bottom Line Up Front"

Eugene Volokh | 4.29.2025 1:00 PM I just came across this section heading in a federal filing; an excerpt: The principle that one should include at...

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N.Y. Decision on Showing Required for #TheyLied Defamation Claims Based on Allegations of Sexual Assault

N.Y. Decision on Showing Required for #TheyLied Defamation Claims Based on Allegations of Sexual Assault
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Exit the Dragon

Exit the Dragon
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First Annual Hoover Institution (Stanford) / ASU Law Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop

First Annual Hoover Institution (Stanford) / ASU Law Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshop

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 4.28.2025 1:28 PM Are you a law student, judicial law clerk, or lawyer hoping to publish your first, second, or third...

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Monday Open Thread

Monday Open Thread
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Maine Lawyer Tries to Get Federal Government Lawyer Investigated for Litigating Government's Claim Related to Transgender Athletes

Maine Lawyer Tries to Get Federal Government Lawyer Investigated for Litigating Government's Claim Related to Transgender Athletes
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Apparent AI Hallucinations in Defense Filing in Coomer v. Lindell / My Pillow Election-Related Libel Suit

Apparent AI Hallucinations in Defense Filing in Coomer v. Lindell / My Pillow Election-Related Libel Suit
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No Problem with Expert's Using ChatGPT to Confirm His Work

No Problem with Expert's Using ChatGPT to Confirm His Work
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Friday Open Thread

Friday Open Thread
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