WFAF v. de Blasio – Motion for preliminary injunction
Ron ColemanA month ago we filed this. It accomplished a lot, but not with respect to the City of New York — whereas in Redmond City, Milwaukee and DC, they got…
Fireworks over the First Amendment
At least I hope so. Here are two briefs I filed on behalf of four fireworks companies in New York that have been put out of business under the rubric…
Washington Whatevers
Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the “Washington Football Team”, pending adoption of a new name, sources tell ESPN. This is not a final renaming and rebranding for team; this…
Facebook’s new and improved speech police
What could possibly go wrong? Let’s ask Brendan Carr, a member of the Federal Communications Commission. Click through for the whole thread but don’t . Meet your new speech police!…
Ethics in the Media – IJE Seminar
Ethics in the Media: Fake News, Free Speech, Censorship, Libel & Slander - American Law & Talmudic Ethics
Zuckspeak
Mark Zuckerberg sounds free speechy again. Why on earth wouldn't we trust him?
Dancing around Fred and Ginger
These are facts guaranteeing that future hilarity (i.e., litigation) will ensue -- two in particular. First, you have the classic declined-request-for-permission time bomb, which almost never disappoints. Then you have…
Malice aforethought
It’s me, on the Michael Malice show, talking about censorship, social media and The Slants case.
Gavin McInnes v. SPLC
Ron ColemanAlthough the SPLC Hate Designations are not empirical statements of fact, and are frequently entirely counter-factual, the SPLC Hate Designations are nonetheless intended by SPLC and treated by the mainstream…
Will Europe save America this time?
Europe just might save Americans' free speech and effectively our democracy by its willingness to act against Facebook
Free speech? Nothing 2(c) here
In ex parte appeal to TTAB, applicant argues that Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act violates the First Amendment under Matal v. Tam https://t.co/dWF9u7k5mI #trademarks pic.twitter.com/bEUr6ehMjH — Proof of Use…
The free-speech crackup
In case you thought we’d made any progress on free speech — and especially free speech and trademarks — by virtue of relatively recent cultural signals, the news is not…
That great, free First Amendment thing (Best of 2017)
First published July 24, 2017. I was recently, and very briefly, the toast of whatever for my efforts in making the world safe for nasty trademark registrations under the banner…