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Posted on October 1, 2022 Blogging

Likelihood of peregrination – Minnesota CLE

I’ve been ’round so long I don’t hardly even know what square is.  I want to thank Minnesota CLE for having me on February 16, 2016.  You can... Read more

Posted on July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Free Expression

Circuit Split: Do Public Officials Violate the First Amendment When They Block Social Media Comments? (Guest Post)

Nearly 75% of America’s population today actively uses social media. Facebook and Twitter have become invaluable channels of information, and are often the main source... Read more

Posted on May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Social Media

The short and sorry history of online content moderation – NJSBA CLE panel presentation

I told you I was doing this here. And it was loads of fun! Read more

Posted on May 3, 2022 Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure (Best of 2016)

First posted on May 6, 2016. Interesting.  This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws... Read more

Parody Chik-fil-A Twitter
Posted on April 14, 2022 Parody and Satire

Please unfollow

Is it me? I don’t think it’s me. Originally posted 2019-08-09 12:03:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

person holding phone while logging in on instagram application
Posted on March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 My Brand of Comedy

Instagurlz

You should subscribe to Julie Nolke’s channel (and my slightly less popular one of course). Read more

Posted on October 16, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

Yelp for evidence

Anonymous online comments as proof of a LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION at the preliminary injunction stage? Evan Brown explains: In a trademark case between competing health clubs,... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Section 230

The Section 230 Illusion

My first contribution to the newly reconfigured Human Events: NEW: The Section 230 Illusion. Publisher or Platform? What if it doesn’t matter? Check out the... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Section 230

You are the product

Great white paper on this issue by ?@RonColeman?. If you’re really concerned about this, dive deeper before marking arguments. ?? https://t.co/lyGkhNKqHL — Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq)... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2021 Trademarks and trademark law

Social media is evidence

Earlier this month (on August 15, 2016), two of my Archer & Greiner colleagues, Dan Farino and  Douglas Leney, published an article in the National... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Free Expression

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 .... Read more

NYSBA Social Media Ethics Guidelines 2019
Posted on November 4, 2019November 20, 2019 Law Practice and Profession

Social media guidelines for lawyers from the NYSBA

You've heard about the new NYSBA Social Media Ethics Guidelines, right? Hear more about it at the @nyipla one-day seminar on Nov. 13th Read more

Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Photography

Photographs, tag-backs and bad facts

Well… https://t.co/Tp1owKLRoy — Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse) July 22, 2019 Frankly, it’s been done before, and in the Second Circuit, you could do it, and... Read more

Posted on March 15, 2019March 18, 2021 Free Expression

Malice aforethought

It’s me, on the Michael Malice show, talking about censorship, social media and The Slants case. Read more

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