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Congress, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, Politics November 12, 2009November 12, 2009

ACORN Challenges Congressional Ban on Federal Funds

ACORN is continuing its approach of “the best defense is a good offense.” The group has not only sued the…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society, Torts September 24, 2009September 24, 2009

Contrition Through Aggression: ACORN Sues Filmmakers While Claiming Regret Over Misconduct of its Employees

As we discussed earlier, ACORN has decided to move forward with a lawsuit against the independent filmmakers who showed its…

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Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society, Torts September 14, 2009September 14, 2009

ACORN Threatens Legal Action Against Filmmaker Over Investigative Film

ACORN has fired the two employees shown in the recent undercover video by filmmaker James O’Keefe of Veritas Visuals— showing…

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Bizarre, Congress, Politics, Society September 10, 2009September 13, 2009

ACORNs in the Fire: Video Allegedly Shows Employees Advising a (Faux) Pimp and Prostitute on How To Lie to the Government and Seek Support

ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) has long been a target for conservative organizations and one such organization…

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Columns, Constitutional Law, Free Speech July 8, 2019July 8, 2019

France Emerges As One Of The World’s Greatest Threats To Free Speech

Below is my column on the vote scheduled for this week by France to impose a new regulation on Internet…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Free Speech, International, Media, Politics, Society June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

Controversial Filmmaker O’Keefe Detained At Border By Customs

Conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe has reported that he was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents Monday when attempting…

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Filed under: James O’Keefe
Constitutional Law, Torts March 9, 2013

It’s Hard Out There For A Pimp

-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Juan Carlos Vera will receive (US)$100,000 in a settlement of his lawsuit against…

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Criminal law, Justice, Media, Politics, Uncategorized September 30, 2012June 24, 2015

Deja Vue in Florida?

Respectfully submitted by Lawrence Rafferty (rafflaw)- Guest Blogger It seems that trouble is brewing again in the State of Florida…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Politics, Society April 14, 2010April 14, 2010

Maryland Police Officer Pulls Gun During Traffic Stop And Then Colleagues Arrest Motorcyclist For Filming the Incident

We have been following a dangerous trend in both the United States and abroad where citizens are arrested for taking…

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Bizarre, Society, Torts February 27, 2010February 27, 2010

Yelp Accused of Extortion in Trading Positive Review for Advertising Money

Yelp, a site that allows customers to write reviews of businesses, is the subject of an interesting lawsuit that alleges…

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Bizarre, Courts, Criminal law, Lawyering, Media, Society January 30, 2010January 30, 2010

O’Keefe Goes Public With Defense on Landrieu Controversy

Conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe has gone public with what is likely to be his defense at trial to the felony…

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Bizarre, Courts, Criminal law, Media, Politics, Society January 28, 2010January 31, 2010

Filmmaker O’Keefe Tweets on Pending Charges

It appears that conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe is continuing to comment on his case. Raw Story and other sites are…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Politics, Society January 26, 2010January 27, 2010

Pimped Out: Filmmaker James O’Keefe and Son of U.S. Attorney Arrested in Possible Effort to Bug Office of Sen. Mary Landrieu

In what must be great news for ACORN, the filmmaker that was responsible for the recent controversy has been arrested…

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Courts, Lawyering, Politics, Society October 18, 2008October 18, 2008

Supreme Court Rules Against GOP Voter Challenge into Ohio While Obama Campaign Calls for Investigation in FBI/McCain Links

This week is ending with a bang with the Supreme Court reversing a decision of the Sixth Circuit that ordered…

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