Media Law For Larry

This one's for you, Larry.

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On the morning of May 12, LinkedIn, the networking site devoted to making professionals “more productive and successful,” emailed scores of my contacts and told them I’m a professional racist.

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An adult novelty store in Burnsville is suing the city, saying a zoning provision preventing it from selling sexually explicit DVDs is unconstitutional.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Frustration mounted Wednesday as Minnesota lawmakers reviewed new proposed guidelines for body cameras and access to resulting footage, a policy exercise that has proven difficult amid demands for police accountability, personal privacy and transparency.

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UPDATED: “The Hateful Eight” and “The Revenant” have leaked to piracy sites after screeners were sent to voters for awards consideration, according to data issued Monday by Excipio. Both films were slated for a Christmas Day release.

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It’s been almost one year since millions of people — led by the world’s most repressive tyrants — marched in Paris ostensibly in favor of free speech.

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The legal saga of the monkey selfie continues: On Wednesday, a federal judge said the macaque who famously snapped a picture of himself cannot be declared the owner of the image's copyright. At least, until Congress says otherwise.

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Dave Philipps was well acquainted with the plight of troubled veterans when he heard about a soldier in the El Paso County jail two years ago. As a reporter at The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, Philipps had written extensively about veterans coping with life after combat.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Eau Claire man didn’t have a constitutional right to view pornography on a university library computer, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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Yoplait Greek yogurt featured in the ad. Updated: 1:55 p.m. | Posted: 1:07 p.m. A federal judge ordered Chobani to stop running ads that claim a competitor's yogurt contains pesticides. The case, which was transferred out of U.S.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When Fond du Lac High School student reporters published an article on sexual assault two years ago, they expected to ignite a conversation about rape, not free speech.

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Take note, people who demonstrate and disrupt government meetings. You don’t have a free speech right to do so, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today. The court ruled in the case of Robin Hensel of Little Falls, Minn., who “disrupted” a City Council work session in June 2013.

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The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that citizens do not have a free speech right to disrupt public meetings. Monday's ruling comes in the case of Robin Hensel, who was convicted of disorderly conduct for disrupting a Little Falls City Council meeting in 2013.

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A federal judge has barred Chobani from continuing an ad campaign that likens Yoplait yogurt to bug spray, a response to General Mills’ suit against Chobani for false advertising. Chobani also has been prohibited from continuing a separate but similar ad campaign against Dannon, another major U.S.

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This story was co-published with the Washington Post. Nursing home workers across the country are posting embarrassing and dehumanizing photos of elderly residents on social media networks such as Snapchat, violating their privacy, dignity and, sometimes, the law.

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A few months ago, my wife and I watched an incredible film.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY police ordered a student to remove a Palestinian flag from his dorm window, with administrators claiming the flag violated their housing code. But a visit to the university Tuesday confirmed countless other national flags hang from dorm rooms there.