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The Citizen Participation Act – Benefitting Consumers AND Businesses
Josh King is vice president of business development & general counsel of Avvo.com
One major change that the internet has wrought is the move of “word-of-mouth” online. Where consumers might previously have told just...
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Marc Randazza, Florida First Amendment attorney, has summed up the need for federal anti-SLAPP legislation – and the awesomeness of Rep. Cohen’s sponsorship of it – in a way that we wouldn’t, nay couldn’t quite match.
Randazza says like it is. Here’s a sample: [I]t is a lawsuit that some hosebag...
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Magic Jack is all about free communication. Communication you don’t pay for, that is. But apparently, someone forgot to tell the top brass at the Internet-based phone company that.
In April of 2008, Rob Beschizza, a contributor to the website Boing...
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The Galveston, Texas Independent School Board is apparently displeased with the blog of one angry parent, Sandra Tetley, who has excoriated the board for a host of different issues. The school board has decided that...
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Yesterday, the Massachusetts court answered the question of whether the Massachusetts anti-SLAPP law provides protection for journalists who comment on issues of public interest.
The case, Fustolo v....
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