Guest Blog: Josh King of Avvo Talks the Importance of the CPA to Business

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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Steve Cohen is a First Amendment Bad Ass

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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Lawsuit Boing Boings Right out of Court

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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Texas School Board Threatens to SLAPP Concerned Parent

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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The Frustration of Fustolo

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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