The Providence Journal’s request for the Providence Superior Court to send a letter to jurors correcting how they should handle interactions with the media has been tabled for a few weeks, a judge said Monday.
Read moreIn an expansion of inmate rights, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment rights protects speech and, in some cases, silence.
Read more“Gone with the Wind” actress Olivia de Havilland wants to go to the California Supreme Court with her lawsuit against the creators of the docudrama series “Feud: Joan and Bette” after a California appeals court ruled earlier this year the series’ portrayal of the actress is protected by the First Amendment.
Read moreThe University of California, Berkeley, must face claims that it discriminated against conservative speakers like Ann Coulter, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreIn an explosive week for Syracuse University, five suspended students brought a federal complaint Tuesday that says the school defamed them and violated their civil rights over leaked footage of their boorish fraternity roast.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case centered around whether or not a career-ending blog post made by a former professor allegedly criticizing a colleague is protected speech.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Times should not have been denied the recovery of attorney fees when the publication sought an unredacted version of an independent report on a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, according to an appeals court opinion filed on Thursday.
Read moreJuli Briskman, the woman who was caught flipping off the presidential motorcade in a photograph that went viral last year, has sued her former employer for firing her, claiming it was a violation of her right to free speech.
Read moreYelp Inc. argued before the California Supreme Court Tuesday that it should not have to comply with a court order to remove a 1-star review of an attorney written by a disgruntled client because it was not a party to the initial defamation lawsuit between the two.
Read moreThe CIA is violating the First Amendment rights of a former employee-turned-author by redacted parts of a manuscript she wrote about her years in the service, a complaint filed Monday in Washington D.C. claims.
Read moreGrappling with its second partisan gerrymandering case of the term, the Supreme Court appeared highly conflicted Wednesday on whether Maryland violated the First Amendment rights of Republicans by shifting the political makeup of their congressional district.
Read moreThe Supreme Court will dive into partisan gerrymandering Wednesday for the second time in less than six months, as a group of Maryland Republicans attempt to show that state lawmakers redrew their congressional district to punish their political affiliation.
Read moreHollywood legend Olivia de Havilland lost her fight against the creators of the FX Network docudrama series “Feud: Joan and Bette,” after a California appeals court ruled the series’ portrayal of the actress is protected by the First Amendment.
Read moreProtesters seeking to carry signs in an area being secured for Vice President Mike Pence to participate in the South’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade won a brisk free speech fight Friday as city officials in Savannah backed off prohibiting signs and posters at the event.
Read moreThe New York City Police Department was hit with a class action Friday demanding it stop forcing Muslim women to remove their headscarves for mug shots.
Read moreAttorneys for President Donald Trump will face off before a federal judge Thursday in defense of his ban against certain critics from following him on Twitter.
Read moreThe Supreme Court will consider Wednesday whether a Minnesota law that bars voters from wearing political clothing at poll sites treads on the First Amendment.
Read moreTwo local chapters of the Operating Engineers of Wisconsin claim a law championed by Governor Scott Walker that significantly limits the collective-bargaining rights of state employees violates their First Amendment rights.
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