Just dropping by quickly to note that the California Supreme Court will be broadcasting oral arguments on same-sex marriage. That’s March 4 on the California Channel, which is somewhere on basic cable for most of us; follow the link for help finding it in your area. The cases are In re Marriage Cases, which grew […]
I don’t follow internet decisions closely, but only because I don’t have endless time. California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal handed a decision down yesterday that caught my eye anyway, thanks to Professor Martin at the California Appellate Report. In Krinsky v. Doe 6, the appeals court said internet message board users have the right […]
I just saw this article in the Wall Street Journal on First Amendment challenges to how lawyers are allowed to advertise. In short, lawyers hold themselves to higher standards than most other professions when it comes to ads. I’m sure this was rooted in notions of propriety that go back a long way, possibly even […]
Here in California, we’re voting on a few Indian gaming compacts today. (Among other things.) This got me into a discussion with a writer colleague who once worked as a reporter in Palm Springs, which of course put her near the Morongo casino. She questioned whether federal labor-rights laws apply to Indian tribes; her readers […]
Those of you who were interested in Ross v. Ragingwire Telecommunications — the case that said you can be fired for using legal-in-California medical marijuana — may also be interested in a couple of other cases I ran across this morning. Both are about whether an employer can fire you for legal behaviors you engage […]
