Stephen M. Kramarsky writes: Sticks and stones may break bones, but words never hurt. Or do they? Laws and ordinances passed in a number of cities and states across the country — and in a bill now under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives — treat harsh words on the internet quite differently from…
Category: Court
Shock: TN judge dismisses lawsuit against police despite lack of probable cause
Brian Eason reports: A District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the city that accused the Clarksville Police Department of conducting an illegal search and seizure during a planned drug bust in 2009. Police officers broke into a couple’s house in November 2009 while acting on a warrant to arrest a suspected drug dealer….
UK: Public figure joins footballers in getting ‘super-injunction’ over sex life
Martin Beckford reports: A high-profile public figure has been granted a “super-injunction” to prevent publication of claims by a woman who was trying to blackmail him over his sex life. The man obtained a High Court ruling stating that his name and details of his alleged relationship with the woman should not be published, nor…
Pirate Bay a man down as trial opens
The appeals court trial of the four men behind the file sharing website The Pirate Bay opens on Tuesday, without Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, who had not shown up at the opening of proceedings. The four men – Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundström – were all convicted in April 2009 on…