Freedom of speech is the Constitutional right to communicate one’s opinions and ideas, using one’s body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them.
Opinion or Defamation? A while back, news reports indicated that musician Courtney Love was stuck paying $430,000 plus interest to a designer about whom she had unkind words on MySpace and Twitter. That’s an expensive tweet. Ms. Love stated things such as that her...
As the Senate considered the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, many were concerned that an apparently conservative judge replaced Justice Kennedy, who is considered a centrist “swing vote” on the Court. In particular, they accused Judge...
High Jackpot When the Powerball jackpot gets high, you see a rash of posts on social media offering to share a Powerball jackpot with anyone who “likes” or “shares” a post. Is such an offer is an enforceable online contract? The short answer is yes – if you can prove...
“Please take it,” says I, “and don’t ask me nothing—then I won’t have to tell no lies.” –Huckleberry Finn You may have heard a major media frenzy awhile back over the decision by the “publisher” of Huckleberry...
“Know when to hold them Know when to fold them Know when to walk away Know when to run” “The Gambler” When an entrepreneur enters into a contract with a larger entity, they are often presented with a contract that seems one-sided. Sometimes the...