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ADA Doesn't Require Employer to Keep Customer-Facing Employee Whose Tourette's Leads Him to Use Slurs

The court reasoned that "excellent customer service is an essential function of [the employee's] specific delivery merchandiser position," and the employee couldn't provide it.

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Disney Loses First Amendment Claim over Florida's Cancellation of Special Government District that Disney Controlled

From yesterday's decision by Judge Allen Winsor (N.D. Fla.) in Walt Disney Parks & Resorts U.S., Inc. v. DeSantis; I expect Disney will appeal (see also Adam Schulman's and Dilan Esper's analyses of this in April 2022, which proved prescient, and also my April 22 discussion of some alternative arguments):…

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Broad Injunctions Against Enforcement of Allegedly Unconstitutional Statutes

An interesting opinion from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett; it arose in a case challenging a Florida law that was aimed at drag shows, but it deals with the remedies question and not the underlying substantive First Amendment question.

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Journal of Free Speech Law: "Platform Transparency and the First Amendment," by Daphne Keller

The article, which is directly relevant to the Netchoice cases that the Court will consider this Term, is here; here's the Introduction: Major U.S. platforms can powerfully influence public discourse by removing, promoting, and otherwise moderating users' online speech. Better information about their content moderation would help policymakers enact better…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

SWAT takings, retaliatory liens, and a Spam confiscation.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Chalk, meme stocks, and a dog in peril.

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No Pseudonymity for Non-Citizen Challenging Law Limiting Non-Citizens' Participation in Voter Registration

From Chief Judge Mark Walker's opinion yesterday in Hispanic Federation v. Byrd (N.D. Fla.); the pseudonymous plaintiff is apparently a lawful permanent resident: {This case involves a constitutional challenge to a newly-enacted law regulating third-party voter registration organizations. Plaintiff Doe seeks to proceed anonymously to avoid retaliation or harassment considering…

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11th Circuit Will Review En Banc Whether Second Amendment Protects 18-to-20-Year-Olds

Yesterday, the Eleventh Circuit granted en banc rehearing on this issue in NRA v. Bondi. For more on the underlying legal issue, see Stephen Halbrook's April post, which mentions the panel opinion (which has now been vacated) as well as some other cases.

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A Lawyer's Filing "Is Replete with Citations to Non-Existent Cases"—Thanks, ChatGPT?

The lawyer's colleague, who drafted the filing, says he relied on ChatGPT to draft the filing and provide the text of the cases, and neglected to check them.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Police baptisms, candy crushing, and reasonable violations of clearly established law.

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The Timing of Computer Search Warrants When It Takes the Government Several Years To Guess The Password

Ex ante restrictions are back, and they're still causing trouble, now in United States v. Kopankov.

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Rare Grant of Pseudonymity to a Libel Plaintiff, Where There's Evidence of Risk of Violent Attack

From yesterday's decision by Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert (M.D. Fla.) in Doe v. Predator Catchers, Inc.: [D]efendant Predator Catchers, Inc. … "has as its purported mission, the investigation into … and public exposure of sexual predators, principally those preying on minors." … [P]laintiff alleges Predator Catchers uses vigilante tactics,…

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