Civil Rights
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Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra can’t sue his onetime teammate Ron Darling for defamation, a New York state judge has ruled, saying Dykstra’s “already soiled” reputation means he can’t suffer any further harm from an account of a racist tirade that appears in Darling’s recent book… Read this piece in its entirety at
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Clear Channel Outdoor LLC and San Francisco Mayor London Breed have won the dismissal of a suit filed by Breed’s opponent in last year’s mayoral race, who had claimed Clear Channel and Breed violated her First Amendment rights by censoring her campaign billboards… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge has issued an order barring a group of anti-abortion activists from continuing undercover recordings of Planned Parenthood facilities, in addition to confirming a jury’s decision to award $2 million in damages after finding the activities violated the law… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday struck down rules blocking the federal court system’s administrative employees from many forms of political speech, saying the government couldn’t show the limits would help maintain the judicial branch’s reputation for partisan neutrality… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday threw out a revamped defamation case brought by former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff Joe Arpaio, which sought more than $300 million in damages from HuffPost, Rolling Stone and journalists at both publications… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 