Citing First Amendment right to record police in public, appeals court concludes sheriff's deputies had no reasonable expectation of privacy in on-duty calls concerning public business. Wiretap prosecution dismissed. 5dca.flcourts.gov/content/downlo…

Supreme Court announces test for determining whether public officials violate First Amendment by deleting comments on social media accounts. Unanimous opinion by Justice Barrett. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

A fire chief called the cops because a reporter had the temerity to show up in person to ask for public records. tampabay.com/news/tampa/202…

Views about race and sex 'will be decided in the clanging marketplace of ideas rather than a codebook or a courtroom,' Eleventh Circuit says, rejecting Florida's Stop W.O.K.E. Act as viewpoint discrimination. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/f…

Florida enacts exception to grand jury secrecy, setting up possible disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein prosecution records this summer. sun-sentinel.com/2024/02/29/des…

Looking ahead to next month's Supreme Court oral argument concerning Florida and Texas social media laws, Thomas & LoCicero PL's Jim Lake looks at how labels the justices apply might determine the outcome of the cases. See Jim's Florida Law Review article at floridalawreview.com/article/92518-….

'The First Amendment is an inconvenient thing. It protects expression that some find wrongheaded, or offensive, or even ridiculous.' Wisdom from a concurring opinion out today from the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/f…

Hat tip to Ted Boutrous and Gibson Dunn for pointing to the under-appreciated Press Clause as protecting the right to select newspaper content in the 1700s and website content in the 2000s.

Trademark owners, beware! Shady businesses are mining U.S. Patent & Trademark Office records for your contact information and sending misleading solicitations. Carefully review correspondence concerning your registrations before responding. tlolawfirm.com/misleading-mai…

U.S. Supreme Court won't intervene to allow Florida to enforce law concerning attendance of children at 'adult live performances' -- i.e., drag shows. Statewide injunction remains in place pending appeal. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

Thomas & LoCicero PL's Jim Lake was part of a Florida Law Review panel discussion of the NetChoice cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. floridalawreview.com/article/88044-…

The U.S. Supreme Court's 303 Creative decision -- and its impact upon Texas and Florida cases that the Court last week agreed to review -- will be discussed at a Florida Law Review lecture on October 19. Thomas & LoCicero PL's Jim Lake will be among the panelists.

Agreeing with Thomas & LoCicero PL's Carol LoCicero and Linda Norbut, a federal judge finds that defamation cases brought by golfer Patrick Reed fell short of the green. #golf #medialaw tlolawfirm.com/tlo-wins-dismi…

Beginning September 22, federal district judges will have discretion to permit live audio feeds from civil proceedings (except trials and testimony). A small step toward greater public access. uscourts.gov/news/2023/09/1…

Thomas & LoCicero lawyers again recognized among Best Lawyers in America. tlolawfirm.com/thomas-locicer…

Florida Constitution's protections of political speech are not broader than the First Amendment's and do not require private property owners to permit speech by others on their property, appeals court holds, declining to follow SCOTUS Pruneyard decision. 4dca.flcourts.gov/content/downlo…

A win for public access on a motion argued by
L. Riedemann Norbut of Thomas & LoCicero PL.
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