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Monday, January 20, 2014

“Supreme Court to weigh restitution in child-porn case; Under appeals court ruling, downloading one image of a young victim can bring a restitution claim in the millions of dollars”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 7:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judge Boyce Martin Jr.’s retirement ended investigation into travel reimbursements”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this news update.

You can access this blog’s earlier related posts here and here.

Posted at 5:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Your privacy is protected — if you live in the West.” Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 5:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court takes up limits of child porn victim restitution in case involving East Texan”: The Dallas Morning News has this report.

Posted at 4:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“European Court Won’t Lift Ban on Monkey Abuse Film; Free expression doesn’t trump a corporation’s personality rights in a decade-long legal dispute over a journalist who went undercover to document the treatment of lab animals”: Today at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post that begins, “The difference between the United States and Europe in regards to free expression might be summed up by the asymmetrical treatment afforded late last week to a Hulk Hogan sex tape and video footage of lab monkeys.”

My earlier coverage of Friday’s Hulk Hogan sex tape ruling can be accessed here.

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Striking a Free-Speech Balance at Abortion Clinics”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”

Posted at 9:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Strike at the Heart of Obamacare: A case against IPAB is heard by the Ninth Circuit — and eventually by the Supreme Court?” Quin Hillyer has this essay today at National Review Online.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman