A short excerpt from the long decision in Canel v. Art Institute of Chicago, decided yesterday by Judge Georgia Alexakis (N.D. Ill.): The events Canel describes in her second amended complaint—even ...

A federal judge explained that the First Amendment protects a wide range of speech, including offensive content. The First Amendment applies to government restrictions on speech, not to rules set by ...

When Miami Beach police questioned Raquel Pacheco over critical comments she made about the city's mayor on Facebook, First Amendment experts said she did exactly what she needed to affirm her ...

A federal complaint alleged a first grader in California was punished for giving a "Black Lives Matter" drawing to an African American classmate in 2021. A court ruled in favor of the school district, ...

The firm’s First Amendment and free expression practice group will be co-chaired by Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Katie Townsend and Connor Sullivan, who have collaborated on a number of high-profile ...

If you value factual, determined truth telling, World Press Freedom Day, celebrated this month, is for you. It comes amid increasing peril for journalists around the world. In 2025, a journalist was ...

Kiss the ring; bend the knee. Whatever metaphor you choose, President Trump has cowed the owners of two major media outlets into paying him millions of dollars. The settlements over Trump’s lawsuits ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new bill moving through the Kansas Legislature is raising alarms among legal scholars and First Amendment advocates, as the Kansas House prepares to take action. “People should be ...

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Colorado cannot enforce its so-called "conversion therapy" ban regarding conversations between therapists and minors, saying the law likely violates the First ...