Techdirt, Author at Above the Law https://abovethelaw.com/author/techdirt/ A Legal Web Site – News, Insights, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:58:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 208237768 Mass Puppycide Ends Career Of Tennessee Deputy Who Probably Never Should Have Been A Cop https://abovethelaw.com/2024/12/mass-puppycide-ends-career-of-tennessee-deputy-who-probably-never-should-have-been-a-cop/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:03:02 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1078338 From the so-anyway-I-started-blasting dept

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Hertz Continues To Be Hertz, Threatens Customer With Arrest For Using Too Many Of His ‘Unlimited’ Miles https://abovethelaw.com/2024/11/hertz-continues-to-be-hertz-threatens-customer-with-arrest-for-using-too-many-of-his-unlimited-miles/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:26:18 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1077783 From the aggressively-pursuing-worst-customer-service-award dept.

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You Don’t Believe In Free Markets And Free Speech If You’re Demanding Criminal Charges Against People For Their Free Market, Free Speech Decisions https://abovethelaw.com/2024/11/you-dont-believe-in-free-markets-and-free-speech-if-youre-demanding-criminal-charges-against-people-for-their-free-market-free-speech-decisions/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:04:12 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1077427 From the that's-not-how-any-of-this-works dept.

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Fifth Circuit: Lol, No, RFK Jr. You Don’t Have Standing To Sue Joe Biden Because Facebook Blocked Your Anti-vax Nonsense https://abovethelaw.com/2024/11/fifth-circuit-lol-no-rfk-jr-you-dont-have-standing-to-sue-joe-biden-because-facebook-blocked-your-anti-vax-nonsense/ Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:03:38 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1077174 From the try-try-again dept

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4th Circuit Shoots Down ‘Unite The Right’ Protester’s Attempt To Turn The Consequences Of His Own Actions Into A Constitutional Violation https://abovethelaw.com/2024/11/4th-circuit-shoots-down-unite-the-right-protesters-attempt-to-turn-the-consequences-of-his-own-actions-into-a-constitutional-violation/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:03:54 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1076905 From the better-be-doing-right-before-you-complain-about-your-rights dept

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Federal Court Tells Lawyer Something He Already Should Know: Facts Aren’t Defamation https://abovethelaw.com/2024/10/federal-court-tells-lawyer-something-he-already-should-know-facts-arent-defamation/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:03:33 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1076640 From the real-estate-firm-GC-acting-like-it's-his-1st-day-on-the-job dept

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Trump’s Likely FCC Boss, Brendan Carr, Tries To Undermine Popular Infrastructure Bill Broadband Improvements https://abovethelaw.com/2024/10/trumps-likely-fcc-boss-brendan-carr-tries-to-undermine-popular-infrastructure-bill-broadband-improvements/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:03:45 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1076351 States are poised to receive $42.5 billion in broadband grants thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill. While a lot of this money will be going to the usual entrenched monopoly incumbents, a lot of it is also going to a growing list of popular cooperatives, municipalities, and city-owned utilities to expand affordable fiber. This Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program is going […]

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The FBI Has Apparently Spent A Year Trying To Crack NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s Personal Phone https://abovethelaw.com/2024/10/the-fbi-has-apparently-spent-a-year-trying-to-crack-nyc-mayor-eric-adamss-personal-phone/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:03:42 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1076104 From the MAYOR-BEATS-FEDS dept

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LAPD Raids Medical Lab For (Nonexistent) Weed, Get Gun Stuck In An MRI Machine https://abovethelaw.com/2024/10/lapd-raids-medical-lab-for-nonexistent-weed-get-gun-stuck-in-an-mri-machine/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:48:04 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1075835 From the keystone-kops-handling-the-Drug-War dept

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Trump Loses Copyright Suit Over ‘Electric Avenue’ 2020 Campaign Video In Summary Judgement https://abovethelaw.com/2024/09/trump-loses-copyright-suit-over-electric-avenue-2020-campaign-video-in-summary-judgement/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:03:31 +0000 https://abovethelaw.com/?p=1075602 From the and-then-we'll-take-it-higher dept

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