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Yes, I’d Like to Think Utah is Taking My Advice
Back in January, 2018 I wrote a post titled “What SHOULD Attorney Advertising Regulation Look Like?” In that post — one of many in my long string of railings against the inanity of the…
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Is the Ice Breaking for Professional Speech?
It’s been all COVID-19 for the last couple of months, so I’m taking a break to take a look at a new professional speech case that I missed when it dropped in late February.…
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Lawyer Ethics & CDA 230
I’ve been talking about CDA 230, so let’s explore a case of how “the law that makes the internet go” interfaces with the Rules of Professional Conduct governing the practice of law. Scintillating, right?…
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On the Perils of Content Moderation (Part 3 of 3)
Continuing my content moderation story from Part 2: Despite the blustering and threats, most lawyers understood that the First Amendment protected Avvo’s right to publish its lawyer profiles and ratings, and that it would…
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On the Perils of Regulating Content Moderation (Part 2 of 3)
In the first post in this series, I went through the background on CDA 230’s protection for the content moderation decisions of site operators. Today, a story about the implications of adding greater liability…
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On the Perils of Regulating Content Moderation (Part 1 of 3)
You’ll have to forgive social media companies for feeling whiplashed on the policy front. Should they be forced to determine the truth or falsity of all political ads? Or should they be forced to…
