this week in law

Supreme Court will hear case about an Ohio law that criminalizes the spreading of falsehoods about a political candidate. (The Economist) Former teacher files a discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against a Catholic high school, claiming that the…

Finders are keepers, usually. (Time) Child brags on Facebook about her father receiving a settlement in an age discrimination suit; a Florida court deemed this to be a breach of the confidentiality agreement, and the father…

Jeffrey Toobin writes that Justice Thomas’ silence during oral argument is “downright embarrassing.” (The New Yorker) Is it? (Los Angeles Times) The Supreme Court denies cert in case involving the Tennis Channel and Comcast; the former…

Justice Scalia declares that deep dish pizza is not pizza. (Time) Proposed legislation in Kansas would allow businesses to deny services to same-sex couples. (Kansas City Star) Ninth Circuit rules that individuals may carry firearms outside the…

Judge rules that Virginia’s laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. (Washington Post) Is the court of public opinion the only court available to some people? (The Atlantic) The Department of Justice announces that it will “instruct…

Lawyer’s Super Bowl commercial goes viral. (Fox Sports) Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court rules that a school violated anti-discrimination laws when they said a transgender student could only use the staff restroom. (Time) Immigration judge has…

The Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal from a Ninth Circuit decision, which held that an Arizona statute seeking to reduce the time frame in which a woman may have an abortion was unconstitutional. (Christian…