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This Quentin Tarantino v. Gawker Lawsuit Is a Load of Crap
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Quentin Tarantino wrote a script. He gave the script, without any security precautions (such as watermarking or armed guards) to six people in Hollywood. One...
Asked and Answered: Cal. Court's Answer Ends Jail Special Ed Case
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
That was easy. A years-long dispute over which agency was responsible for picking up the tab for the federally-mandated special education that must be...
Will Gay Juror Case End Nevada's Same-Sex Marriage Battle?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Until now, Nevada's Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has fought vehemently to uphold the state's ban on same-sex marriage. As recently as last week, on...
Judge Cebull: Retired, but Not Forgotten by the Conduct Committee
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Thanks to this week's big news in the Smithkline Beecham case, where the Ninth Circuit held that gays are protected by a heightened form of scrutiny, a full...
9th Extends Batson to Gay Jurors Using Windsor's Vague Reasoning
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
A lawyer uses a peremptory challenge on a juror who repeatedly uses a male pronoun to reference his partner. The issue in the case? HIV drugs and price...
Bloggers, Even Corrupt Ones, Get Same Protections as Journalists
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
"As the Supreme Court has accurately warned, a First Amendment distinction between the institutional press and other speakers is unworkable." That's the money...