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Saturday, July 16, 2022

'Civil death,' denial of tort claims, violates prisoners' right of access to courts, R.I. high court holds

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N.C. State Archives public domain photo via Wikimedia Commons The Rhode Island Supreme Court in March struck down the state "civil dea...
Friday, July 15, 2022

Statute of repose bars medical negligence claim over misdiagnosis of plaintiff's muliple sclerosis

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Evidence of MS in an MRI (James Heilman, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons ) A Massachusetts medical malpractice case in March reminds...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Horn-blowing law survives First Amendment challenge

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Image by allispossible.org.uk CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr A citation for unreasonable horn-blowing is not defective under the First Amendmen...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Inter-American Court heralds community radio as human right for indigenous Guatemalan broadcasters

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Community radio in Colombia (USAID CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr ) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) ruled in October 2021 that ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Underwear for firefighters means to prevent cancer

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The Defender Brief by 9 Alarm Apparel A Massachusetts textile maker has teamed with firefighters to make cancer-preventive underwear. In Oct...
Monday, July 11, 2022

Should mass media audiences have right to know whether content is fact or opinion?

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Political protestor in 2012 (photo by Gabriel Saldaña CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr ) To protect the civil rights of the audience, radio and te...
Sunday, July 10, 2022

Star Trek's latest voyage to 'strange new worlds' charts a 'final frontier' evocatively close to home

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"In Defense of Episodic TV," read the headline on a story by Associated Press journalist Ted Anthony last week about Star Trek: S...

Burgundian Liège Belgian waffles melt in mouth

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The Burgundian , Attleboro, Mass. (All photos RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 .) Following up my post last week about an IP/contract battle...

State AGs back Mexico in suit against gun makers

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Houston gun show in 2007 (M&R Glasgow CC BY 2.0 via Flickr ) In a pattern that has become familiar, the mass shooting in Uvalde causes ...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Tort-contract distinction cannot block damage multiplier, Mass. high court holds in lease dispute

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Photo by Yonkers Honda CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr A landlord may not rely on a limitation-of-liability provision in a commercial lease to evad...