Freedom to Read Advocates Celebrate a Major Legal Victory in Arkansas

After issuing a preliminary injunction in July 2023, a federal judge in Arkansas has now permanently struck down two key provisions of Arkansas’s controversial “harmful to minors” law, known as Act 372, finding the law to be unconstitutional. If the law's aim was to protect minors from inappropriate content it “will only achieve that end at the expense of everyone else’s First Amendment rights,” judge Timothy Brooks concluded in his December 23 summary judgment ruling. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-23 05:00:00 UTC ]

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Book Ruling Cuts Options for Google

Google may seek help from Congress as it tries to salvage a book publishing settlement that was rejected by a federal judge. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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