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JLPP media law symposium discusses Stolen Valor Act

JLPP media law symposium discusses Stolen Valor Act

Published: Apr 1st, 2013

The protection of false factual statements under the First Amendment in the case of United Sates v. Alvarez was the topic of a panel discussion at the Journal of Law and Public Policy’s Media Law Symposium on March 14 in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center. In 2012, the United States [...]

Legal experts to look at the limits of First Amendment protection at UF Law

Legal experts to look at the limits of First Amendment protection at UF Law

Published: Mar 11th, 2013

Should false statements of fact be protected under the First Amendment? That was the question at issue in United States v. Alvarez, a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case overturning the [...]