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Police Stopped A Private Investigator From Working Because They Couldn’t Stomach His Criticism

Police Stopped A Private Investigator From Working Because They Couldn’t Stomach His Criticism

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This Private Eye Was Denied a License Because He Criticized Police

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Massachusetts man denied Maine occupational license appeals to SCOTUS

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Citing First Amendment, Private Investigator Asks Supreme Court to Review License Denial

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Private eye denied license over Facebook posts asks Supreme Court to find Maine violated his freedom of speech

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Press Release

Maine’s Department of Public Safety denied Joshua Gray an occupational license because he criticized police conduct in a fatal shooting Private Investigator Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Important First Amendment Case

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Joshua Gray

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Lawsuit

Joshua Gray criticized the police—so they denied him an occupational license Gray v. Maine Dept. of Public Safety

Filed: 1630627200September 3, 2021

Location: Maine

Status: Pending

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North Carolina invents math crimes against the state

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Institute for Justice wins again for Texas veterinarian Ron Hines

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Retired engineer banned from talking about engineering

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Former coworker of ‘brilliant, respected’ Wilmington engineer speaks out about lawsuit

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Retired Wilmington engineer initiates ‘First Amendment rights’ lawsuit to protect right to free speech

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Retired Wilmington engineer files federal lawsuit against state board, claims First Amendment violations

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Lawsuit

North Carolina Board Tells Retired Engineer He Can’t Talk About Engineering North Carolina Engineering Speech

Filed: 1623283200June 10, 2021

Location: Wilmington, North Carolina

Status: Pending

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Wilmington resident files First Amendment lawsuit to protect his right to speak from his expertise and experience North Carolina Board Tells Retired Engineer He Can’t Talk About Engineering

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Opinion: Eagle Post

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Calls to expand veterinary telemedicine clash with regulations

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North Carolina Takes Aim at Drones – But Hits Free Speech

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Op-Ed: D.C. teletherapy ban silences Virginia counselor

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Drone Innovation Is At Stake In North Carolina Photographer’s Lawsuit

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Lawsuit

Virginia therapist launches a second First Amendment challenge to protect the right to practice talk therapy online across state lines New York Teletherapy

Filed: 1617667200April 6, 2021

Location: Albany, New York

Status: Pending

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Press Release

When a pandemic waiver expires, online therapy by out-of-state counselors will be illegal, ending critical mental health services for many in the Empire State Mental Health Professional Sues New York for the Right to Teleconference with Her Client

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Drones (and the First Amendment) Take on Regulatory Overreach in North Carolina

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North Carolina Board Threatens Private Drone Mapmakers Because They Aren’t Licensed ‘Surveyors’

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Drone Operator Grounded by Self-interested Government Board Fights Back

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Goldsboro man takes on state regulatory board after it costs him chunk of his drone photography business

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Drone photographer threatened with jail for helping businesses

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Surveyors v. Drone Photographers: First Amendment Debate

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Aerial mapper fights back against surveying board

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Is Drone Mapping Surveying without License?

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Goldsboro entrepreneur’s battle with state board spotlights drone industry in North Carolina

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Here’s why some state laws may prevent you from finding mental health counseling online

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Lenders embrace property-mapping tech, defying critics

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Therapist Elizabeth Brokamp Fights for the Right To See Patients Virtually

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State Lines Shouldn’t Keep Americans From Getting The Mental Health Help They Need

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Press Release

In Response to a First Amendment Lawsuit, Licensing Board Agrees That the Small Business’s Services Are Legal Innovative Mississippi Analytics Firm Free to Expand Its Business

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Lawsuit Challenges Washington DC’s Telehealth Licensure Restrictions

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Lawsuit

First Amendment lawsuit seeks to protect the right to practice talk therapy across state lines D.C. Teletherapy

Filed: 1607472000December 9, 2020

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

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Press Release

First Amendment lawsuit seeks to protect the right to practice talk therapy across state lines Mental Health Professional Sues D.C. for the Right to Teleconference with Clients

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Press Release

Texas Vet Board had punished Dr. Ron Hines for helping pet owners unable to see him in person Victory for Free Speech: Texas Veterinarian Wins First Amendment Appeal about Giving Pet Advice Online

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Column: Free state’s struggling workers from burdensome regulations

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Requirement of Licensing and Test for Tour Guides Violates the First Amendment

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Federal court agrees Charleston violated 1st Amendment with tour guide tests

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Appeals court: rules for city tour guides unconstitutional

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Charleston loses tour guide appeal; judges rule required testing is unconstitutional

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Federal court strikes Charleston tour guide license law

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Press Release

IJ Scores First Amendment Victory for California Cowboy

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Florida law on dietary advice feeds constitutional fight

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Nearly 2 years after tour testing was struck down, Charleston has its virtual day in court

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City of Charleston to appeal ruling on license requirements for tour guides Friday

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Charleston’s tour guide dispute gets another day in court, this time from a distance

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Charleston airport’s pet project comes as a relief to four-legged travelers

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Chandler engineer fights rigged Arizona system

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Oregon Tried To Quash His Research, But it’s Now Featured in International Guidelines

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Man Wins Multiyear Battle to Prove Yellow Lights Should Last Longer

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Game, Set, Mats; Yellow Lights To Change Forever

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How one Oregon man exposed major red-light-camera injustice

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Man Fined for Engineering Without a License Was Right All Along

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Oregon Tried To Silence This Engineer’s Red Light Camera Research. Now Experts Say He Was Right All Along.

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Press Release

First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Censorship of Mississippi Tech Company Scores Major Win

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Cure or Con? Health products touted on social media are slipping by regulators

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A year since Charleston challenged court ruling, unlicensed guides are still taboo

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Should Yellow Traffic Lights Last Longer?

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The Guy The State Of Oregon Said Wasn’t A Real Engineer Just Helped Convince The Government To Extend Yellow Light Intervals

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Traffic lights could change worldwide because of this man

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It Turns Out Yellow Traffic Lights May Not Be Long Enough After All, Experts Say

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Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish engineer saw red over getting a ticket

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Beaverton man wins battle to change yellow lights

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CrossFit Trainer Fined For Talking About Nutrition

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Ruling in diet advice suit confirms frustrations in cutting fat from occupational license laws

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Judge Rules Florida Can Require a License To Give Out Diet Tips

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Florida can require licenses for dietary advice, court rules

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Pedicab drivers in history-rich Charleston can’t give tours. Savannah might let them.

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Texas Vet Asks Court to Throw Out State Law Prohibiting Animal Telemedicine

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Press Release

First Amendment Lawsuit Has Major Implications for Free Speech and Telepractice Free Speech Fight: Texas Veterinarian Heads to Appeals Court for Right to Give Advice Online

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Court to City: License Not Needed to Tell Stories

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Reason Roundup

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Who gets to give dietary advice? Health coach fights law

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Institute for Justice Scores Free Speech Wins

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COURT: Savannah’s Tour Guide Exam, License Are Unconstitutional

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Federal judge: Savannah violated tour guides’ 1st Amendment rights

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Lawsuit filed to protect Lonesome Dove mural

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The First Amendment Protects the Right to Work as a Tour Guide, Says Federal Judge

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Judge: License law violated speech rights of Georgia guides

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GUEST VIEW: Drawing a line in the sand against government overreach

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Is a Tech Firm Violating Rules Against Surveying Without a License?

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Is tour guide licensing necessary? Maybe not

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Coast Guard illegally lets private group grant, deny licenses

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Captain Matthew Hight

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Press Release

Army veteran and wife are suing State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for right to teach job skills Virginia Couple Scores First-Round Victory in First Amendment Fight

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U.S. Judge Rules Mats Järlström’s First Amendment Rights Were Infringed

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Charleston appeals tour guide licensing decision

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Citing Charleston court case, Williamsburg changes tour guide licensing policy

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City Appeals Court Decision to Save Its Ability to Regulate Tour Guides

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Charleston Appeals Federal Decision Striking Down Tour Guide Licensing Law

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City of Charleston appeals ruling which ended tour guide licensing requirements

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City of Charleston appeals tour guide licensing ruling

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City of Charleston appeals tour guide licensing ruling

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Svensk ingeniør vinder over Oregon: Må gerne bruge sin titel

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Debate over Charleston’s tour guide rules heads to Virginia appeals court

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State pursues ex-gubernatorial candidate for use of word ‘engineer,’ despite judge’s ruling

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Fed shutdown adds wrinkle to Boeing SC’s engine delivery plan

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You Can Fight Oregon and Win: Five-year Battle Sparked by Red Light Ticket Ends

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Oregon engineer wins freedom of speech lawsuit against ‘overzealous’ Board of Engineers

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Oregon: Federal Judge Clears Red Light Camera Critic

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Press Release

Federal court upholds Swedish engineer’s right to talk about traffic lights, invalidates Oregon’s restriction on the title “engineer” Oregon Engineer Wins Traffic-Light Timing Lawsuit

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Licensing red-tape violate First Amendment, says court in battle over timing algorithm Oregon can’t stop people from calling themselves engineers, judge rules in Traffic-Light-Math-Gate

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Oregon Unconstitutionally Fined a Man $500 for Saying ‘I am an Engineer,’ Federal Judge Rules

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Judge Confirms: Oregon Engineer Has a First Amendment Right to Call Himself an Engineer

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Federal judge finds state law governing who is an ‘engineer’ violates free speech

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In response to court ruling, certified Charleston tour guides are forming a guild

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Lawsuit

License to Teach? Virginia Stops Family Business From Teaching Useful Job Skills Virginia Teaching

Filed: 1545609600December 24, 2018

Location: Richmond, VA

Status: Closed

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Press Release

Mississippi Technology Startup Takes First Amendment Case to Fifth Circuit

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Veterinarian Sues Texas Vet Board – The Horse

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After lawsuit, difficulty in tracking if uncertified guides are giving Charleston tours

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EDITORIAL: New Jersey trying to make dietary advice illegal

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Commentary: Texas shouldn’t fine veterinarians, or any other professionals, for giving advice online

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The Score: Nikki Haley, Danish Journalism, Leslie Cockburn, Texas Vet

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Veterinarian Fights Law that Bans Giving Online Pet Advice

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Veterinarian Sues Texas for the Right to Practice Online

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State Orders Veterinarian Not To Help Pets

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Press Release

Files First Amendment Lawsuit With Major Implications for Free Speech and Occupational Telepractice Texas Veterinarian Fights for Right to Give Professional Advice

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Lawsuit

Texas Veterinarian Renews Fight to Give Professional Advice Online Texas Veterinary Speech II

Filed: 1538438400October 2, 2018

Location: Brownsville, TX

Status: Pending

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Charleston asks judge to reverse ruling on tour-guide licensing

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Plaintiffs in tour-guide suit to bill Charleston; insurance will cover legal fees

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Voluntary licensing can still help best tour guides stand out

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Victory For The First Amendment in Charleston

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Charleston visitors, officials wary of loosened requirements for tour guides

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Kim Billups

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District Court Strikes Down Licenses for Tour Guides in Charleston

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Court strikes down tour guide license requirement

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Charleston ceases its tour guide licensing after judge’s ruling

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Federal judge rules Charleston’s tour-guide licensing law violates free speech

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Thought Leader: Technology and the Demise of Surveying…Again

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Tour companies react to federal ruling ending licensing requirement

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Judge strikes down Charleston’s tour-guide licensing

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Press Release

First Amendment Victory Vindicates Would-Be Guides’ Two-Year Battle Federal Judge Strikes Down Charleston’s Licensing Requirement for Tour Guides

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Federal court strikes Charleston tour guide licensing laws as Unconstitutional

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Charleston tour guide license law unconstitutional, federal judge rules

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Federal judge strikes down Charleston’s licensing requirement for tour guides

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Charleston’s tour guide licensing rules are unconstitutional, a federal judge says

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Government overreach is killing this Mississippi tech startup

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State: You need permit, which we won’t give you

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Lawsuit: Bureaucrats violating vocational school’s rights

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Jon McGlothian

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Press Release

Army veteran and wife stopped from teaching job skills by State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Virginia Couple Sues to Protect Their First Amendment Right to Teach

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Tracy McGlothian

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Land Surveyors Are Paying the Price of Progress

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Mississippi: drawing digital lines on satellite map requires surveyor’s license

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Madison tech-biz says rights are being violated by state board trying to shut him down

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If an algorithm draws lines on a map, is that the same as land surveying?

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State orders startup company to give back all income

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Lawsuit

Mississippi Regulatory Board Sues Tech Entrepreneurs to Prevent Competition Mississippi Mapping

Filed: 1531180800July 10, 2018

Location: Canton, MS

Status: Closed

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Mississippi licensing board says plotting lines on a satellite photo requires a surveyor’s license

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Supreme Court Decision Restores Free Speech To Business Professionals

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Blog Post

U.S. Supreme Court: “Professional Speech” Is Protected by the First Amendment

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BREAKING: US Supreme Court strikes down law forcing pregnancy centers to promote abortion

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Hawaii Becomes 12th state to ban conversion therapy for minors

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Red-light camera critic’s case makes national list of free speech violations

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The Stories We Tell and Who Gets to Tell Them

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The past week in the Charleston economy

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Jeff Sessions’ Plan to Put Strict Limits on Painkiller Manufacturers Will Only Make the Opioid Crisis Worse: Reason Roundup

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A judge could do away with licensing rules for Charleston tour guides later this year

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Ruling in lawsuit over testing requirement for Charleston tour guides expected this summer

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Decision expected in August for federal trial over Charleston tour guide licensing laws

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Federal trial begins in Charleston tour guide “free speech” lawsuit

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Former Mayor Joe Riley expected to take the stand in tour guide licensing trial tomorrow

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Trial underway over Charleston tour guide licensing laws

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Charleston tour guide trial set to begin Monday

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Charleston tour guide lawsuit gets its week in court

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Fact-Checking Philly History Tours: Truths, Half-Truths and Truthiness

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Some Links

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Justices appear skeptical of California’s abortion speech law

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Woman Fought the Government for Right to Teach Makeup Techniques — and Just Won

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Helping People Eat Healthy Food Is Illegal

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How an Oregon man’s fight for traffic camera fairness reached a federal court

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Occupational License Portability Will Hurt in Some States

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Poised to Consider Ban on Ocular Telehealth

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Beaverton man wins in court, but not done yet

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Press Release

Oregon Engineer Scores Win in Court; Judge Rejects State’s Attempt to Dismiss Case

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Oregon in free speech trouble?

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Beaverton man’s lawsuit against state engineering board can proceed, judge rules

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When his wife got a traffic ticket, he tried to fight the system with science. It turned into a battle over free speech

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Oregon cedes freedom of speech case against red light camera critic

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But it's not yet ready to rethink its professional licensing rules Oregon will let engineer refer to himself as an ‘engineer’

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Oregon punished an engineer for criticizing red-light cameras. He fought back and won.

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State Board That Fined Man For Criticizing The Government Without A License Admits It Was Wrong

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Oregon admits violating rights of man fined for using math

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Licensing Board Admits It Can’t Silence Red Light Camera Critic

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INSANE: California government criminalizes teaching of trade skills to youth… all “education” must be government approved

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State admits it violated man’s 1st amendment rights

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State board concedes it violated free speech rights of red-light camera critic

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Q&A: Charlotte-based makeup artist challenges N.C. licensing law

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Health coach, military wife sues FL Dept. of Health

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EDITORIAL: California law prohibits man from learning a trade

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Oregon’s engineering board admits fault but doesn’t want to change the law. Oregon Doesn’t Want to Give Up the Power to Fine People for Saying ‘I Am an Engineer’

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FAN 168 (First Amendment News) Resolution of wedding cake case — is it all about fashioning the facts?

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Horseshoeing school sues California for ban on teaching students without high school diploma

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Teaching horseshoeing shouldn’t be illegal

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Horseshoeing school sues California for ban on teaching students without high school diploma

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Lawsuit

Lawsuit Challenges California Law Criminalizing Teaching Trade Skills California Trade Schools

Filed: 1508803200October 24, 2017

Location: Sacramento, CA

Status: Pending

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Florida Playbook

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$437,000 in Legal Fees Flow From All-Natural Skim Milk Fight

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Florida pays nearly $437,000 after losing skim milk battle

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Florida pays $437,000 in dispute over skim milk

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Licensing burden censors free speech

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FL Threatened This Woman With Jail Time for Giving Diet Tips Without a License

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OUR VIEW: Health coach should be able to give advice

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Unpacking the Latest Crypto Scare

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Florida Woman’s Unlicensed Diet Tips Results in Threat of Jail

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City funnels preservation fees elsewhere

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Florida Threatens Woman with Fines, Jail for Giving Diet Tips

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Debt relief for Puerto Rico? — Scott to raise money for CFO Patronis — Hollywood neighbors sue to keep Confederate street names — Welcome to the world, Henry Joel Levine

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Lawsuit

Florida Health Coach Threatened with Jail and Big Fines for Merely Offering Dietary Advice Florida Diet Coaching

Filed: 1506988800October 3, 2017

Location: Pensacola, FL

Status: Pending

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Press Release

Major Lawsuit Challenges Censorship of Dietary Advice Florida to Health Coach: No License, No Speech

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Local health coach files First Amendment lawsuit

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Health coach sues state’s health department

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Florida health coach files lawsuit to challenge dietary advice censorship

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Health coach claims Florida licensing laws violate First Amendment

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Health coach sues Florida Department of Health

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Lawsuit against Charleston’s tour guide license rule headed for trial after judge refuses to settle it

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Unlicensed Tour Guides Not Allowed in Savannah

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Stossel: Tour Guides Under Attack

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Makeup artist challenges makeup school licensing requirement

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Lawsuit

License to Teach: North Carolina Forces Makeup Artists to Teach Unrelated Skills or Face Thousands in Fines North Carolina Makeup Schools

Filed: 1503446400August 23, 2017

Location: Charlotte, NC

Status: Closed

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Press Release

State Forces Makeup Artists to Spend Hundreds of Hours Teaching Unrelated Topics Before They Can Teach Makeup North Carolina Makeup Artist Challenges Ban On Makeup Schools

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Lawsuit

Illegal Math? A state board in Oregon is punishing people for talking about traffic lights and any other “engineering” topics Oregon Engineering Speech

Filed: 1493078400April 25, 2017

Location: Beaverton, OR

Status: Closed

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No ruling yet in Charleston tour guide “free speech” lawsuit

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No decision made in federal tour guide license lawsuit, case could go to trial

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Federal judge defers decision on whether city of Charleston’s tour guide rules violate free speech

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Charleston tour guides say city is muzzling their first amendment rights

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Testing the test Both sides await judge’s ruling on lawsuit challenging Charleston’s tour guide laws

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Charleston tour guides ask federal judge to find licensing law unconstitutional

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Charleston tour guide lawsuit goes to court

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Charleston tour guides fight city hall in free speech rights case

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Tour guides and carriage horses: Updates on two hot debates

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Both sides face setbacks in legal battle over Charleston’s tour guide laws

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Tour guides winning the fight for freedom

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Kentucky psychology board’s effort to silence me, protect turf failed

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Letter: Licensing tour guides limits speech

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Assure tour guide credibility

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Storytelling Suit: Judge mulls arguments in tour guide case

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Judge delays dismissal decision in Charleston tour guide lawsuit

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Judge hears Charleston’s tour guide licensing case

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City tweaking tour guide license rules

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Charleston City Council changes tour guide rules, opponents say it’s not enough

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Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association: Down but not out

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This Veterinarian’s License Was Suspended for Giving Advice Online. Were His Rights Violated?

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Letter: Keep licensing tour guides

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Want to Give a Tour of Washington, DC? You’ll Need a License for That

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Blog Post

IJ Testifies Before Senate Committee Hearing on Licensing

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Letter: High standards for tour guides

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Assuring tour-guide quality

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Charleston next city in line for lawsuit over tour guide licensing

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This is why we license tour guides

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Press Release

Group Fights Back with Major First Amendment Lawsuit Charleston Tour Guides Challenge Unconstitutional License to Talk

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Lawsuit

Charleston Tour Guides Challenge Unconstitutional License to Talk Charleston Tour Guides

Filed: 1453939200January 28, 2016

Location: Charleston, South Carolina

Status: Closed

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Would-be tour guide trio calls Charleston’s licensing practices unconstitutional

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Lawsuit: Charleston tour guide licenses shouldn’t be required

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Charleston tour guide tests trigger free-speech lawsuit

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Doctors Will Challenge Panel’s Latest Ruling on Florida Law Restricting Gun Talk

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AVMA to create model standards for veterinarians Free speech case rejected but telemedicine debate remains

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Veterinarian denied hearing on online-advice ban

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Blog Post

Occupational Speech Still Needs to be Reconciled by the U.S. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court declines to review ‘Internet vet’ case

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Supreme Court declines to review case on legality of online veterinary services

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After veterinary case rejected, questions remain

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Supreme Court Will Not Review Case on Online Pet Advice

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Supreme Court lets stand Texas law limiting online advice from veterinarians about sick pets

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U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Review Veterinarian’s Free-Speech Claim

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Does veterinary case point the way to telemedicine’s next legal battleground?

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Veterinarian Loses Case Over Internet Consultations

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U.S. top court rejects Texas veterinarian’s pet-care advice case

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Supreme Court Rebuffs Brownsville Online Veterinarian

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Despite the rejection of his online consulting, the legal challenge was worthwhile, Dr. Ronald Hines says. Internet Vet Loses Court Fight

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FAN 86 (First Amendment News) Court may rule on occupational-speech petition soon

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The bizarre case law that upholds free speech courts like and bans speech they don’t. Does the First Amendment Protect Professionals?

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Professional-client speech and the First Amendment

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A threat to freedom of speech at the Supreme Court

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Freedom of speech includes talking about pets Freedom of speech includes talking about pets

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Editorial: Tour guide threat all fluff and bluff in St. Augustine

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Licensed parenting advice?

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EDITORIAL: A license for an advice column?

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Facing Looming Court Decision, City Repeals Law Challenged Under First Amendment Victory for Savannah Tour Guides

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Savannah prepares retreat in speech fight with tour guides

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Carolina Journal Online: Covering news, politics, and policy in North Carolina

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Federal judge: Psychologist did not need state license to give advice to parents in newspaper column

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT

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Rosemond Ruling Highlights Unresolved First Amendment Question

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Judge Blocks Kentucky’s Absurd Attempt to Censor ‘Unlicensed’ Advice Columnist

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Press Release

Federal Court Halts Psychology-Board Censorship; Psychology Board’s “Regulatory Zeal” Prompts Judge to Issue “‘Wake Up’ Call” Victory for Advice Columnist

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Judge: State psychology board can’t regulate advice column

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Federal judge rules in favor of columnist John Rosemond in lawsuit against psychology board

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Adventures in cruelty free shopping. Will a Texas radio Veterinarian get shut down? Dog and cat vaccinations – all you need to know.

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Press Release

Texas Veterinarian Will Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Case about Advice over the Internet

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Texas Web Vet Loses Court Appeal

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Tour guides press ahead with speech lawsuit against Savannah

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Report

Occupational Speech and the First Amendment

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Press Release

Victory for ‘Caveman’ Blogger in Free Speech Fight

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Lawsuit

Government Cannot Decide Who Is, Or Is Not, Allowed To Tell A Story Savannah Tour Guides

Filed: 1416182400November 17, 2014

Location: Savannah, GA

Status: Closed

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Lawsuit

Psychology Board Censors Advice Column: America’s Longest-Running Advice Columnist Files Free Speech Lawsuit After Being Threatened with Jail and Told to Stop Publishing His Column in Kentucky Kentucky Psychology Speech

Filed: 1374105600July 18, 2013

Location: Kentucky

Status: Closed

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Advice columnist John Rosemond sues Kentucky agency, claiming censorship

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Censoring vet’s advice insults 1st Amendment

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Texas veterinarian whose license was suspended for online work challenges decision in lawsuit

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Lawsuit

Retired Texas Vet’s Free-Speech Fight to Keep Helping Animals Texas Veterinary Speech

Filed: 1365465600April 9, 2013

Location: Texas

Status: Closed

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Lawsuit

Putting a New Face on Liberty: Nevada Makeup Artists Fight for Their Right to Teach Nevada Makeup

Filed: 1340064000June 19, 2012

Location: Nevada

Status: Closed

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Lawsuit

Caveman Blogger Fights for Free Speech and Internet Freedom: Challenging the Government’s Authority to Censor Ordinary Advice North Carolina Free Speech

Filed: 1338336000May 30, 2012

Location: North Carolina

Status: Closed

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Lawsuit

Challenging New Orleans’ Tour-Guide Licensing Scheme NOLA Tours

Filed: 1323734400December 13, 2011

Location: New Orleans

Status: Closed

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Philly Tour Guides Return to Federal Court

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Fox Philly: “The City of Brotherly Love” is Now “The City of No” Part 1

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Lawsuit

License to Describe: Challenging Washington D.C.’s Tour-Guide Licensing Scheme D.C. Tour Guides

Filed: 1284595200September 16, 2010

Location: DC

Status: Closed

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Lawsuit

Grassroots Tyranny in the Cradle of the Constitution: Philadelphia Tour Guides Stand Up For the Framers’ Vision of Freedom Philadelphia Tour Guides

Filed: 1214956800July 2, 2008

Location: Philadelphia

Status: Closed

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Press Release

Federal Court to Hear Legal Arguments on Wednesday, May 12, 1999, In St. Paul, Minnesota Shutting Down Speech: The FCC vs. Micro-Radio Stations

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Maine’s Department of Public Safety denied Joshua Gray an occupational license because he criticized police conduct in a fatal shooting Private Investigator Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Important First Amendment Case

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Joshua Gray criticized the police—so they denied him an occupational license Gray v. Maine Dept. of Public Safety

Filed: 1630627200September 3, 2021

Location: Maine

Status: Pending

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North Carolina Board Tells Retired Engineer He Can’t Talk About Engineering North Carolina Engineering Speech

Filed: 1623283200June 10, 2021

Location: Wilmington, North Carolina

Status: Pending

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Filed: 1617667200April 6, 2021

Location: Albany, New York

Status: Pending

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When a pandemic waiver expires, online therapy by out-of-state counselors will be illegal, ending critical mental health services for many in the Empire State Mental Health Professional Sues New York for the Right to Teleconference with Her Client

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In Response to a First Amendment Lawsuit, Licensing Board Agrees That the Small Business’s Services Are Legal Innovative Mississippi Analytics Firm Free to Expand Its Business

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First Amendment lawsuit seeks to protect the right to practice talk therapy across state lines D.C. Teletherapy

Filed: 1607472000December 9, 2020

Location: Washington, D.C.

Status: Pending

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First Amendment lawsuit seeks to protect the right to practice talk therapy across state lines Mental Health Professional Sues D.C. for the Right to Teleconference with Clients

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Texas Vet Board had punished Dr. Ron Hines for helping pet owners unable to see him in person Victory for Free Speech: Texas Veterinarian Wins First Amendment Appeal about Giving Pet Advice Online

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