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Impermissible attempts to restrain speech can take a variety of forms, including:
- Legislation proscribing speech-related activities;
- Requests by corporations, individuals, and government entities for court orders prohibiting dissemination of information or materials; and
- Judicial decrees controlling what details of a court proceeding are made public.
The lawyers of LSKS are seasoned advocates in this challenging area of First Amendment law and have achieved significant victories on behalf of their clients, including print and electronic publishers and broadcasters.
In addition to more traditional prior restraints (for example, court orders prohibiting publication), the firm has litigated many cases involving less conventional efforts at censorship. For example:
- LSKS has represented the NAACP and labor unions in connection with others’ efforts to block their public demonstrations.
- The firm successfully prosecuted a civil rights lawsuit against government officials who confiscated newspapers that contained unfavorable coverage through a coordinated mass purchase on election day.
- LSKS attorneys have been at the forefront of advocacy against government policies that seek to proscribe and punish the dissemination of purportedly “indecent” content over the airwaves.
Click here for a sample of some of the cases LSKS lawyers have handled, organized geographically.
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