Rebooting Internet Immunity

Gregory M. Dickinson 89 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 347 We do everything online. We shop, plan travel, invest, socialize, and even hold garage sales. Even though we may not care whether a company operates online or in the physical world—the distinction has important consequences for the companies themselves. Online and offline entities are governed by...
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Standing and Contracts

F. Andrew Hessick 89 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 298 In Spokeo v. Robbins, the Supreme Court held that, to establish Article III standing to bring suit in federal court, a plaintiff cannot simply allege the violation of a legal right. Instead, the plaintiff must allege an injury in fact. Although it addressed standing to bring...
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The Costs of Dissent: Protest and Civil Liabilities

Timothy Zick 89 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 233 This Article examines the civil costs and liabilities that apply to individuals who organize, participate in, and support protest activities. Costs ranging from permit fees to punitive damages significantly affect First Amendment speech, assembly, and petition rights. A variety of common law and statutory civil claims also...
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Preview of the February/March 2021 Supreme Court Arguments

February 22 Florida v. Georgia No. 142, Original Preview by Austin Martin, Senior Online Editor This case concerns a decades-long dispute over rights to the waters flowing from Georgia into Florida’s Apalachicola Bay. The states previously reached the Supreme Court in 2018 when Florida claimed that its portion of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (“ACF Basin”)...
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I Presume We’re (Commercially) Speaking Privately: Clarifying the Court’s Approach to the First Amendment Implications of Data Privacy Regulations

Geoffrey Comber 89 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 202 One of the distinguishing features of the information age we live in is the vast troves of information collected and compiled about us each day—particularly online. As we become more aware of just how much personal information is online, and as some of the biggest collectors of...
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