Case: Individual Employment Rights/First Amendment (9th Cir.)

The Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment for the University of Washington on a gay teaching professor’s First Amendment claims, ruling his parody land acknowledgment in his syllabus was protected ...
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Ninth Circuit revives first grader’s free speech case over ‘Black Lives Matter’ drawing

(CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a first grader in Southern California whose mother claims her First Amendment rights were violated after she drew a racially themed picture ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs in on Washington School District Employee’s First Amendment Free Speech Protections

A middle school assistant principal was demoted to a teaching position after his Facebook post containing slurs and violent language relating to the Democratic National Convention. The Ninth Circuit ...
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Ninth Circuit Finds First Amendment Right to Donate to Patient Assistance Charities, With Possible Impact on Enforcement of Federal Anti-Kickback Statute

Last week, the Ninth Circuit issued a published decision striking down California’s Assembly Bill 290 (“AB 290”) on First Amendment grounds. See Fresenius Med. Care Orange Cnty., LLC v. Bonta, No.