In Thailand, companies and people in positions of power often use libel suits to intimidate and punish activists and critics.
Tag: Decisions and Verdicts
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Supreme Court Gives the Voting Rights Act a Tenuous New Lease on Life
The main remaining power of the landmark 1965 law, over racial bias in political mapmaking, gets an unexpected buttressing from a court that had been weakening the law for years.
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Supreme Court Narrows the Reach of an Aggravated Identity Theft Law
The justices rejected the government’s interpretation of a 2004 law that adds two years in prison for certain felonies if they involved misusing another person’s identification.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Dog Toy Resembling Jack Daniel’s Bottle
The case, a trademark dispute, pitted Jack Daniel’s against Bad Spaniels Silly Squeakers, which looks like the distiller’s distinctive bottle and adds potty humor.