My thoughts on the Dominion/Fox settlement: bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglawne…

On May 3rd Laura E. Little, Jen🌻 and I will present our Forum for Humor and the Law humor case law database at this event organized by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression & UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳... Looking forward to sharing our session with Natalie Alkiviadou & The Future of Free Speech! More info ⬇️ globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/protect…

It's tomorrow, 9:00AM ET! Catalina Botero, Hawley Johnson, Juan Manuel Ospina Sánchez, Daniel Ospina Celis, Nelly C. Rotich, Natalie Alkiviadou, Alberto Godioli, Laura E. Little, Raissa Carrillo and Stephen Townley will talk about online resources on #FoE. Register here: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/events/unesco-…

Want to watch it again? Missed it? See Catalina Botero, Hawley Johnson, Juan Manuel Ospina Sánchez, Daniel Ospina Celis, Nelly C. Rotich, Natalie Alkiviadou, Alberto Godioli, Laura E. Little, Raissa Carrillo, and Stephen Townley, talking about online resources on #FoE. 📺youtube.com/watch?v=Y8JLsD…

The Forum for Humor and the Law (ForHum) was founded by Laura E. Little and University of Groningen’s Dr. Alberto Godioli. Law students Catherine Baldwin, Jay Kaplan, and Emily Zeidman joined Professor Little on this academic, yet humorous, endeavor. bit.ly/3UEtyUW

ALI membership has voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws. Pictured L-R Chris Whytock UC Irvine School of Law, Ann Estin Iowa Law, Laura E. Little, Kermit Roosevelt, and Judith Miller.

Venturing into jurisprudence, I attach my new book review of Pierre Schlag's book on legal doctrine: jle.aals.org/cgi/viewconten…

It's finally here! It was an honor contributing to the Special Collection of Columbia Global Freedom of Expression with this comparative analysis of 81 key cases on humor and free speech from all over the world. Special thanks to Jen🌻 for being such a brilliant co-author zenodo.org/record/8105760

Major thanks also go to the wonderful Columbia Global Freedom of Expression team, and to Laura E. Little and Sabine Jacques for their invaluable insights

DYK? Temple Law & Public Policy Scholars present their work at conferences and symposia around the world. This year, 20 Scholars presented at the Law & Society Association's Law and Society annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. bit.ly/4382Jeb

In a ruling Prof. Laura Little (Laura E. Little) calls "a remarkable sign of the new world of communication," a Canadian court has found that a thumbs-up emoji can "snap the trap of creating a contract." Read the The New York Times article here: nyti.ms/3PXJ4ec

Could the ban on affirmative action also affect legacy admissions? While not overtly race-based, Assoc. Dean Donald Harris notes that they do disproportionately impact race. (via CNBC) cnb.cx/3Q6Tatm

In a ruling Prof. Laura Little (Laura E. Little) calls "a remarkable sign of the new world of communication," a Canadian court has found that a thumbs-up emoji can "snap the trap of creating a contract." Read the The New York Times article here: nyti.ms/3PXJ4ec

ForHum has a great new post by Laura E. Little *Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court*. You can read it here, enjoy! forhum.org/blog/coping-th…

The most recently concluded SCOTUS term brought major change on issues of profound social significance. Laura E. Little takes a look at how those who disagree with the Court's decisions have used a tried-and-true method to cope: humor. bit.ly/459vvNq

Panel proposal for the annual conference of the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS). The conference will be hosted online by Texas A&M University-Commerce, 19-21 April 2024. forhum.org/blog/lolz-and-…

I have just discovered that French broadcasters must comply with the "honesty of information requirement" and their presenters must present controversial issues with honesty, can we try it?

Very much looking forward to working on this with Columbia Global Freedom of Expression alongside Sabine Jacques, Ariadna M.F, Laura E. Little, Dr. Jennifer Young and our wonderful Advisory Board! More updates will follow soon via the Forum for Humor and the Law newsletter

New commercial #trademark #parody decision in France. In Louis Vuitton v Pooey Vuitton (by Poopsie), the tribunal of first instance found the use to be infringing LV's rights and the parody exception was not accepted, reasserting TM's absolute character.

Join us today for our webinar on Humour and the Law - Key Issues in Humor and the Law - with our brilliant experts Alberto Godioli Laura E. Little and Sabine Jacques Register on the link below! zoom.us/webinar/regist…