At the latest evidentiary hearing in the Lacey/Larkin case, a defense expert testified that the feds had "irretrievably broken" Backpage's computer system.| Front Page Confidential
Entrepreneur, journalist, and First Amendment warrior James Larkin has died, just a little over a week before he was slated to stand trial for his role in| Reason.com
Robert Corn-Revere has been a First Amendment litigator for more than four decades. In 2023, he joined FIRE from the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine where he was a partner for 20 years. Before his time at DWT, he was a partner at Hogan & Hartson and served as legal advisor and later chief counsel to Federal Communications Commission Chairman James H. Quello.| The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Fifty years ago this week, the Kent State Massacre inspired a band of 20-something rebels to found Phoenix New Times.| Phoenix New Times
In a 2016 election-year stunt, then-Cali Attorney General Kamala Harris falsely arrested ex-Backpage owners Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin.| Front Page Confidential
Jim Larkin R.I.P. | Front Page Confidential
Before its takedown in 2018, Backpage won several victories in federal and state courts based on the First Amendment and Section 230.| Front Page Confidential
Michael Lacey's sentencing in the Backpage case is delayed till Aug. 27. Prosecutors want him sentenced for crimes he's not been charged with.| Front Page Confidential
(a) Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses the mail or any facility in interstate or foreign commerce, with intent to—| LII / Legal Information Institute