IP at the Supreme Court Series: NetChoice LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice LLC

Supreme Court
 

Feb 26 | 5:00 - 6:30pm EDT | Hybrid | Reception to follow
Registration Required

Moderated by Professor Michael Carroll

American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court. 

ISSUE

NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton
Issue(s): Whether the First Amendment prohibits viewpoint-, content-, or speaker-based laws restricting select websites from engaging in editorial choices about whether, and how, to publish and disseminate speech - or otherwise burdening those editorial choices through onerous operational and disclosure requirements.

Moody v. NetChoice, LLC
Issue(s): (1) Whether the laws’ content-moderation restrictions comply with the First Amendment; and (2) whether the laws’ individualized-explanation requirements comply with the First Amendment.

PANELISTS

  • Corbin Barthold, TechFreedom, Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of NetChoice/CCIA.
  • Rupa Bhattacharyya, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Neither Party.
  • Scott Wilkens, Knight First Amendment Institute, Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Neither Party.
  • Emily Hockett, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of NetChoice/CCIA
  • Ari Holtzblatt, WilmerHale, Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of NetChoice/CCIA
  • Catherine R. Gellis, Amicus Curiae Brief on behalf of Bluesky, M. Chris Riley & Copia Institute, in Support of NetChoice/CCIA
  • Professor Stephen Wermiel, American University Washington College of Law

ALL BRIEFS AVAILABLE ON SCOTUSblog:  NetChoice LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice LLC  

Link to Oral Argument Transcript

Link to Event Recording

UPDATE:

Decision:

Accommodation Request
If you would like to request disability-related accommodation or accessibility information, please contact PIJIP at pijip@wcl.american.edu.   Requests should be made two weeks before the event date.