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Seventh Circuit Addresses Audio Recordings and the First Amendment

by Joshua A. Engel | 05/17/2012

Whenever a public figure speaks, smartphones and audio devices are there to record. The Seventh Circuit recently addressed the First Amendment limitations of this action in ACLU of Illinois v. Alvarez.

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