Whatever happened to Michael Mann’s defamation suit? (2016 edition); Justice Scalia’s impact on Fourth Amendment law; ‘Steer your way past the ruins / of the altar and the mall’; Law firm’s use of potential target’s name and logo in ad isn’t ‘trademark dilution’; More on lawsuits against seemingly fake defendants, aimed at hiding online criticism;     Whatever happened to Michael Mann’s defamation suit? (2016 edition) Two years after the appeals court heard oral argument, we're still waiting for an opinion. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Justice Scalia’s impact on Fourth Amendment law He had a big impact on its form, but less impact on its substance. Or so I argued in a recent panel at the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. By Orin Kerr  •  Read more » ‘Steer your way past the ruins / of the altar and the mall’ Leonard Cohen's death reminded me that I hadn't listened to his last few albums; here's the opening of one song, "Steer Your Way," that I much liked. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   Law firm’s use of potential target’s name and logo in ad isn’t ‘trademark dilution’ So the Georgia Supreme Court held Monday in McHugn Fuller Law Group, PLLC v. PruitHealth, Inc., I think quite correctly. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   More on lawsuits against seemingly fake defendants, aimed at hiding online criticism Paul Alan Levy, who cowrote our post on dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages taken down or deindexed, has been investigating the matter further, by intervening in a federal district court case that fit this pattern. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Fact Checker Count the pinocchios. A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between. Sign Up »         Share The Volokh Conspiracy:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for updates from The Volokh Conspiracy blog. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071