On October 28, Dismas Locaria, Scott Sheffler, and Christopher Griesedieck published “Federal Grantees May Soon Face More Limitations on Speech” in Law360. The following is an excerpt:
Since Jan. 20, a number of grant recipients have filed lawsuits challenging the federal government's decisions to withhold funding or terminate grant agreements. In many cases, grantees have alleged that the government's actions violated their right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Recipients should be aware that, in its responses to these allegations, the government has recently asserted that grant recipients have narrower speech rights than those it acknowledged just a few years ago in similar litigation.
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