Matthew Strugar
@strugar.bsky.social
punk and law and metal and protest stuff i guess matthewstrugar.com to read about my law firm
death to standard time
March 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
death to standard time
Trump-curious vegans are suckers slaughterfreeamerica.substack.com/p/theres-a-s...
There’s a sucker born every minute
I’ve been thinking about a famous quote attributed to various people, including the circus entrepreneur P.T.
slaughterfreeamerica.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Trump-curious vegans are suckers slaughterfreeamerica.substack.com/p/theres-a-s...
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This is WILD: After a YEAR of whining about it, LA is finally admitting that NONE of the officers whose photos were released *by them* thru a *public records request* are actually undercovers anyway, so the whole claim it would endanger undercovers was … not true.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Many 'undercover' officers in lawsuit over LAPD photos are just regular cops, city says
Los Angeles dials back its claim that hundreds of cops were put at risk after their photos were made public, saying most of them weren't working undercover.
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:32 PM
This is WILD: After a YEAR of whining about it, LA is finally admitting that NONE of the officers whose photos were released *by them* thru a *public records request* are actually undercovers anyway, so the whole claim it would endanger undercovers was … not true.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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just saw a cease and desist from a landlord claiming it is defamatory to call him "greedy." lord, give me strength.
October 3, 2023 at 8:39 PM
just saw a cease and desist from a landlord claiming it is defamatory to call him "greedy." lord, give me strength.
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At the Eighth Circuit court of appeals with @profalankchen, @DavidMuraskin, & @CristinaKladis trying to protect our win against Iowa’s 2nd and 3rd ag gag laws! Alan & Dave argued and were both incredible.
At the Eighth Circuit court of appeals with @profalankchen, @DavidMuraskin, & @CristinaKladis trying to protect our win against Iowa’s 2nd and 3rd ag gag laws! Alan & Dave argued and were both incredible.
September 20, 2023 at 7:42 PM
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At the Eighth Circuit court of appeals with @profalankchen, @DavidMuraskin, & @CristinaKladis trying to protect our win against Iowa’s 2nd and 3rd ag gag laws! Alan & Dave argued and were both incredible.
At the Eighth Circuit court of appeals with @profalankchen, @DavidMuraskin, & @CristinaKladis trying to protect our win against Iowa’s 2nd and 3rd ag gag laws! Alan & Dave argued and were both incredible.
hurricane wasn’t shit
August 21, 2023 at 3:50 AM
hurricane wasn’t shit
defamation q: A tells B something about Z. B then publishes it widely. Z knows of both A & B but sues only A for defamation per quod for harms from the public knowing it. But A didn’t tell the public. Has Z pleaded damages for the defamation claim?
August 19, 2023 at 9:49 PM
defamation q: A tells B something about Z. B then publishes it widely. Z knows of both A & B but sues only A for defamation per quod for harms from the public knowing it. But A didn’t tell the public. Has Z pleaded damages for the defamation claim?
here’s a nice article about our efforts to fight sex offender registration for historical (pre-lawrence) sodomy convictions in mississippi https://mississippitoday.org/2023/07/28/mississippi-to-pay-over-400k-in-attorneys-fees-over-unconstitutional-sodomy-law/
Mississippi to pay more than $400K in attorneys' fees over unconstitutional sodomy law
Mississippi must pay over $400,000 in attorneys’ fees for years spent defending a sodomy law the U.S. Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional..
mississippitoday.org
July 30, 2023 at 8:39 PM
here’s a nice article about our efforts to fight sex offender registration for historical (pre-lawrence) sodomy convictions in mississippi https://mississippitoday.org/2023/07/28/mississippi-to-pay-over-400k-in-attorneys-fees-over-unconstitutional-sodomy-law/
I’m announcing my new social media app BLOCKED where you can talk about everything blocking: everyone you’ve blocked, why you blocked them, who should be blocked, who got blocked elsewhere by some other person or app.
July 24, 2023 at 5:40 PM
I’m announcing my new social media app BLOCKED where you can talk about everything blocking: everyone you’ve blocked, why you blocked them, who should be blocked, who got blocked elsewhere by some other person or app.
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just spoke with the mods... they said theyre adding DMs on this web site as soon as they get one user who people actually want to talk to
July 22, 2023 at 6:33 PM
just spoke with the mods... they said theyre adding DMs on this web site as soon as they get one user who people actually want to talk to
just heard from a formerly incarcerated client calling to say hi and he's like "life is great, man! i live in a huge RV; I'm somewhere different every day. And I got this security gig with 12 hour shifts where i don't do shit but sit there and watch karate movies!" :')
July 11, 2023 at 7:28 PM
just heard from a formerly incarcerated client calling to say hi and he's like "life is great, man! i live in a huge RV; I'm somewhere different every day. And I got this security gig with 12 hour shifts where i don't do shit but sit there and watch karate movies!" :')
i would try to not lose fee shifting cases if these were my firm's rates that i swore under oath reasonably reflected the market
June 27, 2023 at 11:30 PM
i would try to not lose fee shifting cases if these were my firm's rates that i swore under oath reasonably reflected the market
Excited to share this win I got today in some cases I haven't tweeted about at all yet. It involves a problem that seems to be getting worse: rich business owners trying to shut up their critics not through regular civil lawsuits, but civil anti-harassment statutes.
June 27, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Excited to share this win I got today in some cases I haven't tweeted about at all yet. It involves a problem that seems to be getting worse: rich business owners trying to shut up their critics not through regular civil lawsuits, but civil anti-harassment statutes.
happy summer solstice (best day of the year) everyone
June 21, 2023 at 10:11 PM
happy summer solstice (best day of the year) everyone
when you understand "religious freedom" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-16/protest-dodger-stadium-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-dodgers-pride-night
June 17, 2023 at 5:37 PM
when you understand "religious freedom" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-16/protest-dodger-stadium-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-dodgers-pride-night
dale ho becomes the second aclu attorney ever confirmed the federal bench (bader ginsburg, d.c. cir. 1980)
June 14, 2023 at 8:47 PM
dale ho becomes the second aclu attorney ever confirmed the federal bench (bader ginsburg, d.c. cir. 1980)
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Haven’t been so excited about seeing a social platform since chatroulette debuted but there are fewer people jerking off here. that’s fine, I guess!
June 4, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Haven’t been so excited about seeing a social platform since chatroulette debuted but there are fewer people jerking off here. that’s fine, I guess!
such a euphoric feeling to watch the other side die inside during a virtual hearing that goes all bad for them. especially when the case is deeply ideological for both sides/attorneys.
June 1, 2023 at 7:48 PM
such a euphoric feeling to watch the other side die inside during a virtual hearing that goes all bad for them. especially when the case is deeply ideological for both sides/attorneys.
welcome @mbolotnikova.bsky.social to blue sky, y’all! Marina is an editor at Von and does incredible reporting on the criminalization of dissent and government overreach in the animal rights movement. give her a follow.
May 30, 2023 at 10:34 PM
welcome @mbolotnikova.bsky.social to blue sky, y’all! Marina is an editor at Von and does incredible reporting on the criminalization of dissent and government overreach in the animal rights movement. give her a follow.
Yes! This. It’s increasing, too, but nothing new. I’ve been anti-SLAPPing civil harassment petitions since 2012 and have filed on more than a dozen. (Even took one to the California Supreme Court twice and won.) It’s the cheapest, easiest SLAPP for censorious plaintiffs.
So, anyway, just so you know:
1. Extremists ARE using California’s harassment restraining order system as lawfare to harass and abuse people who report on their activities. The form-based layperson-friendly format of the system lends itself to this.
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1. Extremists ARE using California’s harassment restraining order system as lawfare to harass and abuse people who report on their activities. The form-based layperson-friendly format of the system lends itself to this.
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May 26, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Yes! This. It’s increasing, too, but nothing new. I’ve been anti-SLAPPing civil harassment petitions since 2012 and have filed on more than a dozen. (Even took one to the California Supreme Court twice and won.) It’s the cheapest, easiest SLAPP for censorious plaintiffs.
LA Times coverage of our win today. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-24/judge-denies-city-request-to-claw-back-police-officer-photos
Judge denies city request to claw back police officer photos from local media outlet
L.A. Superior Judge Mitchell Beckloff's ruling was a clear win for Knock LA photo editor Ben Camacho and for the activist group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
www.latimes.com
May 25, 2023 at 12:18 AM
LA Times coverage of our win today. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-24/judge-denies-city-request-to-claw-back-police-officer-photos
this morning the court rejected LAPD’s request to censor Stop LAPD Spying Coalition’s Watch the Watchers website. The court found the city didn’t even show a possessory right, not even reaching the First Amendment problems. Congrats to @shakeer.bsky.social on the great argument for our team.
May 24, 2023 at 8:47 PM
this morning the court rejected LAPD’s request to censor Stop LAPD Spying Coalition’s Watch the Watchers website. The court found the city didn’t even show a possessory right, not even reaching the First Amendment problems. Congrats to @shakeer.bsky.social on the great argument for our team.
jayson tatum looks like a cop
May 22, 2023 at 2:08 AM
jayson tatum looks like a cop
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heyyyyy friendly reminder that if you’re a land mammal, you’re not allowed to have an opinion on the orcas or their actions. okay thank you!
May 20, 2023 at 2:14 AM
heyyyyy friendly reminder that if you’re a land mammal, you’re not allowed to have an opinion on the orcas or their actions. okay thank you!