Court Declares Bank Trash Talk Statute Facially Unconstitutional
In my October 2010 post “Don’t Talk Trash About A California Bank“, I discussed Financial Code Section 756 (subsequently reenacted verbatim as Section 1327). That statute generally criminalizes spreading false rumors about a bank. In my post, I speculated on whether the statute was constitutional: Moreover, it seems that prosecution would invite a claim that the statute violates the First Read more...
