Chicago, IL commercial litigation attorney Peter S. Lubin talks about a memorable case involving the first amendment and cyberbullying. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in cyberbullying cases. In one notable case, a man named David Bates had created 120 YouTube videos attacking a card dealer. Before hiring him, Bates was already being sued in federal court, and the judge had entered an injunction. By the end of the case, the lawsuit was largely dropped, with the parties only proceeding to mediation over 20 of the videos still online.

The judge ultimately ruled that all of Bates’ videos could remain on the internet, recognizing that he was exercising his First Amendment right to criticize the card dealer. The client left satisfied, able to continue expressing his views freely.