Front Page Confidential's reports on federal and state prosecutors' efforts to railroad veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin on charges related to Backpage are archived here.
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New “Evidence” in Backpage Case Reveals Government’s Flawed Prosecution
Federal Judges in Two Jurisdictions Play ‘Hot Potato’ with Seized Backpage Attorneys’ Fees
Backpage Defense Team Wages First Amendment Battle on Two Fronts
Front Page Confidential Founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin Speak Out in Reason.com Profile
Federal Prosecutors’ New Backpage Indictment: Heavy On Charges, Light On Evidence
Feds Flip Ferrer: Backpage Owner and CEO Carl Ferrer Cops Plea to Federal and State Charges
Attorney for Ex-Backpage Owner Michael Lacey: ‘He’s a fighter. He’s a First Amendment guy.’
Federal Backpage Indictment: Bloated with Familiar Bluster; No Sex-Trafficking Charges
Feds Seize Backpage, Arrest Former Owners in Act of Direct Government Censorship
Elizabeth Nolan Brown Dissects the Latest California Backpage Ruling
Right-Wing Former U.S. Rep. Linda Smith Wages War on Free Speech and Sex
Techdirt Update on California’s Pursuit of Backpage and the Looming SESTA Threat
- Lacey/Larkin Don’t Oppose Severing Retrial from Co-Defendants, but Prosecutors Do - March 20, 2023
- Judge Suggests Trying Journalists Lacey and Larkin Separately from Co-Defendants in Retrial - March 10, 2023
- Cindy McCain to Head U.N. World Food Program Despite Legacy of Incompetence, White Saviorism - March 1, 2023
