Litigation Update: this week a federal judge in Austin has indicated to the parties in Book People, Inc. v. Wong (Western District of Texas) that he intends to enjoin application of the READER Act. Passed by the recent Texas Legislature as House Bill 900, the READER Act places affirmative duties on any vendor that sells reading materials to public schools to “rate” books as “sexually explicit” or “sexually relevant.” Schools may not purchase “sexually explicit” materials (which are defined as...
By: Thompson & Horton LLP
By: Thompson & Horton LLP