Marc Randazza

Randazza was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Gloucester High School in 1987. Randazza attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he majored in journalism.{{cite news|work=University of Massachusetts Department of Journalism Alumni Spotlight|title=Marc Randazza|date=January 2012|publisher=umass.edu|url=http://www.umass.edu/journalism/alumni/spotlights/marc_randazza.html |accessdate=2012-03-15}} During his higher education, he wrote a thesis on vote pairing, which was cited by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.Porter v. Bowen, 496 F.3d 1009 (9th Cir. 2007)

Randazza is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts (2002), Florida (2003), California (2010), Arizona (2010), and Nevada (2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/89135-nv-marc-randazza-1269075.html |title=Lawyer Marc Randazza - Las Vegas, NV Attorney|work=avvo.com|accessdate=4 January 2016}} Randazza's first case was representing a fraternity at Boston University when the brothers of that fraternity were accused of destroying their house and other misconduct. He then began practicing in Florida as a real estate attorney. He quickly returned to the First Amendment and media field, taking on representation of an adult bookstore in Fort Myers, Florida. Soon thereafter, he moved to Orlando, Florida where his practice in First Amendment and media law expanded. He started representing defendants in SLAPP suits,{{cite news |last=Billmann |first=Jeffrey C. |title=SLAPP Happy: One man's free speech is another's slander |work=Orlando Weekly |date=August 9, 2007 |url=http://orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=11738 |accessdate=2009-10-17}} pornography businesses, protestors, in often unpopular constitutional law matters.

In 2004, his University of Florida thesis gained attention as vote pairing became a minor issue during the 2004 election. Randazza was asked to debate the issue on Fox News, and thereafter has been a frequent legal commentator on television and in print. Randazza served as a professor of law at Barry University School of Law, located in Orlando, Florida.{{cite web |last=Robbins |first=Mary Alice |title=Yale Defamation Lawsuit Becomes a Case of Mistaken Identity for Texas Attorney |work=Texas Lawyer |publisher=Law.com |date=August 18, 2008 |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423837945 |accessdate=2009-10-17}}{{cite web |last=Hudson Jr. |first=David L. |title=3rd Circuit won't create new category of unprotected speech |work=First Amendment Center |publisher=www.firstamendmentcenter.org |date=August 1, 2008 |url=http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=20363 |accessdate=2009-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006093917/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=20363 |archive-date=2009-10-06 |url-status=dead }} where he taught First Amendment law, copyright law, trademark law, and entertainment law.

Randazza has a practice that primarily focuses on the areas of First Amendment litigation, adult entertainment, trademark and copyright litigation, and domain name arbitration disputes.{{cite web |last=Randazza |first=Marc |title=Randazza Attorney CV |publisher=randazza.files.wordpress.com |date=October 2009 |url=http://randazza.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/randazza-attorney-cv-oct-2009.pdf |accessdate=2009-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723153648/http://randazza.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/randazza-attorney-cv-oct-2009.pdf|archive-date=23 July 2012 }} He has represented a number of well-known adult entertainment companies including Kink.com, Bang Bus, and Milf Hunter. He also represents media businesses such as BME and bloggers in SLAPP suits.{{cite web |title=Veranda Partners v. Giles (Lawsuit) |work=Citizen Media Law Project |publisher=www.citmedialaw.org |date=September 10, 2007 |url=http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/veranda-partners-v-giles-lawsuit |accessdate=2009-10-17 }}{{cite web |title=Internet Solutions v. Marshall |work=Citizen Media Law Project |publisher=www.citmedialaw.org |date=November 3, 2007 |url=http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/internet-solutions-v-marshall |accessdate=2009-10-17}}

On Oct. 1, 2014, Randazza was named by Desert Companion Magazine to its top lawyers in Southern Nevada list.{{cite web |date=October 2014 |title=Top Lawyers 2014: Government - Workers Compensation |url=http://knpr.org/desert-companion/2014-10/top-lawyers-2014-government-workers-compensation |accessdate=4 January 2016 |work=Nevada Public Radio}}

Randazza has represented controversial figures across the political spectrum, but has received particular attention for representing far-right figures, including Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, Chuck Johnson, and a Unite the Right rally organizer who used the pseudonym "Kristall.night".{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Meagan |title=Subpoena for app called 'Discord' could unmask identities of Charlottesville white supremacists |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/07/subpoena-for-app-called-discord-could-unmask-identities-of-charlottesville-white-supremacists/ |accessdate=16 November 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=7 August 2018 |language=en}} He also represented white supremacist Andrew Anglin in a lawsuit filed by a Jewish realtor in Whitefish, Montana, whose name and address Anglin had published on his neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, leading to death threats.{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Elizabeth |title=Lawyers for Neo-Nazi to Defend Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/us/politics/sandy-hook-alex-jones-lawyers.html |accessdate=16 November 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Weill |first1=Kelly |title=The Lawyer Fighting for the Fringes, From Porn to Neo-Nazis |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-lawyer-fighting-for-the-fringes-from-porn-to-neo-nazis |accessdate=16 November 2018 |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 June 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Ewan |title=Alex Jones hires lawyer also representing neo-Nazi for Sandy Hook defamation lawsuits |url=https://www.newsweek.com/are-alex-jones-sandy-hook-case-lawyers-neo-nazi-sympathizers-1005664 |accessdate=16 November 2018 |work=Newsweek |date=3 July 2018 |language=en}} Randazza's claim of free speech protection for Anglin was rejected by U.S. District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen, who noted that Anglin was actively encouraging and participating in the plaintiff's harassment, and that calls to violence against a private individual are not protected speech.{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Luke |title=Montana Judge: Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin Can't Hide Behind First Amendment |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/neo-nazi-andrew-anglin-first-amendment-judge-whitefish_us_5becc692e4b0dbb7ea66fa14 |accessdate=16 November 2018 |work=Huffington Post |date=15 November 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Zraick |first1=Karen |title=Neo-Nazi Harassment Not Protected by First Amendment, Judge Rules |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/daily-stormer-anti-semitic-lawsuit.html |accessdate=16 November 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=15 November 2018 |language=en}}

On other portions of the political spectrum, Randazza has represented perennial candidate Vermin Supreme. In 2017, Randazza helped Supreme obtain a permit to bring a pony to protest a Hillary Clinton book signing.{{Cite news |date=2017-12-04 |title=Vermin Supreme sues Concord to have pony protest |language=en-US |work=Concord Monitor |url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/Vermin-Supreme-sues-city-of-Concord-ahead-of-Clinton-booksigning-14105729 |access-date=2023-09-15}} In 2018, Randazza represented Supreme in an effort to run for Attorney General of Kansas.{{Cite web |last=HDN |first=Sherman Smith Special to the |title=AG gets outside help for lawsuit from Vermin Supreme |url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2018/06/27/ag-gets-outside-help-for-lawsuit-from-vermin-supreme/11872253007/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=The Topeka Capital-Journal |language=en-US}} Similarly, he has represented the defendant in Beck v. Eiland-Hall, a case before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) filed by political commentator Glenn Beck, concerning a satire website parodying Beck.{{cite news |author=Citizen Media Law Project staff |date=2009-09-28 |title=Beck v. Eiland-Hall |publisher=Citizen Media Law Project |url=http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/beck-v-eiland-hall |accessdate=2009-10-17}}{{cite web |last=Sawyer |first=Rick |date=October 1, 2009 |title=Today in Randazza's Zings: Glenn Beck, Why Do You Hate America? |url=http://bostonist.com/2009/10/01/today_in_randazzas_zings_glenn_beck.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224090724/http://bostonist.com/2009/10/01/today_in_randazzas_zings_glenn_beck.php |archivedate=February 24, 2012 |accessdate=2009-10-17 |work=Bostonist |publisher=Gothamist}} The WIPO arbitrator ruled against Beck in the case, and in favor of Randazza's client.{{cite news |last=Bayard |first=Sam |date=November 6, 2009 |title=Glenn Beck's UDRP Complaint Gets The Smack Down |work=Citizen Media Law Project |publisher=www.citmedialaw.org |url=http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/glenn-becks-udrp-complaint-gets-smack-down |accessdate=2009-11-07}}

Randazza was set to represent Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, in a Connecticut Superior Court case in 2018 after the infamous conspiracy theorist was sued by six families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. However, when Randazza filed a pro hac vice application to be added to the Sandy Hook case as an out-of-state lawyer, the judge denied it, citing "serious misconduct," namely the discipline arising from the dispute with Liberty Media Holdings noted below.{{Cite news |title=Former Boston Ballet star Dusty Button and her husband file explosive counterclaim, deny abuse allegations - The Boston Globe |language=en-US |work=BostonGlobe.com |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/19/arts/former-boston-ballet-star-dusty-button-her-husband-file-explosive-counterclaim-deny-abuse-allegations/ |access-date=2022-12-09}} Randazza's firm, however, continued to represent Jones on and off in the litigation, even though Randazza himself did not enter an appearance.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-02 |title='Disturbing Circumstances': Judge Skeptical of Alex Jones' Bid to Fire His Lawyers — Again — as Sandy Hook Families Suspect Delay Tactic in Defamation Trial |url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/disturbing-circumstances-judge-skeptical-of-alex-jones-bid-to-fire-his-lawyers-again-as-sandy-hook-families-suspect-delay-tactic-in-defamation-trial/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Law & Crime |language=en}}

Randazza also represented InfoWars in a copyright dispute over the use of a Pepe the Frog image.{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Eriq |date=2019-01-15 |title=InfoWars Claims "Pepe the Frog" Derived From Argentinian "El Sapo Pepe" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/infowars-claims-pepe-frog-derived-argentinian-el-sapo-pepe-1176218/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

He also filed suit for InfoWars against the Federal Aviation Administration to permit the use of a drone to gather news footage at the U.S./Mexico border.{{Cite web |title=Infowars Sues FAA Over Drone Ban Near Mexico Border - Law360 |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1422815/infowars-sues-faa-over-drone-ban-near-mexico-border |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=www.law360.com |language=en}}

Randazza has gained attention for his defense of the adult entertainment field.{{cite news |last=Billman |first=Jeffrey C. |title=The F Bomb: A local lawyer teams up with a California porn king to fight for your right to trademark dirty words |work=Orlando Weekly |date=June 7, 2007 |url=http://orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=11596 |accessdate=2009-10-17 }} He represented Chaturbate and XVideos in cybersquatting cases.{{Cite web |last=XBIZ |date=2016-07-17 |title=Chaturbate Victorious in Cybersquatting Claim |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/210136/chaturbate-victorious-in-cybersquatting-claim |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=XBIZ |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=XBIZ |date=2016-10-27 |title=XVideos.es Ordered Transferred to XVideos.com |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/213735/xvideoses-ordered-transferred-to-xvideoscom |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=XBIZ |language=en}} Years before Matal v. Tam, Randazza wrote the notorious "Fuck" brief to try to obtain a trademark registration for a product using that term.{{Cite web |last=Billman |first=Jeffrey C. |title=THE F BOMB |url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/the-f-bomb-2274126 |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Orlando Weekly |language=en}}

In 2013, Randazza lobbied the Nevada legislature to update Nevada's Anti-SLAPP statute.{{cite web |url=http://www.dmlp.org/blog/2013/congratulations-nevada-its-new-and-improved-anti-slapp-law |title=Congratulations to Nevada on its New and Improved Anti-SLAPP Law! |work=Digital Media Law |first=Jeff |last=Hermes |date=June 28, 2013 |accessdate=July 7, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://lasvegascitylife.com/sections/news/free-speech-just-got-freer-nevada.html |title=Free speech just got freer in Nevada |work=Las Vegas Citylife |first=Kristy |last=Totten |date=July 3, 2013 |accessdate=July 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708085930/http://lasvegascitylife.com/sections/news/free-speech-just-got-freer-nevada.html |archive-date=2013-07-08 |url-status=dead }}

On June 8, 2015, Governor Sandoval signed Nevada Senate bill 444,{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/78th2015/Reports/history.cfm?ID=969|title=SB444|work=state.nv.us|accessdate=4 January 2016}} which in its initial form, stood to largely repeal the Nevada Anti-SLAPP law.{{cite web|url=https://reason.com/blog/2015/04/22/why-is-steve-wynn-trying-to-gut-nevadas|title=Why Is Steve Wynn Trying to Gut Nevada's Anti-SLAPP Law?|work=Reason.com|date=22 April 2015 |accessdate=4 January 2016}} The initial form of the law was backed by casino mogul, Steve Wynn. Randazza lobbied to keep the statute in its speech-protective form.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/free-speech-advocates-oppose-bill-weaken-nevada-s-slapp-law|title=Free speech advocates oppose bill to weaken Nevada's SLAPP law|author=SEAN WHALEY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=4 January 2016}}

On April 27, 2016, Randazza filed a friend of the court brief in the lawsuit by Paramount Pictures and CBS against Axanar Productions on behalf of the Language Creation Society. The lawsuit concerned a 21-minute fan-made short film, Prelude to Axanar. Paramount Pictures and CBS claimed, among other things, that the film infringed their rights by making use of the Klingon language.{{cite news | url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/29/behold-a-legal-brief-written-in-klingon/ | last=Fung | first=Brian | title= Behold, a legal brief written in Klingon | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=April 29, 2016 | newspaper =The Washington Post}}{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/crowdfunded-star-trek-movie-draws-851474 | last=Gardner | first=Eriq | title=Crowdfunded 'Star Trek' Movie Draws Lawsuit from Paramount, CBS | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=December 30, 2015 | work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web | url=http://redshirtsalwaysdie.com/2016/05/06/star-trek-debate-paramount-klingon-language/ | last=Adam | first=Russell | title=Star Trek Debate: Does Paramount own the Klingon language? | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 6, 2016 | publisher=Red Shirts Always Die}} Randazza argued that Klingon is a living language,{{cite magazine | url= http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/05/paramount-objects-to-klingon-language-am/ | last=Krayewski | first=Ed | title= Paramount Objects to Klingon Language Amicus Brief by Language Creation Society | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 6, 2016 | magazine=Reason}} and, as such, is a "state of mind"{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/29/star-trek-fan-film-klingon-paramount-cbs-lawsuit | last=Yuhas | first=Alan | title= Who owns Klingon? Lawsuit draws battle over invented languages into court | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=April 30, 2016 | newspaper=The Guardian}}—a system or process, which cannot be copyrighted, unlike a work.{{cite web | url= http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-06/why-lawyer-wrote-legal-brief-partially-klingon | last1=Goyette | first1=Jared | last2=Porzucki | first2=Nina | title= Why a lawyer wrote a legal brief partially in Klingon | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 6, 2016 | publisher=Public Radio International}} Randazza contended that since Klingon was invented in the 1980s, the language has expanded past its origins, pointing to examples like dictionaries,{{cite web | url= http://fusion.net/story/296414/klingon-legal-brief-paramount-v-axanar | last=Chiel | first=Ethan | title= This Amicus brief written partially in Klingon is the nerdiest legal document you'll read today | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=April 28, 2016 | publisher=Fusion}} translations of Shakespeare, the Klingon Language Institute,{{cite web | url= https://www.npr.org/2016/05/08/477257970/is-klingon-a-living-language-thats-for-human-courts-to-decide | title= Is Klingon A Living Language? That's For (Human) Courts To Decide | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 8, 2016 | publisher=National Public Radio}} official government statements, a wedding conducted in Klingon, and translation service available through Bing.{{cite magazine | url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/star-trek-lawsuit-debate-klingon-888419 | last=Gardner | first=Eriq | title= 'Star Trek' Lawsuit: The Debate Over Klingon Language Heats Up | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=April 28, 2016 | magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} To support its point,{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/29/klingon_paramount | last=McCarthy | first=Kieran | title=Your mother has a smooth forehead, Klingon language lovers roar at Paramount | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 29, 2016 | website=The Register}} portions of the brief were written in Klingon, employing the Klingon alphabet.{{cite magazine | url= http://reason.com/blog/2016/04/28/paramount-copyright-claim-on-klingon-lan | last=Krayewski | first=Ed | title= Paramount Copyright Claim on Klingon Language Challenged in Klingon Language | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=April 28, 2016 | magazine=Reason}}

Response to the brief was generally positive. Attorney and blogger Kevin Underhill called it "a terrific brief",{{cite web | url= http://loweringthebar.net/2016/05/cant-copyright-klingon.html | last=Underhill | first=Kevin | title= Brief Argues Klingon Language Can't Be Copyrighted | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 2, 2016 | publisher=Lowering the Bar}} and Attorney Ken White of Popehat wrote that "Marc continues to demonstrate that legal writing can be entertaining, irreverent, and persuasive at the same time."{{cite web | url= https://popehat.com/2016/04/28/marc-randazza-wrote-an-amicus-brief-about-klingon-and-its-magnificent/ | last=White | first=Ken | title= Marc Randazza Wrote An Amicus Brief About Klingon, And It's Magnificent | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=April 28, 2016 | publisher=Popehat}} In an article on the blog Mental Floss, Linguist Arika Okrent particularly praised the incorporation of the Klingon language into arguments.{{cite magazine | url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/79378/9-best-parts-legal-brief-behalf-klingon-speakers | last=Okrent | first=Arika | title= The 9 Best Parts of a Legal Brief on Behalf of Klingon Speakers | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 2, 2016 | magazine=Mental Floss}} Ethan Chiel of Fusion called the brief "a joy to read" and remarked that it was "wonderful to see what is essentially (very serious) fun being had in demonstrating a point in a legal proceeding."

About three weeks after the brief was filed, in an interview on May 20, 2016, J. J. Abrams said that Paramount would drop the lawsuit "within the next few weeks."{{cite web | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZFycZqcQhQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/mZFycZqcQhQ |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live| title=JJ Abrams Says 'Star Trek: Axanar' Lawsuit Is Ending | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 21, 2016 | publisher=TrekNews.net}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web | url= https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/in-off-the-cuff-anecdote-j-j-abrams-reveals-axanar-suit-will-be-dropped/ | last=Geuss | first=Megan | title= Beating studios to the punch, J.J. Abrams says Axanar suit will be "going away" | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 22, 2016 | website=Ars Technica}} Abrams further stated that he pushed the studio to stop the lawsuit because "we realized this is not the appropriate way to deal with the fans."{{cite web | url= http://www.thewrap.com/j-j-abrams-says-paramount-will-drop-lawsuit-against-star-trek-fan-film | last=Fuster | first=Jeremy | title=J.J. Abrams Says Paramount Will Drop Lawsuit Against 'Star Trek' Fan Film | accessdate=June 3, 2016 | date=May 20, 2016 | publisher=The Wrap}}

In May 2018 The Satanic Temple (TST) sued Twitter for religious discrimination with pro bono support from Randazza. In August, the Los Angeles chapter of TST disaffiliated in protest, calling Randazza a "Twitter troll and an agent of the alt-right."{{cite news |last1=Burton |first1=Tara Isabella |title=The Satanic Temple is divided over its leader's decision to hire Alex Jones's lawyer |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/8/9/17669894/satanic-temple-alt-right-marc-randazza-lawyer-lucien-greaves |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=Vox |date=9 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Merlan |first1=Anna |authorlink1=Anna Merlan |title=The Satanic Temple Is Engulfed in a Civil War Over a Decision to Hire an Attorney With a Stable of Alt-Right Clients |url=https://jezebel.com/the-satanic-temple-is-engulfed-in-a-civil-war-over-a-de-1828130997 |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=Jezebel |date=7 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Aggeler |first1=Madeleine |title=A Guide to All the Drama Roiling the Satanic Community |url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/the-satanic-temple-drama-explained.html |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=The Cut |language=en}}

In November 2022, Randazza filed suit on behalf of Jordan Conradson, a reporter for The Gateway Pundit (along with the publisher TGP Communications, LLC), because Conradson was denied a press pass; although a preliminary injunction was denied by the lower court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the injunction because the denial violated the First Amendment—it was not "viewpoint neutral."{{Cite web |title=Ninth Circuit Orders Press Pass for The Gateway Pundit, Pending Appeal |url=https://reason.com/volokh/2022/12/06/ninth-circuit-orders-press-pass-for-the-gateway-pundit-pending-appeal/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Reason.com |date=6 December 2022 |language=en-US}} To the contrary, the Ninth Circuit found "that a predominant reason for the County denying Conradson a press pass was the viewpoint expressed in his writings."

Randazza is also defending The Gateway Pundit in claims brought by two Georgia election workers arising from statements regarding their role in counting the ballots at the State Farm Arena in November 2020.{{Cite web |last=Hancock |first=Jason |date=2023-04-17 |title=As Fox News case heads to trial, far right St. Louis site faces its own defamation suit • Missouri Independent |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/17/as-fox-news-case-heads-to-trial-far-right-st-louis-site-faces-its-own-defamation-suit/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}

Randazza has handled a number of "cameras in the courtroom" cases, defending the rights of the news media to attend and televise courtroom proceedings. Most notably, Randazza successfully argued this issue against Alan Dershowitz. In that case, Randazza represented Courtroom View Network in its quest to televise a highly publicized trial in Las Vegas involving the Las Vegas Sands.{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Bob|title=Adult Industry Attorney Marc Randazza Bests Dershowitz, Wins Right to Broadcast Trial|url=http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=161371|accessdate=16 May 2013|newspaper=XBiz NewsWire|date=4 Apr 2013}}

In late 2011, Randazza and his firm effectively killed Righthaven, a "copyright troll" company briefly infamous for buying limited rights to copyrighted works for the sole purpose of bringing lawsuits against alleged infringers.{{cite news |last=Green |first=Steve |date=December 13, 2011 |title=Can Righthaven survive latest legal blow? |work=Las Vegas Sun |publisher=www.lasvegassun.com |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/dec/13/can-righthaven-survive-latest-legal-blow/ |accessdate=2011-12-13}}{{cite news |last=Bright |first=Arthur |date=March 15, 2012 |title=Righthaven is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! |work=Citizen Media Law Project |publisher=www.citmedialaw.org |url=http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2012/righthaven-no-more-it-has-ceased-be-its-expired-and-gone-meet-its-maker |accessdate=2012-03-16}} On May 9, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court's decision dismissing the case for lack of standing.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-09 |title=Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn |url=https://fairuse.stanford.edu/case/righthaven-llc-v-hoehn/ |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center |language=en-US}} Righthaven complained of what it called Randazza's "scorched earth judgment enforcement efforts" in its legal filings.{{cite web |date=9 January 2012 |title=Righthaven complains about 'scorched-earth' efforts to enforce judgments |url=http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2012/jan/09/righthaven-complains-about-scorched-earth-efforts-/ |accessdate=2015-11-30 |website=VegasInc.com}}

In 2021, Randazza represented former Boston Ballet dancer Dusty Button and her husband, Mitchell Taylor Button.{{Cite web |last1=Gatehouse |first1=Jonathon |last2=Leung |first2=Albert |date=2022-07-21 |title=Civil suit accuses Edmonton Oilers owner of paying teenage ballerina for sex |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/daryl-katz-ballerina-sex-allegations-1.6526941 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=CBC News}} Court documents include claims of federal sex trafficking and forced labor violations against both Dusty and Taylor Button, as well as separate accusations about Taylor Button for assault, battery, false imprisonment, and sexual exploitation of a minor.{{Cite web |last=Zitser |first=Joshua |date=2022-04-10 |title=Young dancers suing Boston Ballet star and husband describe trauma and PTSD following alleged sexual abuse at hands of famous couple, Cosmopolitan reports |url=https://www.insider.com/dancers-describe-trauma-caused-ballet-star-dusty-button-husband-cosmo-2022-4 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Insider |language=en-US}}

On June 3, 2015, there was an interim arbitration award against Randazza involving Liberty Media Holdings LLC, for whom Randazza had been General Counsel from 2009 to 2012.{{cite web |last=Pardon |first=Rhett |date=July 14, 2015 |title=Corbin Fisher Awarded 600K |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/196764 |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |publisher=XBIZ}} The dispute arose following Randazza's departure from Liberty and his filing of employment claims against them. Following his arbitration loss, Randazza filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The arbitration was ultimately vacated in its entirety, by agreement, after the court refused to confirm the arbitration award.[https://efactssc-public.flcourts.org/casedocuments/2019/188/2019-188_miscdoc_363155_f01.pdf The Florida Bar v. Marc J. Randazza]

Arising from the same dispute, the State Bar of Nevada charged Randazza with alleged violations of Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct and Randazza entered into a Conditional Guilty Plea as to two allegations: 1.8 (Conflict of Interest: Current Clients: Specific Rules) & 5.6 (Restrictions on Right to Practice); all other claims were dismissed.{{Cite web |title=76453: Case View |url=http://caseinfo.nvsupremecourt.us/public/caseView.do;jsessionid=CDCD8B17DEA64E07ADCC226BA9525E7D?csIID=47682 |accessdate=Dec 28, 2020 |website=caseinfo.nvsupremecourt.us}}{{Cite web |last=LIVE |first=PNT |date=Oct 15, 2018 |title=lawyer Marc Randazza of Randazza Legal Group and InfoWars has had his law license SUSPENDED in Nevada |url=https://www.pornnewstoday.com/index.php/2018/10/15/attorney-marc-randazza-of-randazza-legal-group-law-license-has-been-suspended-in-nevada/ |accessdate=Dec 28, 2020}}[https://www.nvbar.org/wp-content/uploads/Randazza.pdf In the matter of discipline of Marc J. Randazza, Bar No. 12265] Randazza was given a one-year suspension, stayed for 18 months, with the requirement that he avoid subsequent ethics complaints for the 18 months following entry of the order, complete 20 hours of CLE classes, and pay the costs associated with the proceedings within 30 days. Reciprocal disciplinary proceedings occurred in other jurisdictions in which Randazza is admitted, including Arizona, Massachusetts, and Florida, where reciprocal discipline was imposed.{{Cite web |title=Marc Randazza | NV, Attorney |url=https://azbar.legalserviceslink.com/attorneys-view/MarcJRandazza |accessdate=Dec 28, 2020 |website=azbar.legalserviceslink.com}}[https://web.flsd.uscourts.gov/uploads/adminOrders/2020/2020-29.pdf ORDER ADOPTING SECOND AMENDED AND FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION]{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Luke |date=Apr 25, 2019 |title=Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin's Lawyers Want To Ditch Him In High-Profile Harassment Case |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/neo-nazi-andrew-anglins-lawyers-want-out-of-high-profile-harassment-case_n_5cc119e1e4b01b6b3efc7408 |accessdate=Dec 28, 2020 |website=HuffPost}}[https://efactssc-public.flcourts.org/casedocuments/2019/188/2019-188_disposition_150449_d39e.pdf The Florida State Bar v. Marc John Randazza] Notably, the Florida Supreme Court it found no aggravating factors, with the Referee finding that there was "no clear and convincing evidence to suggest that anything [Randazza] may have done on behalf of his other clients was actually adverse to" his complaining clients.

• [http://llr.lls.edu/volumes/v34-issue4/randazza.pdf "The Constitutionality of Online Vote Swapping"] - 34 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1297 (2001)
• [http://www.lawtechjournal.com/articles/2001/06_011004_randazza.php "Breaking Duverger's Law is not Illegal: Strategic Voting, the Internet and the 2000 Presidential Election"] - 2001 UCLA Journal of Law and Technology 6
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926202531/http://law.wustl.edu/WULQ/82-1/p143%20Randazza%20book%20pages.pdf "The Other Election Controversy of Y2K: Core First Amendment Values and High-Tech Political Coalitions"  ] - 82 Washington University Law Quarterly 143 (2004)
• [http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNJournal01.nsf/5ed402c7659b76df85256c2c004fa3bf/ba9d14eb6a60a1e585257217006e617b?OpenDocument "The Florida Supreme Court Dulls the Edge of Rule 1.420(e)"] - 80 Florida Bar Journal 39 (2006)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20091102201143/https://law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?2130&pageID=3290 "Gambling in America's Senior Communities"] (Daniel Russell, co-author) - 8 Marquette Elder Law Advisor 343 (2007)
• [http://law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/volumes/91/2/docs/randazza.pdf "The Need for a Unified and Cohesive National Anti-SLAPP Law"] - 91 Oregon Law Review 627 (2013)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102511/http://nvbar.org/articles/content/nevadas-new-anti-slapp-law-silver-state-sets-gold-standard "Nevada's New Anti-SLAPP Law: The Silver State Sets the Gold Standard"] - 21 Nevada Lawyer Magazine 7 (2013)
• [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2679621 "The Legal Status of Making Adult Films in Nevada"] - 23 Nevada Lawyer Magazine 20 (2015)
• [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2716892 "Freedom of Expression and Morality Based Impediments to the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights"] - 16 Nevada Law Journal 107 (2016)
• [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2773137 "Lenz v. Universal: A Call to Reform Section 512(f) of the DMCA and to Strengthen Fair Use"] - 18 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law (2016)
• [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2789951 "Ulysses: A Mighty Hero in the Fight for Freedom of Expression"] - 11 University of Massachusetts Law Review 268 (2016)

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