A Lubbock lawyer has filed a free-speech suit, claiming that a state agency tried to bar his use of the words “Texas” and “Workers Comp” in combination in the web address where he posts his blog.
According to a Feb. 22 complaint, solo John Gibson received a cease-and-desist order telling him to discontinue immediately use of that combination of words in that Internet location. Gibson, in his individual capacity and doing business as John Gibson & Associates, filed the complaint in John Gibson, et al. v. Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation, et al. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Lubbock. In his complaint Gibson seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and attorney’s fees against the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation and Rod Bordelon, commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Worker’s Compensation in his official capacity.
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