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Justia Legal Resources: Banking and Finance Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Sam Bankman-Fried had founded cryptocurrency exchange FTX in 2019 and served as its CEO, despite allegedly knowing nothing about cryptocurrency at the time. If they can prove that the defendant acted negligently , an investor may recover damages for their losses. He soon became a billionaire, but the bubble did not take long to burst.

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X Corp. v. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

When Meta sued Bright Data for breaching Facebook’s and Instagram’s ToS, the defendant successfully argued that since the scraping occurred without logging into its platforms’ accounts, it did not constitute “use” of the platform and thus did not breach the ToS. If a contract does that, it should not be enforceable as a matter of federal law.

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Guest Post: David the Inventor vs. the Biglaw Goliath – What Drives A Goliath To Take On A David?

LawSites

At great cost, Xcential has been forced to defend itself with counterclaims and motions for dismissal. The details and the arguments from both sides are publicly available and have been covered by the National Law Journal , the legal tech media and, most recently, experts in the patent world.

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SixFifty.com: Employment Law Disrupter

The Law Product Makers blog

SixFifty is led by Kimball Dean Parker , 37, who comes to the role of CEO from the LawX Lab at BYU Law School , of which he still remains as Director. He was recognized by the ABA Journal as a Legal Rebel in 2019. Previously Parker developed and founded CO/COUNSEL, a legal education and crowdsourcing website.

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So long, Chevron?: How a Group of New England Fishermen Challenged the Longstanding Chevron Approach.

The Barrister

Here, federal court defers to the administrative agency’s permissible construction of the statute. [5] Factual Background Loper and Relentless challenged the applicability of Chevron in a case surrounding enforcement of federal observers on commercial fishing vessels. Administrative Law: Examples & Explanations, 5th ed.

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Face Forward: Strategies for Complying with Facial Recognition Laws

Debevoise Data Blog

Notably, BIPA provides for enforcement by private citizens, with losing defendants on the hook both for generous statutory damages and for attorneys’ fees. 2019 IL 123186, 129 N.E.3d There is a private right of action: violators are subject either to actual damages or damages of $1,000 per day per violation, whichever is greater.

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Danielle Keats Citron is Right, Protecting Intimate Privacy is a Freedom of Expression Issue

Berkley Technology Law Journal

State and federal laws prohibit public and private entities from discriminating against individuals based on their race, age, national origin, religion, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. Advocacy groups challenged the law in Court, claiming it violated the First Amendment.