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CA Anti-SLAPP Law Applies to #MeToo Instagram Post–Nelson v. Bridgers

Eric Goldman

“In October 2020, Bannon made a lengthy post to Instagram summarizing negative experiences of persons doing business with Nelson and of his romantic partners, and recounting her own bad experiences with him.” He also brought a similar but unrelated lawsuit against Noel Wells). Case Citation : Nelson v.

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Battle Royale: Alpha Modus Sues Walgreens for Patent Infringement

Brett Trout

has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens Co. Investors and speculators doubled the price of Alpha Modus stock last week, likely in anticipation of this lawsuit, before the price dropped back down this week to about a sixty percent overall increase. In its lawsuit, Alpha Modus accuses Walgreens of infringing the following patents: U.S.

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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

The past year was marked by many more filed cases than decisions, and those decisions that were issued largely demonstrated how well-known pitfalls will also hamper this new wave of AI lawsuits. 6] Despite these challenges, plaintiffs are not slowing down, and new lawsuits were filed at a steady clip over the course of 2024.

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Judge Rejects SAD Scheme Joinder–Toyota v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

” Toyota cited the 2020 Bose decision, which said that online marketplace alleged counterfeiters could be analogized to BitTorrent infringers, where courts have held that joinder against BitTorrent participants can be supported when they are all part of the same swarm. Emoji GmbH v.

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What is a Legal Assistant? How to Become One?

MatterSuite

Legal assistants may perform tasks such as sorting or filing documents, preparing appointments and calendars, including trail schedules, and contacting clients and all other parties to lawsuits. A legal assistant may also help with legal research , writing legal papers, and more, not whatever is required. But they are not the same.

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Verizon and Its Cloud Vendor Must Face Lawsuit for Reporting “CSAM” That Wasn’t – Lawshe v. Verizon (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Its not mentioned here, but he later got the charges dropped and filed a civil-rights lawsuit against multiple government officials.) A Google Scholar search for 2258B turns up just two prior lawsuits (both fruitless) against AT&T in 2013 and Meta and Yahoo in 2020. true CSAM) can mean messy, expensive FOSTA lawsuits.

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From Paramount to Prime: The Battle for Theaters in a Streaming Age

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

Baker referred to this phenomenon in his speech, highlighting that upward of 1,000 movie screens have shut down in the United States since 2020 – “right now, the theatre-going experience is under threat,” [3] he exclaimed. But what exactly is threatening movie theaters in 2025? Paramount Pictures, Inc. Paramount Pictures, Inc. 131 (1948). [6]

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