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Justia Legal Resources: Guide to Lawsuits and the Court Process

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A section of the Lawyers and the Legal Process Center in the Justia Legal Guides tries to make lawsuits and the court process more accessible to the average person. What Can You Ask a Court To Do? What you want the court to do is usually called a remedy. What you want the court to do is usually called a remedy.

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What is a “Social Media Platform”?–NetChoice v. Uthmeier

Eric Goldman

To dispose of various motions, the court must construe the statutory term “social media platform.” The court recognizes this drafting flaw: the text of the social media platform definition is broad. –the court sides with the statutory text and its massively overbroad definition. 230(e)(3).

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Privacy Law: Status of Legal Practice Area in 2025

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The history of privacy law The roots of privacy law in the U.S. Supreme Court rulings have found that the First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth amendments of the Constitution contain a right to privacy. It was in 1917 that a judge ruled there were protections for the contents of sealed mail.

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Catching Up on the Heavyweight Scraping Battle Between X and Bright Data (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

If the judge thinks its reasonable, the judge can allow it. But here, the judge invited the parties to engage in extensive letter-briefing on the motion to amend the claims. The judge decided that this was an actionable deprivation of use of its servers, and allowed the TTC claims to proceed. But the court denied X Corp.s

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Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Firing of FTC Commissioner, Cites 90 Years of Legal Precedent

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By Perplexity — Legal Affairs Analysis A federal judge has dealt a significant blow to presidential power, ruling that Donald Trump violated federal law when he fired Democratic FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in March 2025. United States, 295 U.S.

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Interim U.S. attorney for Northern District denied full appointment by federal judges–spectrumlocalnews.com

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BY Spectrum News Staff ALBANY – A panel of judges declined to appoint John Sarcone III, the interim U.S. The residence issue is reported to have not come up before the 3-judge panel. Sarcone has listed his address as a boarded up building in Albany , lives outside the Northern District; but says he intends to move there.

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Unlikely Careers for Lawyers

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JAG Lawyer A Judge Advocate General is a unique opportunity for those who want to defend their country in court. In the episode “ Going From Law School to the Air Force JAG Corps ,” Professor Tony Ghiotto discusses his transition from the battlefield to the classroom. Cohen admits he slept in his law office for a whole year!

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