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Swifties’ Ticketmaster Lawsuit Reveals ‘Anti-Hero’ Behavior

Berkley Technology Law Journal

2023 Taylor Swift’s fans, affectionately called Swifties, closed out 2022 with an antitrust complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Ticketmaster, the online ticketing giant. In 2019 the antitrust division of the DOJ filed United States v. By Shabrina Defi Khansa, LL.M. Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc.

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A Tale as Old as Time: Disney and DeSantis Battle in the Courts

Trellis.Law Blog

DeSantis’s Motion Against Judge Walker Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed a motion to recuse the Hon.

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A Tale as Old as Time: Disney and DeSantis Battle in the Courts

Legal Tech Monitor

DeSantis’s Motion Against Judge Walker Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed a motion to recuse the Hon. Walker, a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, from presiding over Disney’s lawsuit.

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Morning Docket: 05.03.23

Legal Tech Monitor

American Lawyer ] * The Third Circuit is going ahead with its humane filing deadline proposal over vocal dissent. If they hate it so much, they’re free to file a complaint… during regular business hours. Bloomberg Law News ] * Trump will not testify in the E. Which probably makes them mad. Jean Carroll trial. Probably not. [

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A Judge Enumerates a SAD Scheme Plaintiff’s Multiple Abuses, But Still Won’t Award Sanctions–Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

The plaintiff eventually dismissed all of the defendants within 5 weeks of filing the complaint. 5 at 4 (“[A]ddresses provided on the e-commerce stores indicate that the registrants are in China and other neighboring countries.”). Has the plaintiff filed other SAD Scheme cases, and did it commit similar abuses in those cases?

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ChatGPT vs. Copyright Law

Legal Tech Monitor

This lack of clarity can lead to disputes and even lawsuits. The mother filed a lawsuit, arguing that her use of the song was fair use. For example, creating software to convert e-books into formats compatible with screen readers for the visually impaired could be considered a violation of the DMCA.

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My 40 Most-Read Blog Posts This Year Tell A Story Of A Legal Industry Consumed With Generative AI

LawSites

Circuit Court of Appeal’s proposed rule on appellants’ use of AI to create filings. Two stories related to DoNotPay — one when the American Bar Association canceled an op-ed that used DoNotPay as an example to argue for regulatory reform, and another when a court dismissed an unauthorized practice lawsuit against DoNotPay.