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Election Challenges, Dangerous Speech, & Carrying the Nuclear Football

Legal Talk Network

On Legal Talk Today , Ohio State Law Prof. Foley, author of “ Presidential Elections and Majority Rule ” and “ Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States ,” walks listeners through the history of contested elections and possibilities stemming from Election 2020.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 5, 2020

LLRX

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few.

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

Eric Goldman

A Brief Recap on Contract Preemption To appreciate the significance of this opinion, let’s revisit the law of copyright preemption. 301(a) , which preempts state laws “equivalent” to copyright. If a contract does that, it should not be enforceable as a matter of federal law. In 2022, in ML Genius v.

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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

Although many of those complaints focused on the core copyright and trademark infringement theories present in the earliest AI lawsuits, plaintiffs have begun diversifying their claims to include false advertising and unfair competition, along with other state-law causes of action. 2020); Stevens v. Meta Platforms, Inc. ,

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Confidence in the Supreme Court is declining – but there is no easy way to oversee justices and their politics

LLRX

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent at least 29 text messages to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to help overturn the 2020 election has reignited a long-simmering debate about judicial ethics and the nation’s highest court. Recent evidence showing that Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S.

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Where Do Lawyers Work Today? The Ethics and Acceptance of Working Remotely

Attorney at Work

Over time, the taboo surrounding less traditional work setups began to ease, and early in 2020, when COVID-19 hit the world, the stigma had all but disappeared. Still, ethics and security concerns were still top of mind for many practicing lawyers in March 2020, as we were thrust into a Zoom world. The Office Doors Are Open.

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Section 230 Applies to Nextdoor Consumer Reviews–Duffer v. Nextdoor

Eric Goldman

The court summarizes the plaintiff’s allegations: Plaintiff alleges that in October, 2020, he received a negative review on Nextdoor from a former customer. The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I ” Motion to dismiss granted.