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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. For example, a recent FTC lawsuit filed in December 2020 seeks to undo Meta’s acquisition of two social media platforms, WhatsApp and Instagram.
But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. Following my report, QuickLegal quickly shut down. Gavelytics. million in funding.
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ClaimScore, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help detect fraudulent claims in class action lawsuits, has closed a $3.15 Founded in 2022, ClaimScore says it is the only software product dedicated to resolving the problem of claims […]
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San Fernando Valley Alarm, 2022 Cal. 20, 2022): “Defendant fails to establish applicability of the CDA based on the first element: “the defendant be a provider or user of an interactive computer service.” Offerup Inc., LEXIS 49865 (Cal. Superior Ct. July 28, 2023). OfferUp qualifies for Section 230 again. Superior Ct.
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After a warning, Amazon again yanked his authoring privileges in February 2022 (the phrases that offended: “many Millennials are woketards” and “Wuhan plague”). Nevertheless, Amazon restored his authoring ability based on his promise to comply with its review policies. You can imagine how well that went. The court dismisses the case.
This is Stodder’s perspective on the lawsuit. In the most recent 2022 reporting , Brownstein maintained the top position on K Street, leaving behind Akin Gump at number two and Holland & Knight (the firm now representing Xcential in D.C. If anyone at Akin Gump wishes to respond, I would be happy to publish it.].
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