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30 May 2016, 2:54 am by Walter Olson
Davey Alba and Jennifer Chaussee at Wired quote me on Peter Thiel’s financing of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit as part of a campaign to take down Gawker Media (earlier here, here). [read post]
30 May 2016, 1:52 am by INFORRM
This week is the Easter Legal Vacation. [read post]
29 May 2016, 4:00 am by Barry Sookman
The Data Protection Commissioner: testing the boundaries of "personal data" https://t.co/4qYX0Gy3yq -> Judge Upholds Hulk Hogan's $140 Million Trial Victory Against Gawker https://t.co/CsaExJPneS -> B.C. [read post]
27 May 2016, 7:44 pm by Howard Wasserman
I wanted to share two takes on the news that tech billionaire Peter Thiel has been funding Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media. [read post]
27 May 2016, 5:58 am by Staci Zaretsky
Thanks to its expensive legal battle with Hulk Hogan -- one that's been revenge-financed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel to the tune of millions of dollars -- Gawker Media is exploring a possible sale of the company and has hired Mark Patricof of Houlihan Lokey to provide financial advice. [read post]
27 May 2016, 5:25 am by Walter Olson
There has been much coverage of the revelation that Peter Thiel has funded Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker behind the scenes, especially following the Silicon Valley figure’s acknowledgment that he views taking down the notoriously scurrilous publisher as a public service (“one of my greater philanthropic things that I’ve done”) and has sought out and funded other litigants besides Hogan in order to make that happen. [read post]
27 May 2016, 4:00 am by Barry Sookman
The Data Protection Commissioner: testing the boundaries of "personal data" https://t.co/4qYX0Gy3yq -> Judge Upholds Hulk Hogan's $140 Million Trial Victory Against Gawker https://t.co/CsaExJPneS -> B.C. [read post]
26 May 2016, 7:58 am by Eugene Kontorovich
A previous post discussed the issue of third-party financing in Hulk Hogan’s privacy lawsuit against Gawker. [read post]
26 May 2016, 7:37 am by David Kravets
Now it has been revealed that Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel, who a decade ago was outed as being "totally gay" by Gawker's now-defunct Valleywag site, has bankrolled Hulk Hogan's litigation. [read post]
26 May 2016, 7:00 am
Said Peter Thiel — the PayPal billionaire — explaining why he bankrolled Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker. [read post]
26 May 2016, 6:37 am by Eric Turkewitz
Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, takes the oath in court during his trial, via Reuters The story of ambulance chasing after the Hulk Hogan case is buried 22 paragraphs into the New York Times article. [read post]
26 May 2016, 5:59 am by Staci Zaretsky
[DealBook / New York Times] * Now that the world knows that PayPal's co-founder provided funding for Hulk Hogan's invasion of privacy suit against Gawker, it's time to take a look at the lawyer who's been representing the wrestler. [read post]
26 May 2016, 5:19 am by Eugene Kontorovich
A story in yesterday’s New York Times revealed that Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media was financed by Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook. [read post]
26 May 2016, 3:38 am by SHG
” Litigation takes time, and wasn’t Hulk Hogan’s time worth money? [read post]
25 May 2016, 11:41 am by Media Law Prof
Judge Pamela Campbell is leaving a jury verdict and a $140 million damage award to Hulk Hogan in place, the Hollywood Reporter is noting. [read post]
25 May 2016, 4:56 am by SHG
Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers of Facebook, has been secretly covering the expenses for Hulk Hogan’s lawsuits against online news organization Gawker Media. [read post]
24 May 2016, 9:16 pm by Walter Olson
[Wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media over its publication of a sex tape resulted in a Florida jury’s award of $140 million against the widely loathed journalistic entity. [read post]
15 May 2016, 4:20 pm by INFORRM
The media news this week was dominated by the release of the long awaited  White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction [pdf] . [read post]
13 May 2016, 7:59 am by Ron Coleman
 Free speech and artificial intelligence, the FBI may have help unlocking an encrypted iPhone, Hulk Hogan vs Gawker Media, Naruto and the monkey selfie rides again and more! [read post]
12 May 2016, 3:45 am by Cyrus Farivar
(credit: Howard Lake) The same lawyer who successfully sued Gawker Media over Hulk Hogan’s sex tape has now sued the online publisher again, this time representing the Massachusetts man who claims that he invented e-mail in 1978 at the age of 14. [read post]