National/Federal Billions at Stake as Online Fundraising Practices Turn Off Voters MSN – Jessica Piper (Politico) | Published: 1/17/2023 Llyod Cotler, the founder of Banter Messaging, advises friends and family to write a check if they want to make political contributions and avoid online giving, lest their emails and phone numbers end up on lists that recirculate through the campaign world for eternity. [read post]

Dallas Court of Appeals addresses complex issues in appeal from summary judgment in suit by tort clients who sued their lawyers for barratry     CARL "STACEY" NEESE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF L.N., C.N., L.N., AND C.N., JAMES NEESE, DAVID NEESE, JENNIFER HUGHES, MITZI RENFROE, AND IRL HOOPER, Appellants, v. [read post]

2018 was another busy busy year in the world of copyright, and a continuing global 'theme' was the ongoing battle between 'big tech' and 'big content', with the likes of Google and YouTube continuing to lobby extensively against planned reforms, bringing onboard (some) of the creative community - whilst the  'big content' (including film companies, music companies, the games sector and television) rolled out other creators - and finally seemed to be… [read post]