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2 Nov 2016, 11:54 am by Elie Mystal
What this means is that the freedom of the press means whatever Peter Thiel decides it means. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 11:26 am by Christopher Simon
In a story made for Hollywood, it was recently revealed that billionaire Peter Thiel was quietly funding Hulk Hogan’s litigation against Gawker.com. [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
My favorite was GRid 2.0…although CGQ was nice… “Hulk-O-Mania” Redux: New Questions on 3rd Party Litigation Funding If you follow high-brow websites like TMZ and “The Hollywood Reporter” as religiously as I do, you’re no doubt up-to-speed on the controversy surrounding billionaire Peter Thiel’s funding of Hulk Hogan’s recent invasion of privacy suit against Gawker Media. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 3:56 pm
This argument worked in Anaheim, CA to successfully modify similar legislation.Airbnb also argued that the proposed bill violates First Amendment rights and the Fourteenth Amendment due process rights because penalties are triggered automatically without Airbnb knowing of any non-compliant posting.The issue became so hot at one point that more than three dozen signatories, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and venture capitalist Marc… [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 9:05 am by Tom Smith
Now Silicon Valley activists are targeting Peter Thiel, because the controversial venture capitalist and a board member for Facebook donated $1.25 million to a super PAC that supports Donald Trump. [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 10:32 am by Zach Abramowitz
It's been one hell of a 2016 for former lawyer, entrepreneur and Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel. [read post]
21 Oct 2016, 8:12 am by Sean Hayes
The issue became so hot at one point that more than three dozen signatories, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, drafted a letter in support of Airbnb. [read post]
16 Oct 2016, 5:10 pm by Joe Mullin
Enlarge / Peter Thiel delivers a speech during the Republican National Convention in July. [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 6:19 pm
So reports Politico:Donald Trump may not be planning to sue People over the magazine's story accusing him of sexual assault, but his wife Melania apparently is.At 7:15 p.m. on Thursday night, Melania tweeted a copy of a letter bearing the return address of her lawyer, Charles Harder, and addressed to People editorial director Jess Cagle and People writer Natasha Stoynoff, who wrote a first-person account about Donald Trump forcibly kissing her at Mar-a-Lago in 2005.Harder — who… [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 2:57 am by Robin Shea
Trump and his kids signalled support for LGBT rights, and one of the featured speakers was Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, who is openly gay. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Yet last week, rumors swirled that Trump might nominate venture capitalist Peter Thiel to the Court. [read post]
16 Sep 2016, 5:27 am by Edith Roberts
Ben Walsh and Ryan Grim reported yesterday in The Huffington Post that Donald Trump is seriously considering nominating venture capitalist and billionaire Peter Thiel to the Court should Trump win in November; representatives of both Trump and Thiel denied the report. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 8:18 pm
"Donald Trump Wants Peter Thiel On The Supreme Court, Sources Say; The eccentric billionaire endorsed Trump in a speech at the Republican National Convention this summer": Ben Walsh and Ryan Grim of The Huffington Post have this report. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 4:13 pm by Joe Patrice
Beyond Justice Peter Thiel, of course. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 8:44 am by Tom Smith
Trump “deeply loves Peter Thiel,” and people in the real estate mogul’s inner circle are talking about Thiel as a Supreme Court nominee, a separate source close to Trump told The Huffington Post. [read post]
24 Aug 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Free speech hero Flemming Rose’s acceptance speech on winning the 2016 Cato Institute Friedman Prize; “A Timeline of Attacks on Free Speech” is one of many features of new book Defending Free Speech, edited by Steve Simpson and highly recommended by figures including Harvey Silverglate, Flemming Rose, and Tara Smith [Ayn Rand Institute] “Never Mind Peter Thiel; Gawker Killed Itself” [Simon Dumenco, Ad Age] That “prospect of financial ruin… [read post]
24 Aug 2016, 12:59 pm by Joe Patrice
As Gawker enters the dustbin of history, people still don't seem to understand Peter Thiel's strategy. [read post]