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19 Aug 2016, 4:10 am by SHG
 Even though it was learned after trial that Bollea’s litigation was being financed by Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel, that fact, without more, didn’t alter the calculus. [read post]
19 Aug 2016, 4:06 am by Walter Olson
Our coverage of the publication, including its run-in with champerty and maintenance and Peter Thiel’s version of “public interest” litigation, is here. [read post]
18 Aug 2016, 11:36 am
Announced here, with prime blame laid on "the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel" and "his clandestine legal campaign against the company. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 5:01 am by Walter Olson
Billed as a federal remedy for so-called revenge porn, the proposed Intimate Privacy Protection Act is hailed by Peter Thiel in Monday’s New York Times as a “step in the right direction. [read post]
15 Aug 2016, 11:09 pm by Tom Smith
As the competition for attention was rewarding ever more exploitation, Gawker was leading the way. [read post]
3 Aug 2016, 9:40 am by Tom Smith
The blood of the young and healthy could one day serve as the ‘biological fountain of youth’ for those hoping to challenge the inevitability of death. [read post]
20 Jul 2016, 3:00 am by Susan Reilly
Peter Thiel and Facebook did not respond to requests seeking comment. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 7:02 am by Eric Goldman
Peter Thiel/Lawfare * Felix Salmon: Peter Thiel just gave other billionaires a dangerous blueprint for perverting philanthropy * Poynter: Peter Thiel isn’t the only billionaire waging legal battles against the press * New Republic: Peter Thiel’s Revenge Against Gawker Is Neither Justice Nor Philanthropy * Law.com: Billionaire’s Backing of Gawker Suit Raises Transparency Concerns * Wired: Gawker’s… [read post]
19 Jun 2016, 4:00 am by Barry Sookman
ConsumerAffairs https://t.co/ISeo1r5nfV -> EU Trade Secrets Directive to come into force on 5 July 2016 https://t.co/57v12r3cwm -> The Overblown Backlash Against Peter Thiel For Destroying Gawker https://t.co/LBRHtDRDNt -> Should you store daw in an India cloud service? [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 3:00 pm by Kathryn Rubino
[Bloomberg View] * Not every litigation financier is Peter Thiel, and I think we are all pretty happy about that. [read post]
16 Jun 2016, 4:00 am by Barry Sookman
ConsumerAffairs https://t.co/ISeo1r5nfV -> EU Trade Secrets Directive to come into force on 5 July 2016 https://t.co/57v12r3cwm -> The Overblown Backlash Against Peter Thiel For Destroying Gawker https://t.co/LBRHtDRDNt -> [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“Angry about Peter Thiel’s pursuit of Gawker? [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 7:43 pm by David Cuthbert
The Overblown Backlash Against Peter Thiel for Destroying Gawker – ... [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 12:00 am by Patrick Maines
The news that pro wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker has been financed by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has sparked many opinions, some of them erroneous, some duplicitous, and some deeply shameful. [read post]
13 Jun 2016, 5:58 am by Staci Zaretsky
Thanks to billionaire Peter Thiel's financial assistance, Hulk Hogan bodyslammed Gawker into submission with a multimillion-dollar jury verdict. [read post]
11 Jun 2016, 12:45 pm by Tom Smith
via thefederalist.com Seems to me Peter Thiel deserves a medal for doing this. [read post]
11 Jun 2016, 12:24 am by John Steele
Peter Thiel, the high-tech billionaire, funded the tort suit by Hulk Hogan against the provocative website, Gawker. [read post]
10 Jun 2016, 10:50 pm by Walter Olson
” [New Yorker] My recent posts on Gawker, Peter Thiel, and paying others to sue are here and here. [read post]
10 Jun 2016, 6:20 pm
"Gawker, Filing for Bankruptcy After Hulk Hogan Suit, Is for Sale": Sydney Ember of The New York Times has an article that begins, "Gawker Media, under pressure from a $140 million legal judgment and facing a determined foe in the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is putting itself up for sale. [read post]