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As jurors were deliberating in the suit by Sarah Palin against the New York Times, SDNY Judge Jed Rakoff informed the parties of his intention to grant the Times’ Rule 50 motion on the basis that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish “actual malice, as required by Times v. [read post]

Simple Justice - http://blog.simplejustice.us

Guest Post: Plaintiffs’ Abusive Tax on M&A Deals Changed Form But Continued in 2021

16 Feb 2022, 12:39 pm by Kevin LaCroix

[v] In re Trulia Inc. [read post]

The D & O Diary - http://www.dandodiary.com/

Is There Really a D.C. Crackdown on Independent Contractor Misclassification? January 2022 IC Legal Update

16 Feb 2022, 10:11 am by Richard Reibstein Esq.

Walsh v. [read post]

Independent Contractor Compliance Legal Blog - http://independentcontractorcompliance.com/

Word Salad, Fact Confusion, and Lawyering: One Take on ParkerVision v. Qualcomm

16 Feb 2022, 4:15 am by Paul Morinville

Last month, I followed a hearing in a case called ParkerVision v. [read post]

IPWatchdog.com | Patent Copyright Trademark - http://www.ipwatchdog.com

Judge Rakoff's Inexplicable Announcement of His Intended JNOV in Palin v. NY Times

16 Feb 2022, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf

DorfYesterday, the jury hearing Palin v. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

[Eugene Volokh] Perhaps the S. Ct. Will Reconsider the "Actual Malice" Libel Test -- but Not in Palin v. N.Y. Times

15 Feb 2022, 1:35 pm by Eugene Volokh

Butts, which extended that to so-called "public figures. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Failure to show injury dooms ROP/endorsement claim, unusually

15 Feb 2022, 10:28 am by Rebecca Tushnet

Troubleshooter Network, Inc. v. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

Another Problematic FOSTA Ruling–Doe v. Pornhub

14 Feb 2022, 10:32 am by Eric Goldman

A few observations from reading numerous FOSTA cases: sex trafficking victim cases are horrifying. courts cannot figure out how to interpret FOSTA. due to FOSTA’s ambiguities, judges are turning to judicial activism to favor victims regardless of the law. the doctrinal errors judges are making in FOSTA cases may migrate into standard Section 230 jurisprudence, which would cause significant problems for UGC that Congress thought FOSTA wouldn’t reach. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Rejecting cookies should be as easy as accepting cookies: new sanctions by the French authority (CNIL)

14 Feb 2022, 6:07 am by Barbara Ghebali (FR)

Lack of cooperation with the CNIL: no communication of the figures relating to the data subjects concerned; 4. [read post]

Data Protection Report - http://www.dataprotectionreport.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Sealing Kinda Sus

14 Feb 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh

And as pointed out in Doe v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Law and Media Round Up – 14 February 2022

14 Feb 2022, 3:42 am by INFORRM

Caroline Kean, a partner at Wiggin and leading media defence lawyer, has urged MPs to show “guts” and act to protect public interest journalism in England and Wales from the existential threat posed by public figures and bodies attempting to shut down criticism. [read post]

Inforrm's Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

California Court of Appeal, Falcon Brands, Inc. v. Mousavi & Lee, LLP, Docket No. G059477

12 Feb 2022, 5:42 am

” (Paul v. [read post]

Frederic Borel - http://fredericborel.blogspot.ch/

False Claims Act Penalties: A Complete Guide

11 Feb 2022, 5:52 am by David W.S. Lieberman

Once you have figured out how many statutory penalties should be imposed, [read post]

Whistleblower Blog and News - https://www.whistleblowerllc.com/blog-news/

"As with previous months, higher prices oozed into just about every sector of the economy, leaving households to feel the strain at the deli counter, shopping mall and just about everywhere else."

10 Feb 2022, 6:37 am

Figurative uses. 3. [read post]