Uber Watch, Thrones in School, Sidley Move: The Morning Minute
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April 11, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
|JOY RIDE? We're watching to see if Uber Technologies registers to go public today with plans to sell about $10 billion in stock. The ride-share company is expected to seek a valuation of up to $100 billion. All (lawyers') eyes will be on the company's SEC Form S-1 filing to see which firms land the coveted spots repping the company and the underwriters.
PRESSURE - In a move that shows the increasing influence the EU and other governments are exerting on social media companies and tech platforms, Facebook has agreed to change its terms of service so they are no longer what the EU says are “misleading.” Simon Taylor reports that in bowing to pressure from EU officials, the social media giant will change its terms and services to explain that it makes money by using personal data to sell targeted advertising. The changes, which take effect in June, will apply globally.
REALITY TV - As if it isn't ubiquitous enough, Game of Thrones has plundered its way into law schools. Karen Sloan reports on the trend in the classroom, law review articles and law professor podcasts to draw parallels between the HBO fantasy drama and modern-day legal issues. “You could almost do 'Game of Thrones' as a bar review course. It would cover aspects of criminal law, constitutional law and criminal procedure,” says David Weber, a professor at Creighton University School of Law.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
|Second Circuit Vacates Ex-Reporter's 5-Year Cyberstalking Sentence Connected to Bomb Threat Case
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
|MOVING ON - Alexander Carter-Silk, the Brown Rudnick partner in the U.K. who became the center of a media storm four years ago over a LinkedIn message he sent to a young woman lawyer about her “stunning” photo, has joined Keystone Law. As Simon Lock reports, Carter-Silk's message to Charlotte Proudman, then 27, said, “You definitely win the prize for the best LinkedIn picture I have ever seen.” At the time of the incident, Brown Rudnick apologized for any offense caused.
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WHAT YOU SAID
“I had done defendants' work for a very long time and I was interested in seeing how the other side lived”
— PAUL BLANKENSTEIN, FORMER OF COUNSEL AT GIBSON DUNN WHO HAS JOINED> PLAINTIFFS FIRM SANFORD HEISLER AS HEAD OF ITS FINANCIAL SERVICES LITIGATION PRACTICE. GIBSON DUNN IS DEFENSE COUNSEL IN SUITS ALLEGING GENDER DISCRIMINATION BROUGHT BY SANFORD HEISLER.
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