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National Law Journal

In-House Counsel Profile: Eve Burton

"We are a de minimus spender of outside legal fees."
14 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Inadmissible: Month of January

By | January 01, 2017
Local law school makes good on job placement.
29 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyer in JonBenet Ramsey Libel Case Calls Out CBS for Fake News

The Atlanta libel attorney representing the surviving brother of slain beauty pageant princess JonBenet Ramsey in a $750 million defamation suit against CBS says the network's retrospective on JonBenet's still-unsolved slaying has earned it a new reputation—as a generator of fake news.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Facebook Post Dashes Woman's Med Mal Suit

Judge Jacqueline O. Shogan cited two Facebook posts that undercut the plaintiff's statute of limitations argument.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Historic Mug Shots Line New Supreme Court Brief as Court Weighs Privacy Dispute

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to weigh a dispute over mug shots, a new amicus brief, backing the Detroit Free Press in its suit, presents a collection of historic and contemporary booking photos. The brief, filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, included the photos to argue that the images have a historical value, building an understanding of the context behind arrests, and should be widely available to the public. A federal appeals court ruling in July cited the privacy interests of defendants in concluding that the U.S. government does not have an obligation under public-records laws to release mug shots.
21 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Judge Orders County Clerk to Quickly Release New Complaints

A Manhattan federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against Milton Tingling, New York County clerk, ordering him to immediately provide public access to newly filed civil complaints.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Self-Proclaimed Publisher of Fake News Sites Loses Circuit Appeal

In her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis discusses a recent Second Circuit decision in 'FTC v. LeadClick Media', which upheld a challenge by the FTC to certain kinds of fake news under the FTC Act, ruling that the FTC's complaint had not run afoul of §230 of the Communications Decency Act.
15 minute read

Daily Business Review

Pitbull Releases Details of $1 Million Deal With Tourism Agency

The Miami rapper Pitbull released details of a controversial $1 million deal to promote Florida, two days after the state House filed a lawsuit to try to get the information.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

CNN Can't SLAPP Down Employment Suit, Appeals Court Rules

A California appeals court on Tuesday ruled that CNN Inc. cannot fend off an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former producer by invoking the state's anti-SLAPP statute.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Shearman and DLA Piper Advise on Viacom's Purchase of Argentine Broadcaster Telefe

Shearman & Sterling and DLA Piper represent parties in $345 million Viacom-Telefonica sale of leading Argentine broadcaster and content producer Telefe. It's likely the first major media investment under Argentina's new government.
16 minute read

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