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Federal Online-Shield Law Threatens California Case Against Backpage.com

A Sacramento County judge on Wednesday signaled that he's prepared to dismiss charges against current and former corporate officers of the online classifieds site Backpage.com, finding the broad immunity of the Communications Decency Act shields the men from prosecution in a sex-trafficking case.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

Attorneys On The Move: Trending Toward the Mobile Office

With added pressures on attorneys to stay connected and mobile, lawyers look increasingly to technology to keep data accessible (but secure) across their mobile devices.
18 minute read

Litigation Daily

Putting Stephen Bannon's First Amendment Beliefs (or Lack Thereof) to the Test

Might Stephen Bannon be a moderating influence on the president-elect in favor of First Amendment protection? After all, Breitbart has talked the talk when sued for libel. But the publication's threat on Tuesday to sue a major media company for labeling it “white nationalist” is not an encouraging sign.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyer Gets Green Light to Sue Gawker Over Rape Comments

A federal appeals court said Meanith Huon can proceed with claims that a Gawker employee was behind a defamatory post to the site's comment section.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

$335K Sanction for Former Law Student Who Trashed Ex-Husband's Online Reputation

A former law student is learning about defamation the hard way--with a $335,000 sanction for posting anonymous reviews online about her physician ex-husband.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Zynga Attorney: Augmented Reality Games Pose Hard Legal Questions

With the massive success of PokÉmon Go, every gaming company has to ask how they can use augmented reality, says Deborah Davis Han, senior counsel at social gaming company Zynga Inc. But augmented reality, which combines real places with virtual characters or objects, raises a number of questions for the legal department.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gawker Ends Legal War With Hulk Hogan and His Billionaire Backer

Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan agreed to settle his case against Gawker Media for $31 million, according to bankruptcy court documents filed Wednesday.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Audio Captures Police Strategizing About Nightclub Shooter

Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren't sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump Libel Article Will Run in ABA Publication

An article calling Donald Trump a “libel bully” and a “libel loser” will run in an American Bar Association publication after all, over the concerns of ABA officials who worried about running afoul of the group's nonpartisan stance and inviting a lawsuit from Trump.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

Little Chance ICANN Will Lose US Internet Control, So What's the Future?

One last-ditch effort by four state attorneys general was rejected by a federal court, despite the states' argument that turning internet oversight over to ICANN was unconstitutional.
6 minute read

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