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National Law Journal

What the Election-Law Camp Is Saying About Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails

Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Donald Trump Jr., said the disclosure of his client's emails about Russia's work to share dirt on Hillary Clinton was "much ado about nothing." Comments from veteran election law attorneys, however, suggest otherwise—or at least raise more questions for Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's team. What follows is a snapshot of some of what lawyers are telling us and saying around the web about the legal significance of the newly disclosed emails.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Vimeo, Kickstarter GCs Encourage Participation in One-Day Online Protest Over Net Neutrality

Legal leaders at Vimeo and Kickstarter supported Wednesday's protest over changing net neutrality rules at the FCC.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Trump Displays Made Schools Case Studies in Free Speech

New Jersey presented a great lesson for the nation recently on censorship and First Amendment values.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

TCPA Violations Result in $61 Million in Trebled Damages for Dish Network

Last month, a federal court ruling found Dish Network liable for $61 million in trebled damages for its service provider's Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations.
4 minute read

The Recorder

DOJ Can't Knock Out Twitter Transparency Lawsuit

A federal judge in Oakland has turned back the Justice Department's request to end Twitter's lawsuit seeking to publish information about the number of requests it receives as part of national security investigations.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Notifies Celebrities/Social Media Influencers of Its Endorsement Rules

About 45 celebrities were reportedly part of a group of 90 social media influencers who recently received letters from the Federal Trade Commission “educating” them about the government's advertising disclosure requirements.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

TV Network, Beef Products Co. Enter Undisclosed Settlement of Lawsuit Over 'Pink Slime' Claim

ABC-TV and a food producer in South Dakota have agreed to an undisclosed settlement in a case stemming from television news reports that allegedly called the meat company's product "pink slime."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Tea Party Patriots, Member Pegged with $833K Libel Verdict

A jury also found the Tea Party Patriots acted in bad faith or were stubbornly litigious, teeing up additional litigation by the plaintiff to recover some of his attorney fees.
11 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Sandy Hook Victims' Families Getting Too Much Deference

Deference to the families of the schoolchildren and educators murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 has gone much too far.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Baker McKenzie Tax Lawyers Wade Into Trump Litigation

The lawyers represent nonprofit group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive at George Washington University, which claim Trump and his executive office are violating the Presidential Records Act.
12 minute read

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