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National Law Journal

Split 9th Circuit Rejects Anti-Vaccine Group's Suit Alleging Censorship on Facebook

Children's Health Defense, founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., failed to allege the government coerced the social media platform's owner to censor the group's message, the appeals court said.
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National Law Journal

Covington, Wilmer Played Roles in the US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Wilmer was brought in by Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones to work with officials outside Russia to help secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich, while Covington aided U.S.-funded media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in freeing reporter Alsu Kurmasheva.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Defends Authority to Issue Climate Disclosure Rule Amid Statutory Challenge

"This case is not about climate change or environmental policy; it is about protecting investors," the agency stated in a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ's Win in Google Case Has Little Influence on Other Big Tech Litigation, Antitrust Experts Say

"I don't think it's going to improve or change [the government's] strategy with something like Facebook or Amazon, where they're really struggling to establish market dominance," said University of Pennsylvania law professor Herbert Hovenkamp.
4 minute read

Law.com

The EEOC Is Furloughing Staff. Lawyers Weigh What This Says About Workers' Rights

"I think the EEOC is always chronically underfunded, and there's always either hiring freezes or furloughs or something like that. The EEOC needs more love, for sure," said David Lopez, a former general counsel for the agency.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Troutman Pepper Backs Harvard in Patent Suit Against Samsung

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National Law Journal

DOJ's Lawsuit Against TikTok Signals Warning to Other Online Platforms on Child Privacy, Lawyers Say

"We've seen a lot of action from the FTC on privacy recently, and COPPA [the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act] is one of the areas where they have the clearest authority," said Eric Null, of the Center for Democracy & Technology.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Urges Judge to Deny Coinbase's 'Breathtakingly Broad' Subpoena Request

"This court's anticipated decision(s) in this discovery dispute will certainly impact the drafting of discovery towards the SEC on a go-forward basis," Daniel Maland, the Florida Bar chair of crypto and blockchain education, said in an email.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Sizing Up a Potential Trump Presidency, Some Big Law Practices Turn to Political Crystal Ball

"I feel like I'm being looked to as a political prognosticator," said one Hogan Lovells regulatory partner.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Child Protective Law Doesn't Entitle Mother to Recover Against Agency for Son's Fatal Neglect, 3rd Circ. Rules

Despite Coon relying on the agency's duty of protecting children after abuse is reported, the panel said a victim cannot demand enforcement of the statute or penalize an agency.
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