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Schools Win Again: Social Media Fails to Strike Public Nuisance Claims

On Nov. 15, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers allowed school districts' public nuisance claims to go forward against social media sites including Instagram and TikTok.
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The Recorder

'Rampant Piracy': US Record Labels File Copyright Suit Against French Distributor Believe

A complaint filed in New York accuses the digital music distributor and its subsidiary, TuneCore, of "blatantly" infringing copyrights by releasing "sped up" or remixed versions of well-known songs for use on social media platforms.
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Texas Lawyer

Texas Social Media Law: Federal Circuit Gives Trial Court Instructions

The directive for discovery is based on the supreme court's conclusion that the case as it stand is severely underdeveloped.
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Corporate Counsel

Ex-Twitter Exec Sues for $20M, Says Musk Fired Her as 'Petty Retribution'

Leslie Berland was chief marketing officer until October 2022, when a meeting with advertisers went off the rails, leaving Musk embarrassed and looking for someone to blame, according to her lawsuit.
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The Recorder

Judge: Schools Can Sue Social Media for Expenses Related to Addicted Students

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who is overseeing multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California, allowed negligence claims brought by school districts to move ahead against Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and the parent companies of TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

What Social Media Can Tell You About Your Jury

"It's that outpouring of emotion that I am particularly interested in finding, because those people tend to be the most strident in deliberations and frequently for the plaintiff," Jill Leibold, a senior jury consulting adviser with IMS Legal Strategies, said.
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Daily Business Review

'This Is Not a Coincidence': Lawsuit Blames Chatbot App Character.AI for Teen's Suicide

The suit is the first of its kind against a provider of artificial intelligence, but similar suits have been filed against social media giant Meta Platforms Inc., which owns Facebook and Instagram, and the parent companies of TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Goodwin Rebuts Layoffs Rumors Head On

In social media threads about the rumored cuts, the firm's PR looked to quell the ever-present associate layoff rumors that dog the firm.
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New York Law Journal

'A Serious Crime': Venture Capitalist Sentenced to Prison for Trump-SPAC Insider Trading

District Judge Lewis Liman sentenced Michael Shvartsman to 28 months in prison and a $1 million fine.
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Law.com

Judge Cites 'National Outrage' in Upholding State AG Claims Against Meta

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers allowed consumer claims brought by more than 30 state attorneys general to move forward against Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook and Instagram.
5 minute read

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