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Glassdoor Resists Feds' Bid to Unmask Reviewers

Glassdoor has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to block an attempt by federal prosecutors to unmask reviewers as part of a grand jury investigation.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Snap Gets Shuttered in Domain Name Dispute

A World Intellectual Property Association arbitration panel ruled that "geofilters" is a descriptive term for software.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

SunTrust Hit With Suit Over Banker's Explicit LinkedIn Message

The lawsuit brings claims of sexual harassment and intentional infliction of emotional harm against Eichler as well as the bank and its investment arm where he worked, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Unpacking Open Source Licensing: What Tech Developers Need To Know

Panelists at Legalweek West look to demystify open source licensing for developers and attorneys.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Snap Accused of Infringing Patents With Snapchat Tech

A Texas company has accused Snap Inc. of infringing four patents with systems that allow Snapchat users to scan "Snapcodes" and add friends on the popular social networking app.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

The Justices Don't Have Much Guidance for Handling Trump's Tweets

Lower courts don't offer much guidance on how to resolve clashes between presidential speech and the U.S. Justice Department's litigation positions, Kate Shaw of Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law found in a forthcoming article. In "Beyond the Bully Pulpit: Presidential Speech in the Courts," Shaw undertook what she called "the first systematic examination of presidential speech in the courts." Shaw talks about her review in this Q&A with senior Washington correspondent Marcia Coyle.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's Tweets Are 'Authority' in Advocates' New Travel Ban Filings

In what may be a first at the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump's Twitter account was identified Monday as an "authority" along with the cases, law review articles and news citations that lawyers typically use to bolster their arguments.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

As 'Good Samaritans', Social Media Sites Can Defeat Terrorism Claims

In their Privacy Matters column, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown write: Pressure on social media sites to thwart facilitation of terrorism is likely to increase in upcoming months, given intrinsic philosophical, public relations, logistical and technological challenges. In numerous instances, social media sites succeeded in defending against legal claims of providing "material support" to terrorists, principally by invoking the CDA immunity provision.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Social Media Ethics Guidance Needed

No New Jersey ethics opinion has yet addressed ethics issues in regard to social media. We urge the Supreme Court to assign this matter for consideration to the most appropriate committee.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Tech Startup Wants Court-Ordered Protection From LinkedIn

By scraping publicly available data from LinkedIn, hiQ creates analytics for employers of LinkedIn's members.
3 minute read

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