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Weighing Sanctions Against Gibson Dunn, Judge Questions Facebook's Lawyers Again as Deposition Disputes Persist

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who has a Sept. 2 sanctions hearing set against Facebook and its lawyers at Gibson Dunn, threatened to intervene again after corporate witnesses, according to plaintiffs attorneys, remained unable to answer questions during depositions.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Speak Up or Keep Quiet? In-House Lawyers Wrestle With Responses to Tough Social Issues

"GCs have to make their own judgment about how we balance our role in the corporation, our role as a credible legal adviser, and our own sense of personal values and humanity," said Cox Media Group legal chief Eric Greenberg.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Music Label Claims Meta Encourages Users to Post Videos With Unlicensed Music

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Meta' Is a Weak Mark and 3 Other Takeaways From Tuesday's Suit Against ex-Facebook Platforms

Pryor Cashman attorneys have filed a tour de force of a complaint, but Meta Platforms' apparent claim that its business doesn't overlap with METAx's might have some substance.
3 minute read

Law.com

Should Law Firm Staff Be Worried?: The Morning Minute

The news and analysis you need to start your day.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Denied: Court Refuses Alex Jones' Request to Delay Paying $1M Sanction Before Trial

The court penalized Jones and his company with sanctions for avoiding court-ordered depositions from Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara N. Bellis. Voir dire for the trial is set to begin July 25.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Attorneys Say Products Liability Is Emerging as a Key Tool in Fight to Hold Social Media Companies Accountable

A trending approach is gaining momentum as more and more plaintiffs allege that social media companies seek to addict their users.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Chats and Text Messages: The New Frontier of E-Discovery

The evolution of mobile technology and social media continues to raise new questions about the preservation and discoverability of electronically stored information (ESI). Here are some issues to consider.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Social Platforms Fail to Keep LGBTQ+ Users Safe, GLAAD Says

TikTok updated its Community Guidelines to explicitly prohibit misgendering, deadnaming, the practice of referring to trans people by the name they were assigned at birth, and misogyny, after prompting by GLAAD, an organization that fights hate against gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and UltraViolet, a female-empowerment organization.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Insults and Curses': Yelp Review Demonstrates How Courts Struggle With Common Disputes

An appeal "is cost-prohibitive. It's a shame that more people don't have access to the appellate court," the plaintiff's lawyer, Dianne Glenn, said.
5 minute read

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