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Connectu v. Facebook (and vice versa)
The Facebook, Inc. v. Connectu, LLC et al Filed: March 9, 2007 California Northern District Court
Connectu, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. et al Filed: March 28, 2007 Massachusetts District Court
ConnectU is suing Facebook in Massachusetts for copyright infringement, breach of actual or implied contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, unfair business practices, intentional interference with prospective business advantage, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and breach of confidence. Facebook is suing ConnectU in California for business torts and unfair business practices. Read More
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| Wilson v. The Birmingham Public Library Foundation et al |
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| Library assistant claims hostile work environment in a public library when library patrons view pornography. Also claims recipient of aggressive sexual comments and sexual touching. | ||
| AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS et al v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC. |
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| AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC. et al v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC. |
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| State of Washington, et al., v. Trump., et al |
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| The State of Washington filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief seeking to invalidate President Trump's executive order suspending immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States from certain Muslim countries. The complaint alleged that the executive order violated the Fifth and First Amendments to the United States Constitution, as well as the Immigration and Naturalization Act, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. | ||
| James Pietrangelo, II v. Sandusky Library, et al |
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| Morris Davis v. James Billington, et al |
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| American Civil Liberties Union, et al v. John Kroger, et al |
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| International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump |
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| International Refugee Assistance Project et al v. Trump et al |
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| State of Hawaii v. Trump |
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| Disney Enterprises, Inc., et al v. VidAngel, Inc. |
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| NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM et al v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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| The Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nadel et al |
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| Wheeler v. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. et al |
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| Clemons v. Google, Inc. |
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| Bartel et al v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. et al |
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| Plaintiffs, members of the U.S. Navy crews of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, alleged that they were exposed to ionizing radiation on or after March 11, 2011, due to the release of radioisotopes from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant during "Operation Tomodachi." | ||
| DOE et al v. TRUMP et al |
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| Wheeler v. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. et al |
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| LEOPOLD et al v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al |
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| Plaintiff Buzzfeed Inc. filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit to compel the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), DOJ Criminal Division and the DOJ Executive Office for US Attorneys to produce records related to the death of Mikhail Yuriyevich Lesin, an advisor to Vladimir Putin, in a D.C. hotel in November 2015 due to blunt force trauma to the head. | ||
| COCKRUM et al v. DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC. et al |
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| Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University et al v. Trump et al |
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| The Marshall County Coal Company et al v. Oliver et al |
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| People of the State of New York v. Griepp et al |
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| hiQ Labs, Inc. v. Linkedin Corporation |
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| Plaintiff hiQ Labs, Inc. seeks a declaratory judgment against Defendant LinkedIn Corp. that plaintiff did not violate federal and state laws when it accessed and copied public information from LinkedIn's website to provide its clients with insights on which of their employees are likely to be poached by a competitor. | ||
| MONTGOMERY et al v. COMEY et al |
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| Doyle et al v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
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| Twitter, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al |
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| State of Hawaii, et al v. Donald Trump, et al |
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| ZAIDAN et al v. TRUMP et al |
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| Plaintiffs Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan and Bilal Abdul Kareem are seeking an injunction that would bar defendants Donald J. Trump and other federal executives, departments and agencies from placing plaintiffs on a "Kill List" or "Disposition Matrix," that can result in them being targeted for death. Plaintiffs contend that they have not planned, authorized or committed any terrorist attacks, or harbored or supported terrorists. However, their work as journalists have resulted in algorithms identifying them as persons to be killed based on their travel, communications, social media content, contacts and related metadata. | ||
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| OrionClick LLC v. Kelvin Inocent et al |
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| Plaintiff OrionClick LLC owns and operates the ConcealedOnline.com website to provide online training to handgun owners seeking a concealed carry license from the Virginia State Police. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendant copied its website and course at the ConcealedAmericaOnline.com website. | ||
| Kittos v. Donald J. Trump For President, Inc. et al |
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| Plaintiff David Kittos alleged that Defendants Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Donald Trump, Sr., Donald Trump, Jr. and Michael Pence used an authorized copy of his photograph in a campaign advertisement in violation of the Copyright Act. Specifically, Defendant Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted the plaintiff's photograph with this accompanying text: "[i]f I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem." | ||
| St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins v. Giganews, Incorporated, et al |
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| Paramount Pictures Corporation et al v. Axanar Productions, Inc. et al |
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| Code Revision Commission et al v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. |
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| MICHAEL SKIDMORE v. LED ZEPPELIN et al |
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| President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Certplex Ltd., a UK Corporation et al |
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| Perfect 10, Inc. v. Giganews, Inc., et al |
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| Rentmeester v. Nike, Inc. |
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| Boffoli v. Google Inc. |
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| Toups v. Google Inc et al |
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| ARAG North America, Inc. et al v. Google, Inc. |
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| GoldieBlox, Inc. v. Island Def Jam Music Group et al |
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| Authors Guild, Inc. v. Hathitrust |
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| Cambridge University Press, et al v. J. Albert, et al |
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| Is it Fair Use to make digital copies for e-reserves at a university, using the four factor analysis on an item by item basis? If so, how should the analysis be made? | ||
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| Run-DMC Brand, LLC v. Amazon.Com, Inc. et al |
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| Plaintiff RUN-DMC Brand, LLC filed a federal trademark lawsuit against Defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Jet.com inc., Vision World inc., Infinity Fashion, Inc. and SW Global Corp. for allegedly infringing on Plaintiff's Run-DMC trademark by advertising, selling, manufacturing, promoting and distributing RUN-DMC styled products, including glasses, hats, t-shirts, patches and wallets without the permission of Run-DMC. | ||
| Apple Inc. v. Mobile Star LLC |
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| Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendant Mobile Star LLC sold counterfeit power adapters and charging cables with Apple's trademarks and copyrighted artwork on Amazon and Groupon. Apple alleged that these counterfeit products were not subjected to industry-standard consumer safety testing, were poorly constructed with inferior or missing components, flawed designs and inadequate insulation, and lacked safety features to protect users from shock and fire hazards. | ||
| Knight-McDowell v. Rival Group, LLC et al |
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| Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. v. Leland Stanford Junior University, et al |
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| Pepperidge Farm, Inc. v. Trader Joes Co |
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| Brown et al v. Texas A&M University School of Law et al |
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| Wilens v. Automattic, Inc. |
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| Facepets.com, LLC v. Facebook, Inc. |
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| Ahmed v. Twitter, Inc. et al |
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| Ahmed v. Facebook, Inc. et al |
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| Ahmed v. Apple, Inc. et al |
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| Hangingout, Inc. v. Google, Inc. |
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| Rimowa GmbH v. Marvel Entertainment LLC et al |
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| Adidas America, Inc et al v. Seven Wells, LLC |
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| RC3, INC. v. Bieber |
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| Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al |
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| Plaintiff Waymo LLC sued Defendants Uber Technologies, Inc., Ottomotto LLC and Otto Trucking LLC for trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, and unfair competition. Plaintiff alleged that Anthony Levandowski, a former manager in Waymo's self-driving car project, downloaded over 14,000 highly confidential and proprietary files, including those related to Waymo's LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) System. Plaintiff also alleged that Uber was using plaintiff's misappropriated technology to produce Uber's own LiDAR devices. | ||
| Gonzalez et al v. Twitter, Inc. et al |
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| ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. v. Google Inc. |
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| Multiplayer Network Innovations, LLC v. Google Inc. |
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| Callsome Solutions, Inc. v. Google, Inc. |
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| Sevier v. Google et al |
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| Wilens v. Automattic, Inc. |
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| Free Range Content, Inc. v. Google Inc. |
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| Open Network Solutions Inc. v. Google Inc. |
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| Smartflash LLC et al v. Google, Inc. et al |
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| Boffoli v. Google Inc. |
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| Feitelson et al v. Google Inc. |
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| Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al |
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| PanTaurus LLC v. Google, Inc. |
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| Selene Communication Technologies LLC v. Google Inc. |
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Legal News From
ABA Journal Daily News
| Bassiouni, former law prof who championed human rights, dies at 79 | September 26, 2017 |
| 4 assistant NCAA basketball coaches accused of accepting bribes | September 26, 2017 |
| Clio releases Legal Trends Report 2017 | September 26, 2017 |
| LexBlog will license its digital design platform to law firms and other legal publishers | September 26, 2017 |
| Suit by former income partner claims Winston tethered her career to male lawyers’ employment | September 26, 2017 |
Law.com
| Feds Indict Former Managing Partner Nathan Hardwick IV for $20M Embezzlement From His Now-Bankrupt Firm Morris Hardwick Schneider | February 23, 2016 |
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Nathan Hardwick IV, the former managing partner of Morris Hardwick Schneider, has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud and making false statements in connection with his alleged embezzlement of more than $20 million from the residential real estate closing firm's escrow and operating accounts, and those of its affiliated title agency, LandCastle Title.
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| The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Debevoise Sees Double-Digit Profit Growth | February 23, 2016 |
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Profits per partner were up nearly 11 percent at the firm, which also saw a healthy increase in revenue.
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| Client Sues Quinn Over Billing Practices | February 23, 2016 |
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Complaint says firm charged higher hourly fees than it had agreed to when it undertook the defense of a white-collar case.
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| When a Founder Talks (or Acts) Out of School | February 23, 2016 |
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Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates set tongues wagging in the tech world and beyond on Monday when he seemingly broke rank with the company he created as well as most of Silicon Valley on a major digital privacy issue.
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| Supreme Court Apt to Tinker With Patent Damages | February 23, 2016 |
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During arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases on willful infringement, Justice Stephen Breyer fretted that easing the standard could advantage large companies such as Google or Yahoo.
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| UN: illegal settlements in East Jerusalem threatening hopes for peace | September 26, 2017 |
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UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov warned [UN News Centre report] on Monday that continued illegal settlements in East Jerusalem are threatening the hopes for a two-state solution in the area and undermining Palestinian belief in peace prospects. Mladenov’s report [text, PDF] highlights Israel’s plans for developing more than 2,300 housing units in July, including about 1,600 units expanding settlement into the northern region of East Jerusalem and the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. According...
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| Ukraine enacts controversial Ukrainian language education law | September 26, 2017 |
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko [official website] signed [press release] a controversial education bill into law on Monday that makes Ukrainian the required language in state schols, among other things. Specifically, the law declares that Ukrainian will be the medium of instruction in all schools, eliminating options for minority languages such as Russian and Hungarian. Russia, Hungary and Romania, among others, had already expressed concern for the bill when it was first drafted, fearing marginalization of minority rights. With the bill...
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| UN report: Russia state agents committing abuses in Crimea | September 26, 2017 |
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The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights reported [text, PDF] on Monday that human rights violations have significantly increased in Crimea since Russia began occupation over the territory in March 2014, with many violations committed by Russian state agents. The most significant change Russia made in Crimea is the implementation of Russian citizenship. Many oppose Russian citizenship and refuse to show allegiance to Russia. Individuals without Russian Federation citizenship are denied many rights, including, among others, the...
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| US violent crime rises for second year in a row: FBI report | September 26, 2017 |
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The FBI [official website] released estimated crime statistics [FBI annual report] for 2016 on Monday, which revealed [press release] a 4.1 percent increase in violent crimes committed when compared to 2015. The report “is a statistical compilation of offense, arrest, and police employee data reported by law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) [official website] Program.” The publication includes statistics for severe crimes including murder, rape, arson and robbery, among others. Each crime report is...
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| Supreme Court orders new briefs after Trump issues travel ban proclamation | September 25, 2017 |
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The US Supreme Court on Monday removed the travel ban cases from its calendar and ordered both sides to file new briefs in light of President Donald Trump’s proclamation [text] Sunday that created new restrictions to enter the US for citizens from eight countries [JURIST report]. In a brief order, the court directed the parties:to file letter briefs addressing whether, or to what extent, the Proclamation issued on September 24, 2017, may render cases No. 16-1436 and 16-1540 moot. The...
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