On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed legislation requiring Chinese tech firm ByteDance to divest itself of the TikTok app or face a ban in the United States.
Significant Harm Not Required for Discrimination Suit, SCOTUS Rules
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that employees are not required to show significant harm in federal discrimination lawsuits involving job transfers.
Congress Opposes NLRB Joint Employer Rule
President Biden is expected to veto a resolution disapproving a rule that expands the definition of joint employers under federal labor law.
New York City Settles Lawsuit Concerning Forced Removal of Religious Head Coverings in Mugshot Photos
On Friday, April 5, 2024, New York City agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by two Muslim women forced to remove their religious head coverings for New York Police Department post-arrest photos.
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Civil Rights, Class-Actions
Trump Media Co-Founders Sued by Trump Over Company Stake
Former President Donald Trump sued two co-founders of Trump Media last week following a lawsuit against Trump brought by the co-founders over their stake in the company.
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Business and Corporate Law
Tiger King Copyright Lawsuit Partly Revived on Appeal
The Tenth Circuit reversed a trial court's decision involving the fair use exception to copyright infringement, allowing a cameraman's lawsuit to continue against Netflix.
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Copyright, Intellectual Property
DeLorean Motor Company And NBCUniversal Settle Lawsuit Over “Back To The Future” Car
On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, DeLorean Motor Company and NBCUniversal Media settled a trademark lawsuit concerning the licensing of the DeLorean trademark for use in merchandising connected to the "Back to the Future" films.
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Intellectual Property, Trademark Law
Justice Department Brings Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple
The Justice Department announced an antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, alleging the company violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the smartphone market.
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Antitrust
Republican National Committee Sues Over Michigan Voter Rolls
The lawsuit argues that state officials have violated the National Voter Registration Act by failing to maintain voter rolls in many counties ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Authors Sue NVIDIA Over NeMo AI’s Copying Of Copyrighted Works
On Friday, March 8, 2024, three authors filed a class action lawsuit against NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, alleging that NVIDIA copied their copyrighted works to train its NeMo Megatron-GPT large language model artificial intelligence software programs.
