9th Circuit Opens Door for Injunction in Melville, Redbubble Case (www.thefashionlaw.com)
A federal appeals court has handed down a mixed ruling in a case that pits Brandy Melville against Redbubble over print-on-demand products.
Rudy Admits He Defamed Georgia Poll Workers, But Claims He Had A First Amendment Right To Do It. (storage.courtlistener.com)
Transgender Patients Sue Hospital For Giving Records To Tennessee's Attorney General (www.huffpost.com)
Two patients sued Vanderbilt University Medical Center for violating their privacy by turning their records over to Tennessee’s attorney general.
Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast (cdn.arstechnica.net)
Tenth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for First Amendment Violation (cases.justia.com)
Trump classified documents trial set for May 2024 (www.semafor.com)
A federal judge announced the trial date early Friday.
In-N-Out fast-food chain to forbid employees from wearing face masks in five states (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
In-N-Out, a burger chain mainly located on the West Coast, will forbid its employees from wearing face masks in several states where its locations are.
J&J must pay $18.8 million to California cancer patient in baby powder suit (www.reuters.com)
Johnson & Johnson's must pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its baby powder, a jury decided on Tuesday, a setback for the company as it seeks to settle thousands of similar cases over its talc-based products in U.S. bankruptcy court.
CA9 affirms the district court's holding that embedding is not a public display within the meaning of the Copyright Act. (cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov)
Trump asks top Georgia court to disqualify election probe prosecutor and toss grand jury report (apnews.com)
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking Georgia's highest court to prevent the district attorney who’s been investigating his actions in the wake of the 2020 election from prosecuting him.
Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer (www.reuters.com)
Johnson & Johnson has sued four doctors who published studies citing links between talc-based personal care products and cancer, escalating an attack on scientific studies that the company alleges are inaccurate.
Regarding Wisconsin lawyers and a new category of continuing legal education credits on "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access." (www.wicourts.gov)
Bungie wins $489K from player for racist harassment of employee (arstechnica.com)
Ruling sets legal precedent for companies to recover costs from harassment campaigns.
U.S. Supreme Court Schedules Oral Argument in South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case (www.democracydocket.com)
Read more here.
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (www.theguardian.com)
Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him
GA appellate court finds no privilege for jail calls between attorney and client (casetext.com)
Arizona Man Cited in Conspiracy Theories Sues Fox News for Defamation (www.nytimes.com)
Ray Epps, a two-time Trump voter, says Tucker Carlson repeatedly and falsely named him as a covert government agent who incited the Jan. 6 attack.
DOJ asks appeals court to block Trump deposition in Strzok, Page suits (thehill.com)
Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions (arstechnica.com)
One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.
Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Google was hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent and violated copyright laws in order to train and develop its artificial intelligence products.
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books (apnews.com)
For colleges and libraries seeking a big name for a guest lecturer, few come bigger than Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court justice who rose from poverty in the Bronx to the nation’s highest court.
Jury to decide if note found in Aretha Franklin’s couch cushions is legal will for estimated $6M estate (nypost.com)
Trump wants classified documents trial delayed until after 2024 election (www.politico.com)
In a late-night court filing, Trump's defense team said he can't receive a fair trial before the election.
Microsoft Can Close Its $75 Billion Buy of Activision Blizzard, Judge Rules (www.wsj.com)
The companies can complete the deal before a Federal Trade Commission hearing that is scheduled for August.
To Sabotage Or Not Sabotage The Tax Code? For SCOTUS, That’s The Question (talkingpointsmemo.com)
The Supreme Court may be poised to upend how the federal government has collected money for more than a century, with wide-reaching implications for Congress, policymakers, businesses…
