Jul 30, 2021 She Likes It Like That: Cardi B Defeats Blogger’s Defamation Counterclaims By Elizabeth Tuttle Newman A federal judge in the Northern District of Georgia has dismissed counterclaims by blogger Latasha Kebe against rapper Cardi B (a/k/a...
Jul 30, 2021 Update: Redbubble Jury Award Reduced by More than Half By Kimberly Maynard The $520,000 awarded against Redbubble to teen fashion line Brandy Melville by a California jury last month proved to be short-lived. On...
Jul 27, 2021 Freelancer or Freeloader? Ninth Circuit Finds Use of “Freelancer” is Fair Use Under Trademark Law By Benjamin G. Murray With the rise of the “gig economy,” millions of Americans have turned to online platforms and mobile applications to navigate the...
Jul 26, 2021 Pretty Please?** By Vish Mohan Dua Lipa is the latest celebrity involved in the slew of copyright infringement lawsuits related to unauthorized Instagram postings by...
Jul 23, 2021 The Second Circuit Confirms Vimeo's Section 230 Right to Prohibit Videos that Promote Sexual Orientation Change Efforts By Nicole Bergstrom In a case that has gone through some interesting procedural twists, the Second Circuit has confirmed (for a second time in this case)...
Jul 21, 2021 That's Nice: (Former) Senator Roy Moore's Defamation Claim Against Sacha Baron Cohen is Dismissed By Edward H. Rosenthal Last week, I wrote about a new lawsuit filed by Sacha Baron Cohen in federal court in Massachusetts arising from the use of an image of...
Jul 21, 2021 Social Tech Rushes to Market and Loses MEMOJI Lawsuit against Apple By Kimberly Maynard It’s a tale as old as time (and, one that has been “scientifically” proven IRL): slow and steady wins the race. Conversely, as in the...
Jul 19, 2021 Meme is (Fake) Newsworthy By Nicole Bergstrom You may recall this heartwarming video of two toddlers, one black and one white, running into each other's arms on a New York City...
Jul 13, 2021 Borat's Subsequent Litigation Lawsuit By Edward H. Rosenthal Sacha Baron Cohen is no stranger to litigation. The creator of the Borat, Ali G and other characters has been sued on several occasions....
Jul 10, 2021 Does Section 230 Trump Former President's Lawsuit? By Nicole Bergstrom In a move that is garnering some "negative press covfefe," earlier this week Donald Trump filed suit against Twitter, Facebook and...
Jul 10, 2021 Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Speaks Up About New York Times v. Sullivan By Nicole Bergstrom For the second time in two years, Clarence Thomas voiced his displeasure with the seminal defamation case, New York Times Co. v....
Jul 09, 2021 It’s My Party And I’ll Sue You If I Want To: The Reagan Foundation Sues Over Use Of Marks On Trump-Supporting Website By Glenda Dieuveille Over the last year, journalists have written about the Republican party’s “identity crisis”—should Republicans walk away from Donald...
Jul 05, 2021 Embedded Photo of Meghan Markle Doesn't Qualify for Fair Use on Motion to Dismiss By Brian Murphy Plaintiff owns the copyright in a photo of Meghan Markle, also known as the Duchess of Sussex, taken at a high school dance she attended...