Jake Wunsch
The case involved claims against Twitter arising out of its alleged failure to remove links to third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos upon the request of minors depicted therein.
Court Analyzes FOSTA Exception to Section 230
The case involved claims against Twitter arising out of its alleged failure to remove links to third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos upon the request of minors depicted therein.
Pushing Back Against NYPD for Violations of Journalists’ Constitutional Rights
In a recently filed suit, five visual journalists are suing the NYPD for civil rights violations after each journalist was targeted, beaten, or arrested by NYPD officers while attempting to cover the 2020 George Floyd protests in New York City.
The ‘Embed’ Saga Continues: Another Court Rejects ‘Server Test’ With More Decisions Looming
SDNY Rakoff, in Nicklen v. Sinclair, effectively followed Breitbart and fulsomely rejected Perfect 10’s “server rule.” And there is more judicial “embed” activity to be expected in the immediate future.
10 Questions to a Media Lawyer: Harry Melkonian
The Sydney lawyer on career moves, big cases, quarantine living, and more.
Dr. Seuss / Star Trek Mashup Case Heads to Trial After Fair Use Roller Coaster Ride
Judge Sammartino denied a motion for summary judgment brought by the plaintiff, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, leaving it to a jury to decide whether ComicMix’s unpublished book – Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go! – infringes the copyrights in Dr. Seuss’ famous children’s books.
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Early Dismissal of ‘Hate Group’ Defamation and Religious Discrimination Claim
Alleging “nothing but love for people who engage in homosexual conduct,” no matter how “vile” and “shameful” their conduct, is not enough to legally ground a defamation and religious discrimination lawsuit filed by a media ministry challenging its public branding as an anti-LGBTQ “hate group.”
What the Zuck! Court Grants USA Today’s Motion to Dismiss Social Media Personality’s Complaint
Judge Karsznitz — who presided over a two-hour oral argument on the motion to dismiss — was guided by longstanding precedent holding that the First Amendment is implicated whenever a plaintiff takes aim at speech addressing matters of legitimate public concern, no matter how her claims are styled.
The Most Bizarre Lawsuit(s) Involving ‘The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge’ Get Dismissed
These decisions – both of which are now on appeal – serve as vindication for the magazine and its author, Kera Bolonik, and mark a key turning point in this long-running and outlandish saga.
Forum Selection Clause Blows Case West of the Windy City
While 2Pac may have had California love and Tony Bennet left his heart in San Francisco, Windy City Rehab television personality Donovan Eckhardt hoped to keep his recently-filed suit in Illinois.