Defamation
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Technology
Forum Non Motion Fails In The Face Of Modern Litigation Technology
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Government
Fox Could Have Settled With Tucker's Producer Before She Put All His Ish On Main. They Chose To Do It After.
But unlike with Dominion, they tapped out before engaging in a year of discovery. So ... golf clap? - Sponsored
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Government
Judge Howell Reminds Rudy Giuliani That Her Courtroom Is Not Some Landscaper's Parking Lot Outside Philly
Suprise! Rudy's discovery is as messy as his personal life.
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Government
Trump Loses Yet Another Round To E. Jean Carroll
She's going to get tired of winning. Well ... probably not. -
Technology
OpenAI Sued For Defamation Over ChatGPT ‘Hallucination’; But Who Should Actually Be Liable?
Hallucinating liability. -
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Government
Devin Nunes Steers Trump Media Company Into Dumpster Fire Defamation Suits
What's the definition of insanity again? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.26.23
* Ken Paxton on the verge of impeachment. And apparently that means it’s time for a good old fashioned dumpster fire… of papers outside his office. I’m sure there’s an innocent explanation. [Washington Post]
* Judge loses defamation suit over being linked to QAnon. Or so the shadowy government conspiracy would have us believe. [Reuters]
* Hugh Grant case against branch of Rupert Murdoch empire can proceed. It’s like the Dominion case but more charming. [ABC News]
* North Carolina sued over its electronic court filing system. Ah, the only corner of American technology where PACER can look like an industry leader. [Courthouse News Service]
* The Pacific Legal Foundation had themselves a DAY yesterday. They won the elderly woman tax foreclosure case everyone was up in arms about and then they got the Supreme Court to gut wetlands protections. [Law360]
* Of the previous 100 anti-LGBTQ+ statutes passed, half of them were this year. It’s fricking May. [538]
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Government
Trump Lawyers Struggle To Keep Up With Client's Constant Defamations Of E. Jean Carroll
Shutting up is free. Defamation will cost ya. -
Courts
The Collateral Estoppel Effect Of Last Week's Carroll Decision At The Second E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial
If you thought that defending the recent case against Trump was hard, just imagine the trouble someone would have trying to defend the next case. -
Courts
Fox Gets Yet Another Defamation Suit In Delaware State Court
Please, oh, please let there be discovery! -
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Government
Trump Wows Court With Sh*tposts About Carroll Case During Trial
The world's worst client strikes again!
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.19.23
* Dominion may have settled, but does anyone remember Smartmatic? Because they’re still out there and the price of admission for settlement just got set. [Washington Post]
* Fani Willis moves to jettison the attorney representing a bunch of fake electors on the grounds that she presents an “impracticable and ethical mess.” That’s a shocker. [Axios]
* Interesting question: are juries influenced by the billboards and other lawyer advertisements they see? [New Jersey Law Journal]
* Jim Jordan continues his possibly criminal, definitely unconstitutional harassment of the Manhattan DA. [Reuters]
* Bob Menendez has to establish yet another legal defense fund. [Roll Call]
* Iowa places slide into Lochner era into high gear. [Insider]
* Vivia Chen interviews Faith Gay, who says women need “real power” in Biglaw. [Bloomberg Law News]
* New York has a Chief Judge again, which it could’ve had months ago but for the governor’s subpar political instincts. [Law360]
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Courts
'Actual Malice' Standard Didn't Stop Dominion From Suing Fox News Because Sometimes Networks Leave Whole Paper Trails Of Malice
The high-stakes defamation case against a TV network... no, the other one. -
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Another Day, Another Desperate Trump Plea To Delay E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit
Keep trying, the court seems to be warming to these garbage motions. -
Small Law Firms
Is 'Batshit Crazy' The Technical, Legal Term For A Client?
Some days it's fun to be a court reporter. -
Government
Fox News Gets Its Ass Kicked In Court Before Dominion Defamation Trial Even Starts
Is it bad when the judge tells the lawyers to preserve all their internal comms? Seems bad!