Defamation
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Technology
ChatGPT Accused Mayor Of Bribery Conviction, Faces Potential Defamation Claim
Do robots dream of libelously claiming you molest electric sheep? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.05.23
* Overrated: Making these business records charges stick in 2023 rests on some flimsy legal theories. Underrated: Just charge Trump with anything and let him build a criminal contempt case for you. [Reuters]
* Back in the Miller high life again: Democrats end conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Judge tosses the $500M defamation claim that Alan Dershowitz brought against CNN for making fun of him for taking the public position that presidential actions aren’t impeachable if a president believes they will “help him get elected in the public interest,” which was a legal theory only slightly less stupid than thinking you can get $500M when networks point out that it doesn’t make sense. [Law360]
* Ron DeSantis mentions “woke” and “gender ideology” multiple times in his memoir, spurring a movement to get his book banned under the explicit terms of his own anti-woke law. [The Guardian]
* Law firm for Uber suffers data breach. That’s the sort of thing that only earns you 4 stars. [Dark Reading]
* Penn Law appoints a professor to serve as first female dean. Admit it, you’re going to have to click on this just to assure yourself that it’s not Amy Wax. [Law.com]
* UK’s Shoosmiths becomes the first big firm to join TikTok. Or as its new followers might understand it, think of Nicholas Cage as “the rest of Biglaw” and Pedro Pascal as Shoosmiths. [LegalCheek]
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Courts
Trump Loses Evidentiary Motion, Bid For Summary Judgment, Mind
Next month's E. Jean Carroll defamation trial is going to be BONKERS.
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Government
Sandy Hook Plaintiffs Call Alex Jones Too Malicious To Discharge $1.4B Damage Award In Bankruptcy
Turns out that bankruptcy is way less fun than this guy thought it would be. -
Government
Latest Dominion Doc Dump Shows Big Mens Rea Energy At Fox
Don't ya hate it when your group chats leak? -
Courts
Fox Previews Dominion Defamation Defense: Maria Bartiromo Is Just Really, Really Gullible
You go to war with the army you have, right? -
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The April Trial Of Dominion v. Fox
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Courts
Stiffed, Sued, Deposed, And Maybe Crime-Frauded: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Ah, well, at least he got a podcast out of it. -
Government
Fox Huffs About Journalistic Integrity, Even As It Admits To Feeding Biden Data To Trump Campaign
Neutral reporters? Yeah, and I'm the Queen of Sheba. -
Government
Trump Claims Immunity From Carroll Defamation Suit Because He's A Journalist Now, Okay?
So much spaghetti against the wall. -
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Government
OAN Loses All But Most Insignificant Sliver Of Breach Of Contract Case Against AT&T In CA, Refiles It In DC As Tort Suit
Well, they already had it drafted. Don't want to waste a pleading.
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Government
Court Dropkicks Yet Another Garbage Trump Defamation Suit. Don't Worry, There's More Where That Came From.
The well never runs dry on Trump LOLsuits. -
Government
Stable Genius Mistakes E. Jean Carroll For His Wife
So much for that "not my type" stuff. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.19.23
* With productivity in decline, are we set to see a boom in alternative fee arrangements. No… but isn’t it pretty to think so? [American Lawyer]
* Alex Spiro is arguing that Elon Musk’s false tweets were just “technical wordsmith inaccuracies.” Not sure how it’s a technicality to say “funding secured” when funding had not, in fact, been secured, but kudos for trying. [Ars Technica]
* Rupert Murdoch faces questions in the ongoing Dominion defamation case where he’ll testify like Mr. Burns negotiating with kidnappers, “$5000? $6000? I swear, that’s all I’ve got.” [Reuters]
* After forcing Hector LaSalle to suffer the foregone indignity of getting rejected by the committee, Kathy Hochul has at least taken a tentative step back from her threat to sue fellow Democrats on “because you made me sad” grounds. [Bloomberg]
* Flo Rida wins $82 million in dispute with energy drink company. Much like the club, the company’s lawyers couldn’t handle him. [Billboard]
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Government
Trump Argued Rape Was Not A 'Distinct Injustice.' The Court Did Not Agree.
You tried ... but you probably shouldn't have. -
Government
Pattis Out, B*tches
There goes that Proud Boy's chance of losing a billion dollars at his seditious conspiracy trial. -
Courts
Alex Jones's Lawyer Norm Pattis Suspended From Practicing Law, Discovers There's Something Worse Than Losing A Billion Dollars For Your Client On Live TV
Turns out there are worse things than getting a billion-dollar verdict against your client on national television.