Terry Bollea
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Celebrities, Privacy, Trials
Too Poor To Pay Million-Dollar Judgment, Former Gawker Editor Offers Up Rice Cooker, Dishes
Maybe Hulk Hogan wants this former Gawker editor's clothes or books instead? -
Litigation Finance, Money
Why This Billionaire Used Litigation Finance As A Weapon In His War Against Gawker
Is this tech tycoon doing a good deed, or are his actions purely selfish in nature? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.22.16
* WHATCHA GONNA DO, BROTHER, WHEN THIS JURY’S PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARD RUNS WILD ON YOU?!? Gawker was hit with an additional $25M in punitive damages yesterday in Hulk Hogan’s sex-tape lawsuit, on top of the $115M award the jury had already slapped the media company with last week. That loud typing sound you hear is the appeals being furiously written. [Reuters]
* They were gonna grant you leave to file, but then they got high? The Supreme Court has puff, puff, passed on the opportunity to hear a challenge posed by Nebraska and Oklahoma to Colorado’s legalization of marijuana. Justices Thomas and Alito dissented, contending that the case fell within the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction. [NPR]
* This took longer than the iOS 9 download: Hot on the heels of the announcement of new Apple products, we got the news that the tech giant and its rival, Samsung, will face off next term before SCOTUS in a patent case that’s been going on since the iPhone 4 was still considered the latest and greatest in smartphone technology. [WSJ Law Blog]
* “Once you start seeing leading law firms offering this, it’s going to become more prevalent and pretty rapidly, because it’s going to be required to compete.” Lawyers with law school debt will probably jump at the chance for their firms to pitch in to repay their loans, but don’t forget, all of that assistance will be taxable as income. [U.S. News]
* “My job is to enforce the law, and starting today, DraftKings and FanDuel will abide by it.” In a settlement reached with New York AG Eric Schneiderman, the
sports bettingdaily fantasy sites will cease operations in the state, and in exchange, the AG will hold off on additional litigation that could force them to pay restitution to their losers. [ESPN]
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Free Speech
Let Me Tell You Something Brother, The Hulk Hogan Victory Is Going To Be Reversed On Appeal
Hulk Hogan victory might be temporary, but it is very real. -
Trials
'Pics Or It Didn't Happen' Gets Its Day In Court
Did anything even happen if it isn't incessantly documented with pics and videos? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.09.16
* According to a statement filed in court by 50 Cent, the cash the bankrupt rapper has been flashing in all of his Instagram photos isn’t real. He claims the bills he was posing with were just props. Unfortunately, it seems that Fiddy is a wanksta, so he really needs to stop fronting. [Hartford Courant]
* Not that she was a likely choice to begin with, but AG Loretta Lynch says that a Supreme Court nomination would “curtail her effectiveness in her current role,” and has graciously asked that she not be considered for the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia. [Associated Press]
* “I am very concerned about the harm caused to the law school, our students, and our alums by the inaccurate info being put out there.” Dean Michael Schwartz of Arkansas School of Law (Little Rock) seems worried about Professor Robert Steinbuch’s FOIA lawsuit seeking access to the school’s admissions data. Wonder why… [Campus Reform]
* From the Big House to the White House: more ex-convicts are heading to law school and successfully starting their lives anew. Christopher Poulos, for example, used to be a cocaine dealer who did time in federal prison, but he recently completed an internship with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. [Washington Post]
* “I never had a problem with the article. My problem is the videotape. It’s on the Internet. It lives forever.” Hulk Hogan (aka Terry Bollea) took the stand yesterday in his invasion-of-privacy case against Gawker, and his testimony became “extremely explicit” as his sex life and sex organs were discussed at length and in detail. [USA Today]
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Celebrities, Media and Journalism, Trials
Gawker Body-Slams Hulk Hogan In Ongoing Litigation
Gawker pins Hulk Hogan to the mat in the latest round of this bitter legal battle. -
In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism, Privacy, Trials
The Most Interesting In-House Job In The World?
Meet Heather Dietrick, president and general counsel of Gawker Media, who's now spearheading Gawker's defense in the Hulk Hogan sex video lawsuit. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Media and Journalism, Privacy
Journo SHOCKED At Cost Of Relatively Cheap Expert Witness
It's times like these that we remember that normal people have no conception of how expensive it is to go to trial. -
Blog Wars, Blogging, Lawsuit of the Day, Media and Journalism, Sex, Sex Scandals
What Ya Gonna Do, When Gawker Posts A Sex Tape Of You?
Hulk Hogan sues Gawker over leaked sex tape. Yeah "leaked," kind of like how the Hulkster only took "vitamins."