
Standard Of Review: The Free Press Is Under Attack In the Netflix Documentary ‘Nobody Speak’
The film is definitely harrowing, although it could have dug deeper into the issues.
The film is definitely harrowing, although it could have dug deeper into the issues.
What this means is that the freedom of the press means whatever Peter Thiel decides it means.
Here’s What The Best Ones Are Doing Differently.
* Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended. [Slate] * A look at Alexander Hamilton, the lawyer. [Law360] * The cases that are shaping the upcoming Supreme Court Term. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Donald Trump's history of pleading the Fifth. [Huffington Post] * Review of the latest episode of jury consultant extraordinaire, Dr. Bull. [DOAR] * Are Trump's late-night tweets defamatory? [LawNewz] * The Hulk Hogan decision has made A.J. Daulerio consider some crazy options. [Law and More]
Maybe Hulk Hogan wants this former Gawker editor's clothes or books instead?
* 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 betting daily 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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