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Biglaw
Elon Musk Will Beat Twitter! WSJ Says It's Obvious... Assuming You Change Every Single Fact And Law.
Wall Street Journal stans hard for their boy Elon. -
Biglaw
Twitter v. Musk: Will The Spat About Spam Be Settled In Court?
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Courts
Court Puts Trump LOLsuits Against YouTube And Meta On Ice Pending Appeal Of Humiliating Twitter Loss
Can we just cut to the chase here?
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Biglaw
No Stranger To Paying Support After Screwing Around, Elon Musk Faces Twitter Lawsuit Over Failed Deal
Wachtell joins the chat... plans to file suit on behalf of Twitter this week. -
Technology
Trump Doesn’t Want To Get Back On Twitter So Badly, He’s Appealing His Case To Get Back On Twitter
In April, Donald Trump insisted he had no interest whatsoever in getting back on Twitter (in response to questions about whether or not Elon Musk would allow him back, should he ever close his Twitter purchase). In May, Donald Trump lost his lawsuit trying to force Twitter to reinstate him. In June, Donald Trump (who again, insists he wouldn’t […] -
Courts
Trump Appeals Dismissal Of Preposterous Suit Against Twitter For Tortious Deplatforming
Some guys just won't take no for an answer. Allegedly. -
Government
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Social Media
Lawyers Love To Hate Twitter
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.27.22
* Elon stands accused of using tweets to manipulate Twitter’s purchase price. I knew those Elden Ring build screenshots were fishy. TWO MEDIUM SHIELDS?! [Ars Technica]
* Reminder to partners: Ellipses aren’t commas or and when they are used as conversational pauses… they denote tension. Now please stop stressing out your associates. [Reddit]
* Good News! You aren’t the only one not studying for the bar. You should probably start soon though. [Reddit]
* Science says less guns means less unnecessary death. Maybe our laws could like, you know, reflect that? [Scientific American]
* Students are starting to protest gun violence by walking out of class. [ABC News]
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Government
Court Dropkicks Trump Twitter LOLsuit For THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS
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Biglaw
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Elon Buying Twitter Isn't Necessarily Party Over, But I'd Like An Afterparty Invite
I wonder how long it will take until posting that picture of him with Ghislaine Maxwell is a bannable offense. -
Technology
Move Over First Amendment: The EU Has A Few Thoughts About Your Tweeting
This is gonna be like GDPR all over again. -
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Biglaw
The Biglaw Firm That Helped Elon Musk Buy Twitter
Of course a deal this big needs some top-notch attorneys. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.14.22
>* The DOJ helping to keep lower-wage conspiracies at bay? Yeah, that sounds good. [NYT]
* Kentucky just attacked Roe in a big way. [Reuters]
* Colorado makes cycling a little safer by allowing bikers to make rolling stops. They were probably doing that before the law but progress is progress. [9 News]
* Remember the suit about Elon not announcing his acquisition of Twitter shares earlier? Well, he wants it all now. [BBC]
* Looks like not everyone is the biggest fan of Scalia’s writing style. [Reddit]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.13.22
* An Inconvenient Truth: That lady from the pedophile party wants people to just forget about that time the nation was attacked. [CNN]
* Use this IRS data leak as a reminder to do your taxes! Unless you’re super rich. They probably get money back or something. [ProPublica]
* Culver City is widening sidewalks to give homeless folks more room. I wish our approach was more Finland and less Cartman from South Park. [NBC]
* Gotta be quicker than that: Twitter shareholders sue Musk for delaying his Twitter stock buying. [Reuters]
* Mississippi mississips again by declaring April Confederate History Month. I don’t know, sounds like CRT to me. [Mississippi Free Press]