Law
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A real estate photo company asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to hear its appeal of a Ninth Circuit decision that upended a $4 million copyright infringement award against the Zillow Group, saying the ruling highlighted a circuit split on willful infringement that the high court should clear up… Read this piece in its…
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A Texas federal judge on Friday approved a request by American Airlines to block mechanics unions from engaging in “any form of interference” with the airlines’ operations while it continues its lawsuit alleging the unions are using illegal work “slowdowns” to gain leverage in contract negotiations… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York state court on Thursday pared back, but declined to dismiss, a $2 billion suit alleging online entertainment companies IAC and Match Group Inc. deliberately tanked the valuation of the Tinder dating app company, thereby lowering the value of employees’ stock options… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A split Fourth Circuit appeals panel on Thursday ruled that an Amazon worker who assaulted a gay colleague was properly prosecuted under the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act because the incident took place during work hours at a shipping facility and thus impacted interstate commerce… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Margaret E. Hunter, the wife of U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, pled guilty on Thursday and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a case in California federal court accusing her and her husband of using more than $250,000 in campaign funds to pay for personal expenses… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 