ABA Journal “A West Virginia judge who led a warrantless search of a divorce litigant’s home is not entitled to judicial immunity because she engaged in a nonjudicial act, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, ruled against former family court Read more…
Reuters “The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit accusing Amazon.com (AMZN.O) of deceptive consumer practices unfairly cites communications between the e-commerce giant and its lawyers as evidence, a corporate lawyer advocacy group has told a U.S. judge. The Association of Corporate Counsel on Wednesday filed a friend of the court brief in the FTC Read more…
ABA Journal “In September 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Amazon, alleging the com- pany’s pricing policy for third- party merchants undermines competition and raises prices for consumers elsewhere. The suit, filed in state superior court, claims that in order to sell through Amazon, everyday sellers must sign agreements Read more…
Bloomberg Law “There are often disconnects between how people say they feel and what they genuinely feel. Understanding emotions can be challenging for humans, and artifical intelligence really falls short in its ability to grasp the nuances of human motivations at the core of many disputes. AI-based mediation uses sophisticated Read more…
ABA Journal “A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Taco Bell violated a state law preventing deceptive trade practices by selling food that doesn’t live up to the ingredient-filled menu items portrayed in its advertising. The July 31 federal suit is filed on behalf of Ridgewood, New York, resident Frank Read more…
ABA Journal “Large language models such as ChatGPT are all the rage these days. A lot of commentators, legal professionals, lawyers and media outlets, have spent a lot of time examining this game changing technology. This isn’t the first time that a promising piece of legal technology upended the legal Read more…
“Twitter is threatening to sue Meta after the release and rapid popularity of its new app Threads. Alex Spiro, an attorney for Twitter owner Elon Musk, sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter Wednesday accusing the company of engaging in “systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and Read more…
“Gerald E. Groff is a devout evangelical Christian and former missionary who settled into a job with the U.S. Postal Service in 2012 after years of overseas religious work. “Sometimes you just have to take the job that comes along,” he told an interviewer. One benefit, from his perspective, was Read more…
“As we start to come out of the pandemic, many businesses are deciding to embrace remote workforces on a more permanent basis for a variety of reasons, including cost saving, increased talent pool, and employee satisfaction. However, maintaining a remote workforce also presents the challenge of navigating various state and Read more…
“. The Affirmative Defense of Prosecution Laches Wednesday, March 29, 2023 The Summary Modern U.S. Patent Law provides a patentee with a right to exclude others from practicing an invention for twenty years from the earliest priority date. Is it possible that a company could today infringe a U.S. patent Read more…