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Possession, Custody, or Control of Responsive Information by States Suing Meta
The September 6, 2024, decision in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, 2024 WL 4125618 (N.D. Cal. 2024), applies the “legal control” standard to Fed.R.Civ.P. 34 discovery requests propounded by defendant Meta Platforms, Inc., seeking documents from non-party State agencies in a lawsuit brought by 35 State plaintiffs….By: EDRM – Electronic…
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Everything You Need to Know About PFAS Lawsuits Over Forever Chemicals
Class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerning perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have led to massive settlements by chemical companies that have totaled in the billions of dollars, and that has only been to mitigate the damages that per and polyfluoroalkyl substances can cause. We are only beginning to see individual and consolidated lawsuits filed…
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Payment Processor Slim CD Notifies Nearly 1.7 Million People of Recent Data Breach
On September 4, 2024, Slim CD, Inc. filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of California after discovering that the personal information of approximately 1,693,000 people was compromised following an apparent cyberattack. In this notice, Slim CD explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ names,…
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Third DCA: Expert Witness Determinations Under the Highly Deferential Abuse-of-Discretion Standard
The Florida Third District Court of Appeal recently ruled that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in striking Plaintiff’s causation expert in a medical malpractice case. In Berta Fertil v. University of Miami, Fertil sought treatment for ear pain while simultaneously exhibiting severe hypertension symptoms……By: Rumberger | Kirk
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Mexico Remakes Its Entire Judicial System as States Back Vast Overhaul
The plan, championed by Mexico’s president, would have voters elect judges at every level, dramatically restructuring the third branch of government.
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Is Robert Frank’s Late Work Worth Viewing?
MoMA’s centenary exhibition of the photographer revered for a groundbreaking book makes the case for what came after — but was often left in the shade.
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A Double Homage for James Baldwin’s 100th. Will It Ever Be Enough?
At the New York Public Library, two exhibitions add little to a very public writer’s mystique. But our critic dived deeper.
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TIFF 2024: The Return, Riff Raff, The Friend
With over two hundred films programmed at TIFF, you notice recurring thematic and narrative patterns. For this dispatch of films, Leo Tolstoy’s famed quote from Anna Karenina kept coming to mind: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its way.” Whether it’s Greek royalty, an ex-criminal family, or two writer friends…
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TIFF 2024: Shell, Mistress Dispeller, Vice is Broke
You have to feel at least a little bit bad for “Shell,” purely on the basis of timing; this is a mash-up of Hollywood satire and body horror, an exploration of the impossible standards of youth and beauty impressed upon women in general but on actresses in particular, and it’s hitting the festival circuit riiiiiiiiiight…
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TIFF 2024: Emilia Pérez, The End
People were breaking into song and dance at TIFF this year. Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” has one of the most charming dance numbers on years, and “Megalopolis” feels like it could become a Baz Luhrmann film on multiple occasions, but it was Jacques Audiard and Joshua Oppenheimer who brought actual, original musicals, with…
