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New details of Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrant request unsealed
The new version of the affidavit reveals more about what agents had learned by the time they executed the search at Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8.
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Ruling Puts Social Media at Crossroads of Disinformation and Free Speech
The case, which could alter how the government battles disinformation, is a flashpoint in a broader effort by conservatives to document what they contend is a liberal conspiracy to silence their views.
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Judge Unseals More of Affidavit Used to Seek Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant
The newly disclosed sections revealed more of the evidence cited by the Justice Department as a basis for searching former President Donald J. Trump’s club and residence last summer.
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Businesses and Consumers Prepare as the CTDPA Takes Effect on July 1
As state-level data protection legislation steadily expands, one of the country’s early comprehensive privacy laws to be enacted, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), will take effect on July 1, 2023. The CTDPA imposes requirements on how companies collect, use and share consumer data, and extends new data privacy rights to Connecticut consumers……By: Akin Gump…
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3 Takeaways From The Copyright Office’s AI Webinar
The startlingly fast developments in generative artificial intelligence technology over the last few years have caused numerous questions and issues to be raised about the protection and registrability of copyrighted works containing GAI material. This article was originally published in Law360’s Expert Analysis section on June 30, 2023….By: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
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Federal Circuit to Sit En Banc to Hear LKQ v. GM Case on Obviousness for Design Patents
For the first time in over five years, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be hearing a patent case en banc. The Court has agreed to hear LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, which questions the current standard of non-obviousness that is applied to design patents. LKQ used to…
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Political Subdivisions Need Only Be Reasonable, Not Herculean, in Their Attempts to Locate Records to Be Produced in Response to Public Records Request
A relator filed a mandamus action to compel the City of Sheffield to produce documents in response to a public records request. Despite utilizing an outside IT vendor, the City was unable to locate any images of the documents on a desktop computer where the images allegedly originated. The relator argued that the City wrongly…
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The Site Report – Construction Law Insights – Issue 6, June 2023
World’s Largest 3D Printed Building Erected in Florida – “With a total floor area of more than 10,100 sq ft or about 940 m2, the structure is apparently nearly 50% larger than the previous record-holder in the Middle East, another hot bed for AM in construction.”…By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
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U.S. Supreme Court Decides Major Personal Jurisdiction Case: Impact in Florida Remains to Be Seen
A recent United States Supreme Court decision on the scope of personal jurisdiction, i.e., a court’s authority to exercise jurisdiction over a particular party, could potentially have lasting impacts on the way states decide to legislate long-arm jurisdiction over out-of-state corporate entities. In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.,the Supreme Court held that Pennsylvania’s long-arm…
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Weekly Notable Ruling Roundup – July 2023
Our weekly roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent notable rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. – Alexis Slaten v. Christian Dior, Inc., No. 23-cv-00409-JSC (N.D. Cal. – May 12, 2023): The Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss a…
