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March 15, 2019
Facebook Slams Users' 'Speculative Tale' In Data Breach Suit
Facebook on Thursday asked a California federal judge to kill consolidated litigation over a data breach that affected nearly 50 million of its user accounts, arguing that the users “spin a speculative tale” in their complaint, lack standing and suffered no real harm.
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March 15, 2019
9th Circ. Undoes $4M Award In Zillow Photo Copyright Row
A Washington federal court will reconsider a $4 million copyright infringement award against the Zillow Group after the Ninth Circuit said Friday the lower court hadn't determined whether a real estate photography company's allegedly infringed photos should be treated as individual works or as a compilation.
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March 15, 2019
Fall Out Boy Exploiting Llamas, Puppet Studio Says In IP Suit
Two llama puppets have become “de facto members of the band” Fall Out Boy, appearing on stage, album covers and merchandise — well beyond their agreed-upon usage for a single music video, the puppet studio that made them said in a suit filed Friday in New York federal court.
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March 15, 2019
DC Circ. Says Atty Can't Compel New Disclosures From Trump
The D.C. Circuit said Friday an attorney can't force President Donald Trump to amend financial disclosures filed while a presidential candidate, ruling the attorney brought the claims under a law that has no power over acts that occurred before Trump took office.
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March 15, 2019
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The last week has seen a commercial fraud claim filed against the founders of now-defunct sports marketing giant MP & Silva, Kuwait's social security agency sue several Swiss banks and its former head, and AXA lodge an action against the company behind Admiral Insurance. Here, Law360 looks at those and other new claims in the U.K.
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