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TechnologyUnderstanding The DOJ’s Landmark Ruling Against Google: A Conversation With Richard Finkelman
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Technology
Google Loses Big Antitrust Fight, Which Will Mean What, Exactly?
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TechnologyMaybe Don't Tweet That Destroying Evidence Subject To Lit Hold Is A Good Idea?
Former Jones Day lawyer offers thoughts on Google opinion and gets a little in over his head.
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Courts
Shocking: Court Rules Search Engine Whose Name Is Synonymous With Internet Searches Is A Monopoly
If this article doesn't show up at the top of the search results, consider it suspicious. -
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Courts, Sponsored ContentEpic Victory Forces Google App Store Changes
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 11.17.23
* Mistrial in the Breonna Taylor case. [CNN]
* DEI consulting is booming after the Supreme Court rollback of affirmative action. [Bloomberg Law]
* Progress on an alternative to the bar exam in California. [Reuters]
* Judge in Google search case keeping a very open mind. [Law360]
* Alex Murdaugh one step closer to a new trial. [Law & Crime]
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Courts, Finance
The Google Monopoly Trial Now Underway Could Remake The Anticompetitive Internet Ecosystem
As the legal woes of Donald Trump and Sam Bankman-Fried are eating up most of the bandwidth, Google's own trial seems to be slipping to the second page of search results. 
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 09.22.23
* Somehow they’ve managed to find even more undisclosed private air travel. This time taking Clarence Thomas to a Koch brothers event in a level of impropriety that a former W. Bush judge said, “takes my breath away, frankly.” [ProPublica]
* Clifford Chance opts for permanent hybrid work model while other firms choose alienation and extortion. [RollonFriday]
* Second Circuit decides Sam Bankman-Fried can wait in jail. [Law360]
* North Carolina Supreme Court justice Anita Earls spoke publicly about implicit bias in the legal system. After the judiciary commission ordered her to pre-clear future statements with them, she sued over the prior restraint and the federal judge chastised her for making the justice system look bad by talking about bias out loud. [Balls and Strikes]
* Having toppled admissions, right-wingers take aim at scholarships that might possibly help non-white people go to school. [Reuters]
* Judge upholds the right of private investors to put their money toward companies that match their environmental and social goals. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Profiling the folks chronicling the opaque Google antitrust case. [Wired]
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 06.23.23
* Downed sub had passengers sign waivers but those aren’t necessarily holding up in court. [Reuters]
* Speaking of the sub, the passenger who missed the tragic dive is a lawyer. [MarketWatch]
* Canada makes Facebook & Google pay media outlets for links. You know what that means, Canadian friends? Time to start posting more humorous and insightful stories from Above the Law! [Wall Street Journal]
* Facebook says it will retaliate by ending news access in Canada entirely. Good luck with that… because people definitely scroll Facebook for the cat pictures. [CNN]
* And George Santos got bail help from… his family. Just like he said. WOW. He said something and then it turned out to be true! [Courthouse News Service]
* Law360 releases its “176 Under 40” list. Real rigorous vetting process there… blowing by the right number for an “under 40” list by a cool 136. [Law360]
* Prosecutor fired by DeSantis for refusing to enforce abortion crimes can’t get his job back because he took six months before filing. Do they have a 6-week limit on this too? [Bloomberg Law News]
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Intellectual Property3 Takeaways From The Sonos Verdict Against Google
For now, we can consider three takeaways from the verdict that can help us place this long-running patent saga in perspective. -
Intellectual Property
3 Takeaways From A Patent Pretrial Order In Google v. Sonos Case
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 02.24.23
* Everyone fears that young, lockdown lawyers aren’t well-trained. And they probably aren’t… but instead of addressing that, firms will just complain about hybrid offices some more. [Law.com]
* Congratulations to Sidney Powell, who dodged an ethics complaint when a Greg Abbott-appointed judge tossed the case. Aileen Cannon is an inspiration to so many out there… [Reuters]
* DOJ seeks sanctions against Google for deleting employee chats. Why delete them? Just leave them on the Google chat platform and literally no one will ever be able to find them again. [Law360]
* The legal luminary who convinced Mike Pence not to participate in a coup hopes to convince the former Veep to do the right thing again. [NY Times]
* Trump has MORE classified documents now? [CNN]
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CourtsThis Challenge To Section 230 Could Greatly Increase The Liability Of Content-Hosting Websites
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BiglawWhich Biglaw Firm Will Be Defending Google Against The Meanies At The DOJ?
Of course a Biglaw firm will be defending Google against antitrust allegations.
