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Monday, January 23, 2017

“Appeals Court Makes It Tougher for Content Companies to Sue Tech Services for Mass Piracy; A legally infamous adult publisher — along with friends at the Recording Industry Association of America — suffer a defeat”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal appeals panel, citing Oregon’s anti-SLAPP law, tosses out lawsuit against rape accuser”: Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has tossed out a Portland man’s defamation lawsuit against a woman who accused him of sexual assault, citing an Oregon law designed to discourage suits that impinge on free expression.”

You can access last Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Obama Struggled at Court, and Trump May Strain to Do Better”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 5:57 PM by Howard Bashman