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The judge said the rule was “unreasonably overbroad.”

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.389064/gov.uscourts.txnd.389064.212.0_1.pdf

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The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed Indiana’s age verification law to go into effect — even as the Supreme Court has suggested a similar law in Texas might be unconstitutional. The Seventh Circuit panel handed down this ruling, letting the law go into effect just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take up a case challenging Texas’s nearly identical age verification law.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25052733/fsc-v-rokita-7th-circuit.pdf

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Google has another legal battle ahead of it.

Case file: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25052548-google-chrome-class-action-appeal

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Company agrees to let case go to trial despite earlier claiming terms of free subscription trial invalidated lawsuit

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The United States Department of Justice filed a major lawsuit against Live Nation-Ticketmaster in May, arguing that the entertainment giant is acting as a monopoly. An additional 10 state attorneys general joined the suit this week, bringing the total to 39 states and the District of Columbia.

DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ten-additional-states-join-justice-departments-suit-against-live-nation-ticketmaster

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Chrystul Kizer pleaded guilty to reckless homicide of man she says sold her as sex worker when she was teenager

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Judge dismisses Tesla/X link, accuses Media Matters of seeking "backdoor recusal."

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.383454/gov.uscourts.txnd.383454.81.0_1.pdf

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The Department of Justice has amended its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, alleging that Ticketmaster's introduction of nontransferable tickets and the SafeTix system was primarily intended to stifle competition from rival platforms like StubHub and SeatGeek, rather than merely to reduce ticket fraud. "The complaint, which was amended on Monday after 10 states joined the DOJ's lawsuit, cites internal Ticketmaster documents obtained during the legal process," notes The Verge. From the report:

In 2019, Ticketmaster rolled out SafeTix, which replaced static barcodes on electronic tickets with encrypted barcodes that refresh every 15 seconds. Ticketmaster marketed SafeTix as a way of reducing ticket fraud, but the complaint claims reducing competition was âoea primary motivationâ for the new ticketing system. [...] The amended complaint includes new information about Ticketmaster's dominance of the events market. One internal Live Nation document cited in the complaint notes that Ticketmaster is the primary ticketer for approximately 80 percent of arenas across the country that host NBA or NHL teams. As of 2022, Live Nation-promoted events accounted for 70 percent of all amphitheater shows across the country, according to internal Live Nation events mentioned in the complaint.

The DOJ alleges that because of Ticketmaster's conduct, consumers have âoepaid more and continue to pay more for fees relating to tickets to live events than they would have paid in a free and open competitive market.â The exact amount of monetary harm is still unknown, the complaint claims, and will require discovery from Ticketmaster and Live Nation's books, as well as from its third-party competitors.

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There’s a new lawsuit in Northern California federal court that seeks to improve child safety online but could end up backfiring badly if it gets the remedy it seeks. While the plaintiff’s attorneys surely mean well, they don’t seem to understand that they’re playing with fire.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.434289/gov.uscourts.cand.434289.1.0.pdf

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UAE lawyer Irina Heaver said the ruling shows the growing acceptance of crypto in employment contracts, recognizing the evolving nature of Web3 financial transactions.

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The 43-year-old man left letters threatening to “destroy or explode everything here in whole America."

DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-arrested-explosives-threats-and-attack-energy-facility

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Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio accused by fellow billionaire of using public beach as ‘personal sandbox’

Case file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jewdajpg8syu172hb04bg/Broad-Beach-Complaint.pdf?rlkey=aqgkebdqadp17k4k7wbcl4ouf&e=3&st=lgpug8w0&dl=0

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Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, arrested for falsely claiming Elvis Presley’s daughter borrowed $3.8m from a bogus lender

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San Francisco is seeking to remove 16 of the most visited sites.

Case file: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Complaint_Final_Redacted.pdf

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Beijing court rejects lawsuit brought by Xu Zaozao, who was seeking to widen access to fertility treatment in China

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The order follows a 12-year battle to remain in New Zealand.

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