Seattle-based law firm focused on serving Internet, media, and technology clients. Tweets are provided as information and are not legal advice.
Seattle
Joined January 2011
- Tweets2.2K
- Following470
- Followers347
- Likes26
Focal retweeted
After you die, your Steam games will be stuck in legal limbo trib.al/uhZQQTf
Focal retweeted
Amazon Labor Union workers vote overwhelmingly in favor of an affiliation with the Teamsters courthousenews.com/amazon-la…
Focal retweeted
Good morning. It’s another big week at SCOTUS. The justices will begin by reviewing a 1st amendment battle over social media laws from two conservative states @CourthouseNews courthousenews.com/?page_id=…
Focal retweeted
Judge trims code-scraping suit against Microsoft, GitHub @nhanson_reports courthousenews.com/judge-tri…
Focal retweeted
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday revived a lawsuit filed by celebrity choreographer Kyle Hanagami against Epic Games, alleging that its popular game Fortnite copied his registered dance moves. @hillelaron courthousenews.com/ninth-cir…
Focal retweeted
Time and bad management could bring Twitter tumbling down faster than anything its rivals do. Yes, including that one. wired.trib.al/eNnbhUT
Focal retweeted
The FTC lost an unusually elaborate attempt to block Microsoft’s $69 billion plan to purchase Activision Blizzard, in what could be a game-changing merger within the gaming industry. @nhanson_reports courthousenews.com/judge-ope…
Focal retweeted
Attorneys for Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI have asked a federal judge to dismiss a class action filed on behalf of four unnamed coders over the paid service CoPilot, which uses AI to suggest code to users. @hillelaron courthousenews.com/microsoft…
Focal retweeted
Pokémon NFTs by Third Party Stopped Before Launch by Brand Owner
Court in Australia restrains NFT game co from using “Pokémon,” “Pokémon,” or “PokeWorld” to market/sell NFTs, representing they are licensed by or otherwise affiliated w/ The Pokémon Company/Nintendo, and more. 🧵
Focal retweeted
Blog Post: Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Its Fact-Checking Explanations–Stossel v Meta bit.ly/3CkRDXS
Focal retweeted
Guest Blog Post: Jury Awards Damages to Tattoo Artist for Video-Game Depiction–Alexander v. WWE 2K bit.ly/3V7Mknr by @APerzanowski
Focal retweeted
Blog Post: 9th Circuit: Elected Officials Violated the First Amendment by Blocking Constituents on Social Media–Garnier v O’Connor-Ratcliff bit.ly/3Bnahj0
Focal retweeted
The biggest name in legal research, @Westlaw, must face antitrust claims in a case that could strengthen the argument for competitive compatibility. eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/we…
Focal retweeted
In a dispute over arbitration rights, the Supreme Court unanimously sides with a Taco Bell worker who sued the franchise owner for wage violations. The dispute involved whether the company waited too long to try to move the lawsuit out of court and into arbitration.
Focal retweeted
After Van Buren, it's not a CFAA violation for an app to collect and share information a user doesn't expect the app to collect and share, per Judge Rakoff (SDNY).
drive.google.com/file/d/12Io… #N
Focal retweeted
U.S. women's soccer players will earn the same as men, thanks to a lawsuit and an unusual pooling deal. ow.ly/uvj430sk096 #sportslaw
Focal retweeted
Attorneys on both ends of a federal lawsuit over novelty skater shoes held up the “Wavy Baby” sneakers in court on Wednesday, each making their case for what the rippled footwear represents. @NinaPullano courthousenews.com/if-the-sh…
Focal retweeted
In unanimous ruling on procedural issue, SCOTUS sides with heirs of a German Jewish art dealer who want to recover a valuable Impressionist painting that was taken by the Nazis in WWII and is now in a Spanish museum. The issue involved whether California or Spanish law applies.
Focal retweeted
Op-Ed: A First Circuit argument on a Courthouse News case included a contest of ideas. But I was looking for a transcript. @BillGirdner courthousenews.com/transcrip…
Focal retweeted
Seattle startup @flexe raised $67.9 million to bolster its marketplace for on-demand warehousing space. bit.ly/3rItjuP
#Supplychain management startups set a record for #funding last year as their software helped companies that were scrambling amid pandemic volatility.