[1/2]A Google logo is seen outside of the Google Store, where visitors can try phones and other products from the company, in New York City, New York, US, February 10, 2022. Picture taken February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File PhotoOTTAWA, June 29 (Reuters) – Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers.
Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when the law takes effect in about six…
Voip-Pal.Com Inc.The Western District of Texas grants VoIP-Pal’s motion for reconsideration
WACO, Texas, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VoIP-Pal.com Inc. (“VoIP-Pal”, “Company”) (OTCQB: VPLM) is pleased to provide a legal update of recent developments in the current patent litigation.At a hearing held on June 12, 2023, in Case No. 6:20-CV-00272-ADA the Court granted VoIP-Pal’s motion to reconsider the Court’s final construction of the term “routing message” and construed the term to mean “a message that includes a callee user name field and a route field. ”VoIP-Pal has filed a stipulation dismissing its lawsuit against Samsung in…
Thanks to your advocacy, activism, and support, dozens of new marijuana laws took effect around the country this month:In Maryland, cannabis possession, personal cultivation, and retail sales are now legalIn Connecticut, adults may now cultivate marijuana at home for personal useIn Virginia and Nevada, multiple medical cannabis program improvements have been implementedIn New Hampshire, out-of-state patients are now able to access state-licensed medical dispensariesIn California and Louisiana, efforts to expunge thousands of prior cannabis offenses are underwayIn Maine, legislation limiting the ability for those on probation to be a drug tested for cannabis has…
Seyfarth Synopsis: Four days before enforcement of New York City Local Law 144 (“Local Law 144”) is set to begin, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) published FAQ guidance governing the use of Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDTs). The release of the FAQs follows a series of roundtables DCWP has held with various stakeholders. As expected, DCWP is moving forward with the July 5, 2023 enforcement deadline.
Late this afternoon, DCWP released its highly anticipated FAQs regarding the requirements of Local Law 144 in an attempt to clarify the law’s requirements. The FAQs which can be accessed here…
On April 27, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act (OSA), received royal assent. This new law amends the Broadcasting Act and will have significant implications for providers of digital streaming services.
The OSA creates a new class of broadcast undertakings (“online undertakings”) under the Broadcasting Act and subjects them to a number of new requirements comparable to those already imposed on traditional radio and television broadcasters in Canada. The OSA defines “online undertaking” broadly as an undertaking for the transmission or retransmission of programs over the Internet for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus – a…
Former President Donald Trump’s latest run for the White House is being hampered by a slew of legal onslaughts, the latest being a federal indictment for mishandling classified information and lying about it. That’s in addition to a New York state felony indictment for falsifying business records and a jury’s verdict that he is civilly liable for sexual assaulting a woman. The cases could bring further distractions and produce more unflattering revelations — not to mention adverse verdicts — that no presidential candidate would welcome. Trump is no normal politician, though, and the legal scrutiny could feed his preferred narrative…
case type: civilwhere: New York Supreme CourtAttorney: Roberta KaplanVerdict: Trump found liable for battery and defamation in May 2023. A second defamation trial begins on January 15, 2024.
In a 2019 New York cover story, writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. After Trump accused her of lying, Carroll, represented by Roberta Kaplan, sued him for defamation. Then she sued for damages over the alleged assault, taking advantage of a recent New York law that extends the statute of limitations for adult survivors of sexual abuse. The trial…
Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey finally got some good news a week after getting robbed at gunpoint by six masked men.
Police in Harris County, Texas, arrested Winfrey in April 2023 on misdemeanor assault charges after a woman he was dating accused her of grabbing her hand and causing “bodily injury,” according to court records obtained by ESPN.
However, Winfrey completed a pretrial diversion program, and the court has now dropped the charges ahead of his next court date, scheduled for July 11. With that, Winfrey returned to Browns’ minicamp practice after spending the previous two days working out…