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‘Big Data Sets’ Evading Sphere of Privacy and Competition Law – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

  • September 19, 2024
By: Pragya Nawandar & Abhijeet Mittal INTRODUCTION In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new company named Meta to bring his applications and technologies under a single umbrella, for example Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp etc. This blog focuses on the merger of WhatsApp with Facebook, which arose many disputes before various forums: Competition Commission of India (herein after ‘CCI’)[1]High Court[2]Supreme Court[3] and National Company Law Appellant Tribunal[4]. The major concern is the sharing of ‘Big Data’ by WhatsApp with Facebook to further analyze user preferences to facilitate appropriate advertisement services and improve their services. This blog will also evaluate the compromise of…
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Ex-Trump Attorney Who Quit Classified-Documents Case Offers Ex-President Free Legal Advice: STFU

  • June 27, 2023
If you’ve been keeping tabs on the legal affairs of one Donald Trump, you likely know that the ex-president is currently struggling to find lawyers willing to represent him in the classified-documents case brought by the Department of Justice. The search for attorneys was necessary by not one, not two, but three lawyers who were working for Trump up and quitting over the course of less than a month, with two of them giving notice just one day after Trump was indicted. Unfortunately for the former guy, it appears that no one is jumping to defend him, which, not surprisingly,…
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Judge Fines Two Lawyers For Using Fake Cases From ChatGPT

  • June 24, 2023
Topline Two lawyers who used fake cases generated by ChatGPT, were handed a joint $5,000 fine and ordered to reach out to judges mentioned in the fake cases with information about the situation, marking the first major sanctions to come from the use of artificial intelligence in the legal fields. Lawyers who presented cases created by ChatGPT in a courtroom were determined to have acted in bad … [+] faith and were sanctioned with a $5,000 fine. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts In his decision, New York District Judge P. Kevin Castel said Steven Schwartz—the lawyer…
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Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Case For $787.5 Million, Dominion Lawyer Says

  • May 18, 2023
Topline Dominion Voting Systems has settled its defamation lawsuit against Fox News in a last-minute move Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis announced, solving one of the most high-profile defamation cases in recent history for nearly $800 million—and avoiding a week- a long trial that would have likely put some of Fox News’ top figures on the stand and potentially led to the network being forced to pay billions in damages. Attorney Justin Nelson, representing Dominion Voting Systems, speaks at a news conference outside … [+] New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., after the defamation lawsuit by Dominion…
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Trump 2020 Lawyer John Eastman Fights California Ethics Case

  • March 7, 2023
(Bloomberg) — John Eastman, the conservative lawyer who helped lead former President Donald Trump’s failed legal strategy to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election, is fighting efforts by California regulators to strip his law license. In a 112-page court filing, Eastman’s lawyers denied that he had violated attorney ethics rules. They argued that his activities following the 2020 election and the legal advice he gave to Trump were rooted in evidence and legal scholarship. The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel filed a complaint in January accusing Eastman of promoting false election fraud claims and of providing…