Derek Foran spoke to the Daily Journal about Northern District of California Judge William H. Orrick III's decision that will permanently ban an anti-abortion group from releasing hundreds of hours of recordings the group.
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After canceling the trial and ordering a preliminary
injunction, Judge Albright granted plaintiff Performance
Chemical Company s (PCC) motion for death penalty
sanctions against defendant True Chemical Solutions (True
Chem) for its egregious discovery abuses. The Court struck True
Chem s noninfringement defense and invalidity counterclaims,
found that True Chem willfully infringed, entered a permanent
injunction to prevent True Chem from continuing its infringing
activity, and awarded attorneys fees to PCC. But rather than
accepting PCC s damages figure, the Court ordered a trial
solely on the question of damages. During the hearing, Judge
Can a state attorney general stand alone? That is the question posed by an upcoming Supreme Court case concerning Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's effort to intervene to .
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The Department of Justice s Civil Rights Division released a
March 26, 2021 memorandum explaining the
Division s position that Title IX prohibits discrimination on
the basis of transgender and sexual orientation status. In so
concluding, the Division seeks to expand to Title IX the U.S.
Supreme Court s decision in
Bostock v. Clayton
Cnty., which held that Title VII s definition of sex prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation and gender identity in the employment context.
The Division characterizes its advice as a supposed starting point for federal agencies. But it is
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A recent lawsuit filed by Twitter against Texas AG
Ken Paxton claims that an investigation into the company s
internal content moderation policies violates the First
Amendment.
On January 13, Paxton issued a civil investigative demand (CID) to
Twitter seeking information related to the company s policies
and procedures for content moderation. In addition to requesting
all versions of Twitter s terms of use, terms of service, and
policies and procedures related to content moderation since 2017,
the CID directs the company to produce all communications regarding
the social media platform Parler. This last request includes both