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Saturday, February 20, 2021

CFP: Journal explores digital journalism, media literacy

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My friend and colleague Dr. Manish Verma will be special editor of an upcoming edition of the Journal of Content, Community and Communicati...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Alien tort animates U.S. lawsuit in abduction of 'Hotel Rwanda' hero, threatens immunity of social media

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Paul Rusesabagina at the University of Michigan in 2014 ( photo by Ford School of Public Policy CC BY-ND 2.0 ) The alien tort statute has ...
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Courts extend European accountability laws to private actors: Italian soccer federation, Irish wind farm

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Two recent court decisions in Europe construed European directives on public accountability to reach ostensibly private actors, the Italian ...
Friday, February 12, 2021

Comedy of Roy Wood Jr. surfaces under-appreciated contributions of real historical black figures

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Roy Wood Jr. ( photo by Lisa Gansky CC BY-SA 2.0 ) I'm a big fan of Roy Wood Jr. , and every installment of his "CP Time" b...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Glued hair precipitates lawsuit talk, problem of liability exposure when products are misused

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Trevor Noah and Dulcé Sloan had some fun on The Daily Show this week with TikToker Tessica Brown, who is considering suit against Gorilla...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Copyright? I gotchyer Bernie mittens right here, Getty

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CC mine, mine, mine Is any blog complete without a Bernie mittens meme?   The source photo for the now world-famous Bernie mittens meme is ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Death case against Robinhood tests common law disfavor for liability upon negligence leading to suicide

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U.S. CFPB images The family of a 20-year-old college student who committed suicide has sued the lately notorious Robinhood financial ser...

Netflix's 'Enola Holmes' tangles with family copyright

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Brown ( image by Gage Skidmore 2017 CC BY-SA 2.0 ) I quite enjoyed the film Enola Holmes , released on Netflix in 2020, a welcome respite...
Monday, February 8, 2021

UK court: Long arm of GDPR can't reach California*

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Image my composite of Atlantic Ocean by Tentotwo CC BY-SA 3.0 and "hand reach" from Pixabay by ArtsyBee , licensed *[UPDATE, ...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Atlas Obscura fills in fuzzy history of title, 'esquire'

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Squire ( NYPL ) Atlas Obscura has an excellent piece on the title "Esquire" and its connection to the American legal profession....