District court dismisses rap star Drake’s suit against UMG Recordings alleging that rival Kendrick Lamar’s hit “Not Like Us” defamed him by calling him a “certified pedophile,” holding that “diss tracks” constitute...more
The beauty of social media is that everyone has an opinion. The negative part of social media is that everyone has an opinion....more
Statements of pure opinion are not actionable as defamation, as they do not imply facts capable of being proven true or false. Qureshi v. St. Barnabas Hosp. Ctr., 430 F. Supp. 2d 279, 288 (S.D.N.Y. 2006); Cochran v. NYP...more
The media landscape continues to shift, and 2023 was certainly an eventful year. Layoffs abounded based not just on the slash-and-burn tactics deployed by private equity to gut local newspapers, but also on the national level...more
According to ClimateWire (subscription required), Miami Beach is planning an underwater park just off the coast. Not that I would ever be snarky, but given how often parts of Miami Beach are now under water during high tides,...more
U.S. Developments - California Appellate Court Upholds Coinbase Summary Judgement - On August 10, California’s First Appellate Court sustained a summary judgment from a lower court in favor of Coinbase against plaintiff...more