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Jury Acquits Tesla and Musk of Securities Fraud for 2018 Tweets Regarding Going Private

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On February 3, 2023, in the matter In re Tesla Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 3:18-cv-04865, a California federal jury cleared Tesla, Inc. (Tesla), and CEO Elon Musk of claims that they committed securities fraud,...more

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Social Media Tools for Law Firms

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Social media is increasingly important, but unfortunately using it has become increasingly time-consuming and complex. The more options there are, and the more features that platforms add, the more knowledge and resources it...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Online Cryptocurrency Promotion: What Athletes, Celebrities, and Other High-Profile Individuals Need to Know

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Online cryptocurrency promotion—and promotion on social media in particular—has garnered national media attention in recent months. First, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had entered into a...more

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Twitter Data Breach Nightmare – Millions of Subscribers' Data Remains at Risk

Earlier this year, a massive Twitter data breach occurred. Researchers are learning that the data breach was significantly more severe than initially reported. In the first reports, one hacker was suspected of exploiting a...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

Ask Me Anything - Writing Marketing Content

Content takes a lot of forms. Blogs. Emails. Social media posts. Press releases. News items. Attorney bios. And so much more. But where to start?...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

“So What?”: Twitter Resists Merger Agreement Termination by Invoking Musk’s Unclean Hands

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Elon Musk has lobbed in two additional termination letters since his original July 8 letter seeking to terminate his agreement to acquire Twitter for $44 billion.  Each termination letter cites alleged false representations...more

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Compliance Into The Weeds - Cyber Security Failures Alleged in Mudge Whistleblower Compliant

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt and I mine the whistleblower...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2022 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - Cyber-Attack Disrupts Public Services in Fremont County, Colorado - Government offices and public services in Fremont County, Colorado, have been disrupted since August 17, 2022, due to a “cybersecurity...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Woody Report - Twitter v. Elon Musk

Welcome to The Woody Report, where Washington & Lee School of Law Associate Professor Karen Woody and I discuss issues on white collar crime, compliance issues, international corruption, securities and accounting fraud, and...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Clears Musk of Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim

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On April 27, 2022, the Delaware Court of Chancery in In re Tesla Motors Stockholder Litigation rendered a post-trial verdict finding for Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc., on claims that Musk breached his...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: College Athletes Use NIL Opportunities to Create Bidding War, and Power Couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé...

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Live from New York it’s…wait, that’s not right. Two weeks off, and I’ve forgotten how I open these…ah, yes… Welcome back (both to me and to you) to the “Spotlight.” I would love to be able to say that my batteries are fully...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Apollo Global Weighing Bankrolling Musk’s Play for Twitter

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Back at it. Let’s get caught up . . . The latest in the Elon Musk/Twitter drama includes word that PE firm Apollo Global Mgmt is “considering” joining a bid by Musk to acquire the social media platform, a potential early...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.8.2021 | Top Story: Weak Jan. Jobs Report Paves Way for Biden’s Covid Relief Plan

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Friday’s “anemic” jobs report (just 49,000 jobs added in January, and precious few of those in the private sector) “underscored the pandemic’s brutal damage to the job market” and likely made President Biden’s sale of his...more

Knobbe Martens

It’s a Date – Twitter Reply Proves Prior Art Publication Date

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VIDSTREAM LLC V. TWITTER, INC. Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Evidence of a prior art reference’s publication date submitted after an IPR petition may be...more

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Twitter, Facebook, Google Heads Testify on Section 230 and Local Journalism

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On Wednesday, October 28, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a much-anticipated hearing titled, “Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?” The witness line-up featured...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New York Department of Financial Services Issues Report on Recent Twitter Hack

You probably heard about the recent hack of Twitter accounts that took place on July 15, 2020. The hackers took over several prominent Twitter accounts, which resulted in a scam that netted over $118,000 in bitcoin for the...more

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Cybersecurity Lessons From The Twitter Hack As New York’s Chief Financial Services Regulator Calls For A Dedicated Cybersecurity...

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There are cybersecurity lessons to be learned from high profile data breaches and the ensuing regulatory responses. The recent well-publicized Twitter hack is no different. According to the New York State Department of...more

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NYS DFS Publishes its Investigative Report of the Twitter Hack of July 2020

The New York State Department of Financial Services issued a press release on Thursday announcing the publication of its investigative report of the July 2020 Twitter hack. The exhaustive report reviews the facts surrounding...more

Cozen O'Connor

Twitter Dinged On Political Advertising | California’s Mini-CFPB | Hospital System Settles Data Breach

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Antitrust- FTC Orders Divestment of Gas Stations to Avoid Harming Competition in Local Markets- •The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an order requiring energy company Arko Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Shaking Up The Internet: An Update

We wrote recently about proposed changes to laws governing content on the internet. Washington has now proposed even more changes that could affect policing of the internet and social media. In brief, Section 230(c) of the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Twitter Tagged in Europe, But Regulators Don’t Agree On Ruling

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Twitter is likely to suffer significant fines in the EU for its handling of a data incident, but regulators are conflicted about their response. In late 2018, Twitter experienced a data breach involving an exploitation of a...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Cybersecurity Preparedness and the Growing Importance of Operational Resiliency

Creation of a new rapid response team signals regulators may turn today’s cyber examination priorities into tomorrow’s enforcement priorities. The Securities and Exchange Commission, New York State Department of Financial...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.10.2020 | Top Story: Twitter Enters Fray in Pursuit of TikTok

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With “Twit-tok” trending this weekend, you should be unsurprised to learn that Twitter has joined the group of suitors for TikTok, revealing that it’s held preliminary talks with the video-sharing app about a possible combo. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.31.2020 | Top Story: Amazon a Juggernaut?

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Amazon a juggernaut? Quarterly sales and profit prove how indispensable tech giants have become to our society. In the midst of a pandemic, Big Tech mostly shows gains....more

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Is Twitter Trending? The Company Decides on Permanent Remote Work

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Employers have had to contend with a flood of new legal considerations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To survive under various state and local shelter-in-place mandates, employers have instituted remote (or work-from-home)...more

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