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Litigation Privilege Does Not Extend to Comments in the Media

Under California law, parties engaged in litigation are not liable for communications made during “planned or pending court actions.” However, a State appellate court has ruled that comments on defendant’s blog and Yelp are “akin to press releases,’ and therefore not immunized by California’s litigation privilege. Vanessa Hamilton, the defendant,... Read More about Litigation Privilege Does Not Extend to Comments in the Media

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Suit for Alleged Pornographic Photo of Child on Nirvana Album Cover Not Barred by Statute of Limitations

When Spencer Elden was just four months old, the “grunge rock band” Nirvana used a nude picture of him, which prominently showed his genitals, on the cover of their 1991 album Nevermind. The album went platinum, sold 30 million copies, and generated a host of album cover copies on merchandise... Read More about Suit for Alleged Pornographic Photo of Child on Nirvana Album Cover Not Barred by Statute of Limitations

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Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Humana of Using Faulty Algorithm to Deny Claims

Humana, an industry leader providing healthcare plans for over 5.1 million eligible American seniors, is facing a new class action lawsuit over its claims process. The lawsuit was filed by Medicare Advantage beneficiaries earlier this month in the U.S. District Court in Western Kentucky. The class action lawsuit names two... Read More about Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Humana of Using Faulty Algorithm to Deny Claims

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Judge Did Not Have to Give Manslaughter Option to Jury When Defendant With DUI Killed Six-Year-Old Girl

The judge in the “second degree implied malice murder” trial of an inebriated man, who hit and killed a six-year-old girl, did not have to instruct the jury to consider a lesser related offense such as “gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.” The driver was convicted and sentenced to 15 years... Read More about Judge Did Not Have to Give Manslaughter Option to Jury When Defendant With DUI Killed Six-Year-Old Girl

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Former Harvard Professor Accused of Secretly Using His Own Sperm to Impregnate Patient

A new lawsuit accuses a former Harvard Medical School professor of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate a patient he saw in 1980. That patient, 73-year-old Sarah Depoian, is now suing the retired professor for what her legal team has described as “medical rape.” The now-retired professor, Dr.... Read More about Former Harvard Professor Accused of Secretly Using His Own Sperm to Impregnate Patient

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California Law Won’t Protect Against Unsafe, Substituted Products in Hair Dye

A recent Ninth Circuit opinion raises the question of whether California’s consumer protection laws should perhaps be renamed California’s “consumer unprotection laws.” In a case where a manufacturer replaced potentially harmful ingredients in its hair dye with “chemicals that are just as unsafe or worse” than those they replaced, the... Read More about California Law Won’t Protect Against Unsafe, Substituted Products in Hair Dye

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