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From Thursday's decision by Judge Clifton Corker (E.D. Tenn.) in Williams v. Alkermes, Inc.: Defendant Alkermes, Inc. is a large… The post Case Alleging Race-Based Firing of White Male Manager Accused of Physical Misconduct by Black Female Employee Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

One of many allegedly defamatory statements allegedly sent by a former summer intern at a financial company; the court holds a proposed preliminary injunction against future speech by defendant about plaintiff would be an unconstitutional prior restraint, but issues a narrower injunction.

From Judge Gerald McHugh's decision yesterday in Tannous v. Cabrini Univ. (E.D. Pa.): This is an action brought by Kareem Tannous, a former university professor, against StopAntisemitism.org, a non-profit watchdog organization that reshared Plaintiff's social media posts with additional commentary…. [B]ecause I agree that Defendant's online blog constituted protected opinion…

From Monday's decision in Hicks v. Grimmway Enterprises, Inc., by Judge Janis Sammartino (S.D. Cal.): In this putative class action, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, a California agricultural corporation, misrepresented the environmental impact of its farming practices through its advertising and "Inaugural Report on Environmental, Social and Governance Actions" ("ESG Report").…

US rock band Guns N' Roses has sued a company that runs an online gun store named Texas Guns and Roses, charging in federal court that the business appropriated its name unjustly. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, attorneys for the band said a corporation that runs the online…

From Activision Publishing, Inc. v. Warzone.com, LLC, decided last month by Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha (C.D. Cal.), but just posted on Westlaw (presumably because it has just been appealed); this seems quite correct: Warzone.com develops and makes available to the public a browser-based game titled Warzone. Warzone is a free-to-play,…

Class action suit says Mars concealed information about toxic ingedient from consumers

It's chiefly because Virginia doesn't recognize nonmutual collateral estoppel, of course!

From Judge Freda Wolfson's opinion Friday in McGillvary v. Grande (D.N.J.): Caleb McGillvary …, proceeding pro se, filed this suit against Todd Grande …, alleging that Defendant defamed Plaintiff in a YouTube video …. Plaintiff is an individual currently incarcerated [for first-degree murder] in Trenton, New Jersey. Plaintiff has provided…