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You can read the PDF here and the text here; here are the opening sections: Writers may have their noms de plume; revolutionaries may have noms de guerre. Here, though, we will speak of (to coin a phrase) the noms de litige, and ask: When pseudonymous litigation is allowed, what…

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Plaintiff's Being a Possibly Vexatious Litigant May Be Basis for Denying Pseudonymity,

even when plaintiff's lawsuit was connected to her having been allegedly sexually assaulted, which has often (but not always) been seen as a basis for allowing pseudonymity.

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Can California "Safe at Home" Law Be Used to Retroactively Seal or Pseudonymize Past Federal Cases?

The California "Safe at Home Confidential Address Program" provides for special forwarding addresses for people who swear that they are "attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse," and need to "establish new names or addresses in order…

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Scientology sued by worker who claims she was forced to marry abuser

After Church of Scientology officials learned in 1991 that a 16-year-old religious worker claimed to have been sexually assaulted, they failed to report the allegations to police and instead arranged for the girl to marry her abuser, according to a lawsuit unsealed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

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Schools Have No Constitutional Obligation to Try to Keep Students from Having Sex in the Parking Lot

"[T]he Does cannot wield the constitutional right to parent as a sword to require the district to adopt policies that help them to direct and control their son's choices," and likewise as to the right to free exercise of religion.

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Greg Norman sued by girl who claims she was sexually assaulted at his house by two minors

The CEO and face of LIV Golf Greg Norman is being sued by a minor who alleges she attended a party at his house allegedly where she claims she was sexually assaulted by two minors - he has denied the allegations

Daily Mirror

‘Swingers’ or predators? Judge to decide if case against Newport Beach doctor, girlfriend can go to trial

Nearly five years after a Newport Beach, California, doctor and his girlfriend were accused of drugging and raping multiple women in a criminal case that quickly became enmeshed in political battles, courtroom testimony over the past week has for the first time painted a clearer picture of the charges Dr.…

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Country singer Jimmie Allen accused in second sexual assault lawsuit

Allen’s skyrocketing career has come to a halt over two lawsuits, including one filed by his former day-to-day manager, who alleges Allen raped her and that his management team failed to protect her from his predatory behavior.

Chicago Sun-Times

Country singer Jimmie Allen accused in second sexual assault lawsuit, dropped by label

Country singer Jimmie Allen's has come to a halt after two woman accused the Grammy nominee in lawsuits of sexually assaulting them

The Independent UK

Epstein survivors secure a $290 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan agreed to the settlement on the same day a federal judge granted class-action status to the lawsuit, saying the number of plaintiffs involved could be "well over 100 people."

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JPMorgan to pay $290m to settle with Epstein victims

Agreement would compensate victims who say JPMorgan ignored warnings about Epstein’s abuse and kept him as a client.

Al Jazeera

Woman Suing Cuba Gooding, Jr. Over Alleged Rape Can't Proceed as "Jane Doe" at Trial

The court had allowed her to litigate pseudonymously at earlier stages in the process, but just held that this doesn’t extend to trial.

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Judge greenlights JPMorgan lawsuit blaming ex-executive in Jeffrey Epstein scandal

A federal judge says he won't block JPMorgan's legal efforts to accuse a former executive of hiding Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long sex abuse in order to keep the financier as a client

The Independent UK

Manhattan DA pulled into suit against JPMorgan over Epstein ties; Deutsche Bank settles for $75 million with billionaire pedophile’s victims

NEW YORK — The Manhattan district attorney has been dragged into litigation that’s ramping up against JPMorgan Chase, brought by abuse victims of disgraced billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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Deutsche Bank to pay $75 million to settle lawsuit by Epstein accusers

Deutsche Bank AG agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by women who say they were abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and accused the German bank of facilitating his sex trafficking.

The Guardian - US

Country star Jimmie Allen accused of sexual assault by former manager

Grammy-nominated musician, 37, accused of a ‘torrential cycle’ of abuse and harassment, which Allen denies

The Independent UK

$2.3B awarded in sex abuse lawsuit that named Mormon church

Attorneys say a California jury has awarded $2.28 billion to a woman who was molested for years by her stepfather

Reason

Fourth Circuit Affirms Two Decisions Denying Pseudonymity for Plaintiffs Alleging Disabilities

Monday's Fourth Circuit opinions from Judges Robert King, Marvin Quattlebaum, and Henry Floyd (Smith v. Towson Univ. and Doe v. ABA Accredited Univ.) were nonprecedential, and upheld the lower court decisions under an "abuse of discretion" standard. This basically means that the Court of Appeals concluded that the lower court…

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Meet Jane Doe [UPDATED]

[UPDATE: It turns out that the Maryland intermediate appellate court reached the opposite result for the same plaintiff; post bumped up so readers can see the update, which is available in the second half of this post.].]

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Brief Opposing Pseudonymity in #TheyLied Libel Case Alleging False Claims of Sexual Assault at College

I thought I'd pass along a long excerpt from this amicus brief, which my students Samantha Frazier, Katelyn Taira, and Jacob Haas and I wrote on behalf of the First Amendment Coalition and myself; for more on the decision below, which indeed rejected pseudonymity, see here. [* * *] Summary…

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Can California "Safe at Home" Law Be Used to Retroactively Pseudonymize Past Federal Cases?

The Guardian - UK

Jes Staley’s lawyers hit out at ‘slanderous’ attacks by JP Morgan

Allegations that ex-Barclays boss aided sex trafficking operations run by Jeffrey Epstein labelled ‘baseless but serious’

Reason

Title IX Sexual Assault Cases and Extraterritoriality

From today's decision by Judge Paul Maloney (W.D. Mich.) in Doe v. Calvin Univ.: In 2020, Plaintiff Jane Doe attended Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Calvin University offered a study abroad program in the Philippines with Silliman University, a private university in Dumaguete, Philippines. Silliman University selected some of…

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Sex-Trafficking Suits Against Banks That Serviced Epstein Can Proceed

Plus: American IQs may be shifting, Jack Daniel's lawsuit against dog toy maker hits SCOTUS, and more...

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Justice Jackson Calls for Reining in the Use of Munsingwear Vacatur

The Court's newest justice questions whether her colleagues are too quick to vacate lower court decisions.

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