In a decision that blends pop culture, constitutional law, and the outer edges of defamation doctrine, United States District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas of the Southern District of New York dismissed rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham’s high-profile lawsuit against his distributor, UMG Recordings, Inc., holding that Kendrick Lamar’s incendiary diss track Not Like Us — which […]
Read MoreThe Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a decision blocking Florida from prohibiting employers from conducting mandatory workplace DEI training under its Stop WOKE Act, a/k/a Individual Freedom Act, Fla. Stat. § 760.10(8)(a). In Honeyfund.com Inc. v. Governor, No. 22-13135, 2024 WL 909379, at *1. (11th Cir. Mar. 4, 2024), the Court issued an […]
Read MoreOn June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Dubin v. United States, case number 22-10, in which the justices held that the federal aggravated identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, is only triggered when the defendant’s “use” of another person’s name or other means of identification is “at the crux […]
Read MoreOn March 30, 2023, Senior U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal ordered that Stephanie Maddox, a former Athens-Clarke County internal auditor, could proceed in her lawsuit alleging First Amendment retaliation against Athens-Clarke County. However, her retaliation claims against Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz and County Manager Blaine Williams were found to be time barred by the […]
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