Focal

Seattle-based law firm focused on serving Internet, media, and technology clients. Tweets are provided as information and are not legal advice.

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Check out Focal's Lachlan Huck's heads-up about an upcoming filing deadline under The Corporate Transparency Act.
https://t.co/IpegTLtryS

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Do labels matter in the context of differentiating between employees and independent contractors? Check out the article from Focal's Ashley McDonald discussing that question and providing other tips in making the classification assessment. https://t.co/TahcTgcrPW

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Although a TX federal court delayed the effective date of the FTC's Non-Compete Rule, it remains to be seen if the rule will survive legal challenges. Focal's Gwen Wei summarizes the rule and outlines steps employers can take to comply with the rule: https://t.co/YPAVX758VI

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Federal judge puts kibosh on common tactic by clerks fighting access https://t.co/Lvg1vxLRyK

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Major record labels sue generative AI company for copyright infringement, alleging it copied "decades" worth of sound recordings to output recordings that imitated the "qualities" of "genuine human sound recordings."

UMG et al v. Suno Complaint https://t.co/7Dungmvom5

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Judge tosses LA’s second lawsuit against journalist over police headshots https://t.co/ye5Uy1zg8u

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After you die, your Steam games will be stuck in legal limbo https://t.co/M7mzhY9QUg

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Amazon Labor Union workers vote overwhelmingly in favor of an affiliation with the Teamsters https://t.co/HNcZ8IBCSa

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Future does not appear bright for Section 230:

Ninth Circuit Does More Damage to Section 230--Calise v. Meta https://t.co/gCi88aSKz5

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Good morning. It’s another big week at SCOTUS. The justices will begin by reviewing a 1st amendment battle over social media laws from two conservative states ⁦@CourthouseNews⁩ https://t.co/mehgBAvL57

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The USPTO expresses concern over the use of AI-generated materials in PTAB/TTAB proceedings, issuing guidance recognizing AI's potential for good and harm but concluding that its existing rules are sufficient to address the challenges AI poses. https://t.co/8lBj838Ynn

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Judge trims code-scraping suit against Microsoft, GitHub @nhanson_reports https://t.co/bAxiBOYd0V

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The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday revived a lawsuit filed by celebrity choreographer Kyle Hanagami against Epic Games, alleging that its popular game Fortnite copied his registered dance moves. @hillelaron https://t.co/JMGrNkwIUO

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Update from the WSLCB on the Cannabis Social Equity Program:

https://t.co/nc5Qsq3kov

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A hefty jury verdict for plaintiffs in this copyright infringement case involving cartoon infant characters.
https://t.co/ofgUJt7enR

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An interesting copyright case involving kids cartoons. Moonbug alleges BabyBus's Super JoJo YouTube videos infringed on the copyrights in the characters in Moonbug's CoComelon franchise. https://t.co/62vrWgA7Uz

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BabyBus's counterclaims in turn led to Moonbug's motion to strike under CA's anti-SLAPP statute, arguing the claims punish protected speech. In opposition, BabyBus relies in part on the statute's commercial speech exception. https://t.co/MhwKriLBT3
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Skittles maker Wrigley settles with cannabis company over trademark https://t.co/VMQ9jtFcOM

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Texas TikTok ban challenged by First Amendment rights group https://t.co/ClSpJCcGgC

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Time and bad management could bring Twitter tumbling down faster than anything its rivals do. Yes, including that one. https://t.co/ukprNvoeBr

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The FTC lost an unusually elaborate attempt to block Microsoft’s $69 billion plan to purchase Activision Blizzard, in what could be a game-changing merger within the gaming industry. @nhanson_reports https://t.co/MfrfUzps1M

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Excellent & thorough analysis of CA's "Journalism Protection" Act.

California's Proposed Fix to the Journalism Crisis Is Unconstitutional and Worse Than Socialism (Comments on the California Journalism Protection Act, CJPA) @ericgoldman https://t.co/5JKidgyJUf