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March 11 (Reuters) – Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) said on Saturday that it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country’s Online News Act passes in its current form.
The “Online News Act,” or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April last year laid out rules to force platforms like Meta and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content.
“A legislative framework that compels us to pay for links or content that we do not post, and which is not the reason the vast…
Some of the largest false advertising jury verdicts were recorded in 2022. This, coupled with increased inflationary pressures will likely lead to an uptick in false advertising suits given that such pressures will impact consumer spending habits, leading to increased scrutiny of competitor advertising practices—particularly in the social media space.This post is one in a series of posts seeking to provide a snapshot of the latest Monster Energy, CareDx and AT&T cases, respectively. The second post will detail the differences between literal and non-literal falsehoods, comparative advertising—and how presumptions can favor plaintiffs when literal falsehoods are proven. It will…
FBI director defends law enforcement in new op-ed
Genesee County, Michigan Sheriff Chris Swanson, National Police Association Spokeswoman Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith, and Founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC Joseph Imperatrice on report showing 2022 was one of the most dangerous years for police.Law officers’ line-of-duty deaths plummeted last year as the coronavirus pandemic aborted, but firearm deaths remained historically high, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
At least 64 officers were shot and killed in the line of duty last year, matching the firearm death toll from 2021.
But those 64 firearm deaths in each…
The report, released this week from the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office, includes 72 pages of documents surrounding the murder of 22-year-old Christian Glass in June of 2022.
Most of the documents are transcripts of the body camera footage from that night, which the public has had access to for months.
But the overarching conclusion from the reporting agency, Douglas County, was that former Clear Creek County deputy, Andrew Buen, acted against the policy as a law enforcement agent and failed Christian Glass that night he called 911 for help.
The report outlines the interviews Douglas County Sheriff’s Office did…
A bunch of authorized support attorneys is happening strike for half a day on Monday, whereas the renewal of their collective settlement stays unresolved with the Quebec authorities.
The group is made up of attorneys connected to the CSN-affiliated Fédération des professionnels, who have been on strike within the morning after they walked out earlier this month.
In mid-June, attorneys within the Montreal-Laval, Bas Saint-Laurent-Gaspésie and Laurentides-Lanaudière areas additionally voted in favor of one other strike mandate, this time for seven days, to be exercised on the applicable time.
The opposite group, the Fédération des advocates et advocates de l’aide…
It’s starting to look so much like a authorized disputes saga between supermarkets within the UK. We’ve not too long ago lined an ongoing dispute between Lidl and Tesco (see right here), which pertains to an alleged commerce mark infringement. This time, Marks & Spencer (M&S) are suing the biggest Europe’s low cost grocery chain Aldi for copying their registered designs of the light-up Christmas gin bottles. That is the second authorized case not too long ago introduced by M&S in opposition to Aldi, with the primary involving the well-known Colin the Caterpillar cake, which has since been settled. Notably,…
IP Australia has published 3 consultation papers on proposed reforms to registered designs law:Public consultation of Protection for Virtual Designs
Public consultation on Protection for Partial Designs; and
Public consultation on Protection for Incremental Improvements of DesignsThere are also 3 one page “fact” sheets to go with them:
(a) Virtual Designs;
(b) Partial Designs;
(c) Incremental Improvements,
but you probably want to read the consultation papers proper to understand them.
Incremental improvements
The idea here is that a designer may file a low-cost preliminary design and within 6 months file the “main design”. The priority date of the…
Meta says it will cease providing news services on Facebook and Instagram before Canada’s new law requiring it to pay news publishers comes into effect.Canada’s Online News Act (Bill C-18) has cleared its final Senate hearing and now needs only royal approval to become law. By the time it does, Meta will have shut down its news services for the country, so there.
Meta is effectively saying that it’s their ball and they’re taking it home. But of course it’s not their ball, this is about Facebook and Instagram profiting from news publishers as it pays them nothing, and…
