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Meta Hit With Class Action for Allegedly Using Pirated Books to Train AI Models

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard filed a class action on behalf of lead plaintiff Christopher Farnsworth, author of the "Nathaniel Cade" fiction series, against Meta on Tuesday, claiming that it stole "hundreds of thousands" of copyrighted books from a pirated online collection to build its large language model set, "Llama."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Levin Sedran Partner Arnold Levin Dies at 85

"He took on some very tough cases and was able to provide some relief to victims, and they weren't easy cases," said Daniel Levin, an attorney with Levin Sedran and Arnold Levin's son. "He took on the cases that not everyone could take on."
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New York Law Journal

Forward-Looking Statements Don't Support Securities Case Against Peloton Following Pandemic Spike

U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.'s opinion ends nearly three years of stock-price drop litigation which shareholders filed after Peloton's 2021 announcement that its demand growth had slowed more than previously projected. Latham & Watkins represented Peloton in the case.
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Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Nonwhite Attorneys Got Only 11% Of 2023 MDL Appointments, Talc Bankruptcy Trustee in Wants Texas Case in NJ

Law.com statistics found that only 11% of the leadership appointments in multidistrict litigation last year went to attorneys of color, down from 14% in 2022.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Bitcoin Mining Company That Enlisted Davis Polk Beats Investor Class Action

"When you boil down allegations that involve matters in the crypto space and cut through the complexity, the basics of the U.S. securities laws still apply," said Edmund Polubinski, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
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Law.com

FBI Agrees to Pay $22.6 Million in Settlement With Female Agent Trainees Denied Jobs Due to Discriminatory Criteria

A plaintiffs attorney said that the settlement process was swift, with mediation happening in March. The proposed settlement is still awaiting approval by the court.
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Law.com

Missouri Court Upholds $28M Jury Verdict Against Life Insurer, Remands for Prejudgment Interest Award

In Karr v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company, the Jackson County Circuit Court initially entered a jury's $28,362,830.96 verdict in favor of Karr. However, the lower court declined to award plaintiff David B. Karr prejudgment interest.
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Law.com

'That's Disappointing': Only 11% of MDL Appointments Went to Attorneys of Color in 2023

"If you think that diversity in all of its forms is important in determining excellence, equity, these MDLs are great opportunities for people to learn, have a practice," U.S. District Judge William Orrick said in an interview.
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National Law Journal

9th Circuit Drills Down on Venue Issue in Privacy Suit Against E-Commerce Platform

"An electronic signal is sent over [and] something is implanted on a device that is in California," Judge Daniel Collins said. "It takes data in California from a device in California and ships it out of California. The claim is that the collection and transmission of the data violates California statutes. How does that conduct not occur in California?"
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New York Law Journal

Who Got the Work: NCAA Announces Defense Team in WDNY Hockey Players Antitrust Class Action

"Plaintiffs and the class allege that Defendants' anticompetitive conduct has caused them to sell their labor for below-competitive prices, to lose out on valuable athletic scholarships, and to be excluded from Division I," according to the allegations in the amended complaint against the NCAA. "Such injuries are plainly of the type the antitrust laws were intended to prevent."
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