‘Blatant Sales Pitch’ on LinkedIn Likely Violates Non-solicitation Clause–Mobile Mini v. Vevea
This is a noncompete dispute. Defendant Vevea worked for Mobile Mini. She signed an agreement with Mobile Mini restricting her post-employment activities. Specifically, she agreed: not to work in the Portable Storage Business at a location within fifty miles of…
Section 230 Helps VRBO Defeat Claim Over Fraudulent Listing–Hiam v. Homeaway
[It’s impossible to blog on Section 230 rulings right now without acknowledging that Section 230 is facing its most serious threat to date. I doubt the bills would change the result in this ruling, but the bills would so radically…
1H 2017 Quick Links Part 7 (Fake News, RTBF, Censorship, Extremist Content)
Fake News * NY Times: From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece * Data and Society: Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online * Wired: Inside the Macedonian Fake-News Complex * Mark Verstraete, Derek E. Bambauer, & Jane R. Bambauer, Identifying…