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Baidu Search Engine Not Accountable in a Court of Law for its Editorial Judgments
The case raises the question of whether the First Amendment protects as speech the results produced by an Internet search engine. It does.
Unconstitutional Takedown Order from Search Engines Reconsidered and Reversed After Informal Intervention
The Court of Appeals has recognized a similar right of news media to intervene in this Court to seek unsealing of documents.
The Government in New York Enforces Unconstitutional Changes to Free Speech
Freedom of speech and Con. law changes in New York related to social media platforms and hate speech legally challenged by Eugene Volokh.
If There’s a Case in SDNY Involving Citi or Her Former Law Firm, Judge Loretta Preska Wants It
Judge Preska refuses to recuse in 2022, but history proves she rules in favor for Citi when her husbands law firm is present.
Second Circuit Drops Successors and Assigns Language – or Shoes – to Dismiss FHFA from Class Action
FHFA did not succeed to the interests of Freddie Mac until Sept. 2008, so it acquired no interest in Freddie Mac’s NovaStar bonds until then.
Rewind 2008: The Despicable History of Subversive Mortgage Lending by Non Bank Novastar
Once again, the executives were not charged with any crime after the 2008 financial crisis. This article is a precursor for 2022 updates.
Prior Opinion Citing Law Firm’s Attorney Fees at $53 Per Hour Snubbed by Second Circuit to Pay Same Firm $1,557 Per Hour
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stewart Aaron of Manhattan had awarded $19,350 — or $750 per hour — after concluding $1,600 per hour was a windfall.
Lehman Brothers: The Court-ordered ADR Procedures have been Wildly Successful.
Lehman Brothers bankruptcy is the largest in U.S. history. It invested heavily in predatory mortgages just as housing prices started falling.
Rewind 2008: HBSC Financial Crisis Settlement Claims Announced At the Start of 2022
Plaintiff claims HSBC Bank failed as trustee for about $2 billion worth of residential mortgage-backed securities trusts (RMBS).
Rewind 2008: Will the Federal Appellate Court Save Goldman Sachs from Financial Crisis
Goldman Sachs is running out of cards to play before it has to explain to a jury its role in the 2008 and 2009 financial crisis.
