Injunction Against Publicly Identifying Pseudonymous Litigants Is Content-Based Prior Restraint,

Today’s decision by Fourth Circuit Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Chief Judge Albert Diaz, in Doe v. Mast involved a gag order on defendants: The order barred the defendants from “disclosing any information that directly or indirectly identifies Plaintiffs or their family members to any person … unless that person first executes a non-disclosure agreement.” The court ultimately upheld the…Read More

"It Will Be Your Name and License on the Line, Not Chatgpt's"

From Judge Kai Scott (E.D. Pa.) today in Bunce v. Visual Tech. Innovations, Inc.: … Plaintiff … sought reasonable travel costs for a cancelled deposition. In response, Mr. Rajan filed an omnibus motion seeking sanctions and objecting to the Plaintiff’s travel costs. Plaintiff responded accordingly, highlighting that although Mr. Rajan was sanctioned previously “for his use of made-up cases and…Read More