DOJ Revokes Trump's Presidential Immunity, $90M Twitter Lawsuit, Synagogue Shooter Eligible for Death, CA Lawmakers Block Human Trafficking Bill, and More.

Jul 14

Episode Format:

Deep Dive:

Twitter Goes on the Offensive: Following a Recent Lawsuit Against It Alleging $500M in Unpaid Severance Pay, Twitter Filed Some Lawsuits of Its Own. One Against a Law Firm Over $90M and Another Against Data Scraping Entities in Texas (1:54)
Pennsylvania Jury Finds Synagogue Shooter Eligible for Death Penalty; How This Trial Differs From Most (9:28)
DOJ Revokes Presidential Immunity for Trump in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit. Why Now? (15:07)

Notable Mentions:

Jury Says Aretha Franklin's 2014 Handwritten Notes Found in Couch Cushions Constitute a Valid Will (20:55)
Bank of America Agrees to Pay $250M in Fines and Compensation for Overcharging Customers, Opening Accounts Without Consent, and Withholding Credit Card Rewards (22:45)
Hackers Linked to the Chinese-State Accessed Email Accounts Within the U.S. Government (24:40)
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill (26:01)
California Lawmakers Block Measure Which Would Have Made Human Trafficking of a Minor a "Serious Felony" (27:11)
FTC Sends OpenAI a 20-Page Investigative Demand (29:07)
Elon Musk Announces Launch of AI Company With Goal of Creating "Safer AI" (30:54)

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Twitter Goes on the Offensive: Following a Recent Lawsuit Against It Alleging $500M in Unpaid Severance Pay, Twitter Filed Some Lawsuits of Its Own. One Against a Law Firm Over $90M and Another Against Data Scraping Entities in Texas

https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/McMillian-v.-Twitter-Complaint.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/legal/twitter-owes-ex-employees-500-mln-severance-lawsuit-claims-2023-07-12/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/07/12/2703825/0/en/Sanford-Heisler-Sharp-Files-Class-Action-Against-Twitter.html

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557210/twitter-workers-class-action-severance-lawsuit

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/dwvkdolbxpm/X%20Corp%20v%20Wachtell%20-%2020230705.pdf

https://fortune.com/2023/07/07/elon-musk-sues-law-firm-that-led-fight-to-make-him-complete-twitter-takeover-and-charged-90-million/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23572940-twitter-severance-lawsuit?responsive=1&title=1

https://www.docdroid.net/UX9s6vs/elonmuskdallaslawsuit-pdf

Pennsylvania Jury Finds Synagogue Shooter Eligible for Death Penalty; How This Trial Differs From Most

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-trial-death/index.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/pittsburgh-synagogue-death-penalty-robert-bowers-b2374741.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-bowers-tree-of-life-synagogue-mass-shooter-found-eligible-death-penalty/

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2023/07/13/pittsburgh-synagogue-tree-of-life-gunman-robert-bowers-death-penalty/stories/202307130096

DOJ Revokes Presidential Immunity for Trump in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Suit. Why Now?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/e-jean-carroll-asks-judge-throw-out-donald-trumps-defamation-counterclaim-2023-07-11/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/politics/trump-carroll-justice-department-immunity/index.html

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/trump-doj-e-jean-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-immunity-rcna93828

https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/Trump%20v.%20Carroll%2022-SP-745.pdf

Jury Says Aretha Franklin's 2014 Handwritten Notes Found in Couch Cushions Constitute a Valid Will

https://apnews.com/article/aretha-franklin-will-dispute-d7aba286b05ea0d0e6318ce6abc887d5

Bank of America Agrees to Pay $250M in Fines and Compensation for Overcharging Customers, Opening Accounts Without Consent, and Withholding Credit Card Rewards

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-regulators-fine-bank-america-over-junk-fees-cfpb-2023-07-11/#:~:text=July%2011%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Bank,opened%20accounts%20without%20customer%20authorization.

Hackers Linked to the Chinese-State Accessed Email Accounts Within the U.S. Government

https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-hackers-accessed-government-emails-microsoft-says-2023-07-12/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/politics/china-based-hackers-us-government-email-intl-hnk/index.html

FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-nonprescription-daily-oral-contraceptive

California Lawmakers Block Measure Which Would Have Made Human Trafficking of a Minor a "Serious Felony"

https://www.kcra.com/article/california-assembly-public-safety-committee-blocks-bill-child-trafficking/44510634#

https://sr12.senate.ca.gov/content/democrats-kill-republican-proposal-make-human-trafficking-serious-and-violent-felony

https://sr12.senate.ca.gov/content/senator-groves-bill-fight-human-trafficking-voted-down-assembly-public-safety-committee

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB14/id/2794153

https://apsf.assembly.ca.gov/membersstaff