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Iran, Pseudonymity, and Risk of Harm
From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) today in John "Farshid Do" v. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Plaintiff is a naturalized citizen who has resided in the United States for over four decades since fleeing…
Why the Pseudonymity in Doe v. OpenAI?
I posted this morning about Doe v. OpenAI, the interesting and important lawsuit that alleges that "riven by a ChatGPT-fueled delusional spiral, her ex-boyfriend stalked and harassed her for months—generating dozens of…
Petitioner’s Regret No Grounds for Sealing of 8-Year-Old Restraining Order Documents
From Thursday's decision by California Court of Appeal Justice Natalie Stone, joined by Justice John Segal and L.A. Superior Court Judge Alexander Giza, in J.E. v. A.C.: In April 2016 J.E. filed a petition for a domestic…
No Pseudonymity for Lawyer Alleging Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
From Judge Ronnie Abrams yesterday in Doe v. Legal Aid Society (S.D.N.Y.): the litigation involves matters of a highly sensitive and personal nature. This case involves allegations of sexual harassment, which undoubtedly…
Ex-FBI-Agents Alleging They Were Fired for Working on “Arctic Frost” Can Proceed Pseudonymously
From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) yesterday in Does 1 & 2 v. Patel: Plaintiffs are two former Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agents who allege that they were summarily dismissed from the FBI in October and…
Sealed Charges Doesn’t Mean Unmentionable-in-Court-Filings Charges
From yesterday's decision by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline M. DeLuca (D. Neb.) in Wilson v. Noshirvan: Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f) permits the Court to "strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any…
Court Dismisses Suit Against N.Y. Times & Serial Productions over The Idiot/i> Podcast
For some backstory, see this DoJ press release ("Murder For Hire Convict Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison"https://reason.com/"Allen Gessen Was Convicted Of Soliciting an Undercover Agent to Murder the Estranged…
Court Refuses to Block Continued Distribution of DOGE Witness Deposition Videos
From Authors Guild & Am. Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, decided today by Judge Colleen McMahon (S.D.N.Y.): Defendants … move for entry of a protective order in the aftermath of…
Delilah and Me
Back in 2002, I heard a great question, from Betchen and Paul Barber: Who cut off Samson's hair? Of course I said "Delilah"—I knew that had to be wrong (or why would they have asked?), but I didn't have…
No Pseudonymity for Plaintiffs Alleging Sean Combs (P. Diddy) Sexually Assaulted Them
From today's opinion in Doe v. Combs, by Second Circuit Judges Michael Park, William Nardini, and Maria Araújo Kahn, the key paragraphs: "ur review of a district court's decision to grant or deny an application…
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