Minimum Competence

In today’s alphabet soup, we’ll be discussing a cryptocurrency firm’s warning from the SEC, Tesla’s new GC, continued IP issues faced by the Bored Ape NFT creator and a lawsuit against TikTok claiming that it is surveilling its users. Paxos Receives Wells Notice - https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-firm-paxos-faces-sec-lawsuit-over-binance-usd-token-8031e7a7 Tesla Taps Big Law to Grow Musk’s ‘Har...

Today we’ll be discussing an update to the #MetaBirkin #NFT #trademark story, the renaming of a law school, hazardous monkey brain pathogens, and the constitutionality of criminalizing derogatory speech about political candidates. NFT Gray Area for Trademarks - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/a-lot-of-gray-for-nft-artists-despite-metabirkins-jury-verdict College of Law at St. Thomas Universit...

House Dems Fight High Court Input In Trump Hotel Lease Suit - https://www.law360.com/articles/1573470 AI-Generated Art Can’t Be Protected By Copyright, Judge Told - https://www.law360.com/articles/1574453 NJ Appeals Court Identifies Exception To Arbitration Case Law - https://www.law360.com/articles/1574242 Ga. Judge Says Guarantors Owe $8.7M In Contract Case - https://www.law360.com/articles/1574...

Lawyer’s Racist Posts Test Conflict of Interest Standards - https://www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/bloomberglawnews/bloomberg-law-news/BNA%20000001861789d236a9ce5fcf8cd10000 Coinbase Manager Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading on Tokens - https://www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/bloomberglawnews/bloomberg-law-news/BNA%20000001862c56d025a3b63cf7c0330003 Pennsylvania Must Overhaul Its Unconstitutio...

Plan to end mandate for LSAT, other law school admission exams stalls in key vote - https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/06/aba-lsat-law-school-admissions-test/ Supreme Court justices should follow binding code of ethics, ABA House says - https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/resolution-400-supreme-court-justices-ethics-code 13th Amendment constitution right to abortion? - https://www...

FTC Fails in Meta VR Deal - https://www.law360.com/articles/1572936/judge-ftc-didn-t-show-potential-harm-from-meta-vr-deal Musk Prevails in “Funding Secured” Tweet - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64520157 3M Attempts a Texas Two-Step - https://www.law360.com/classaction/articles/1572686/vets-with-hearing-loss-seek-dismissal-of-3m-bankruptcy Investors Want $300m from Wells Fargo - https:...

Domestic Violence and Gun Ownership - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/domestic-violence-tied-gun-ownership-ban-ruled-unconstitutional Nike Flyknit Patents - https://news.justia.com/nike-sues-lululemon-over-flyknit-technology/ Baker McKenzie in Russia - https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/baker-mckenzie-can-be-sued-in-chicago-for-work-performed-in-russia-by-possibly-defunct-outpost-judg...

-Metabirkin NFTs, commercial or artistic? https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/metabirkin-nfts-were-artistic-experiment-creator-tells-jury -US Inches Closer to TikTok Ban - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/tiktok-hawks-in-congress-weigh-options-to-restrict-app-from-us -Death Row Inmate Wants Firing Squad in Georgia - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/georgia-death-row...

Texas Homebuyer Arb Clause - https://www.law360.com/articles/1570968/texas-justices-mull-if-homebuyer-gets-seller-s-arb-pact Georgia Wrongful Death Property Inspector - https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/1571388/ga-home-inspectors-escape-wrongful-death-suit-on-appeal Title 42 Suits May Die Alongside Nat’l Emergency - https://www.law360.com/articles/1571334/title-42-suits-may-die-alongside-...

Johnson and Johnson BK Hermes International v. Rothschild - NFTS and Trademark Trump v. Bob Woodward et al Find me on the fediverse, for now just head on over to @andrew@esq.social and give me a shout. News stories can be submitted to me there or via our link aggregator at links.esq.social . #lawfedi #law @ law@a.gup.pe @ podcast@a.gup.pe Thanks so much for listening to Minimum Competence. If you...