Snapchatting Cheerleader Wins Free-Speech Case at 3rd Circuit
The Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that a school violated a cheerleader’s First Amendment rights when it kicked her off the squad over a profane Snapchat post done off-campus.
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Blackberry Patent War Mostly Survives Attack by Facebook, Snap
A federal judge on Tuesday kept intact the bulk of Blackberry’s patent infringement claims against Facebook and Snap, finding it’s too early in the proceedings to say Blackberry’s patents aren’t valid.
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Students in KKK-Labeled Photo Say School Defamed Them
Six white high school girls who posted a photo on social media that some interpreted as support for the Ku Klux Klan sued their school district for defamation after school officials opened an investigation into the matter.
Read moreJudge Tosses Cheerleader’s Conspiracy Claims Over Nude Photos
A New Mexico cheerleader who claims she wasn’t allowed to transfer schools unless she promised not to sue over teammates taking nude pictures of her and posting them on Snapchat cannot bring conspiracy claims against school officials, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreSnap Class Action
Shareholders claim in a federal class action that Snap fka Snapchat shares fell from $22.98 to $18.05 on May 11, the day after it announced it had “only 44 million more” users than the year before, and that on May 16, when a former employee filed a whistleblower complaint, Snap’s share price fell 2 cents more.
Read moreTech Patents
Vaporstream claims in Federal Court that Snap fka Snapchat violates nine of its patents.
Read moreCourthouse News Top Download
Anthony Pompliano claims that top executives at Snapchat are misrepresenting the state of the company now known as Snap as they prepare for a multibillion-dollar initial public offering.
Read moreFired Exec Says Snapchat Is Deceiving Investors
An executive claims that Snapchat fraudulently induced him to leave Facebook through an “institutional pandemic” of misrepresentations, then fired him when he complained that it was lying to investors as it prepares for a multibillion-dollar initial public offering.
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