In a decision issued last Friday, Judge Gardephe dismissed President Trump’s lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward, publisher Simon & Schuster, and parent company Paramount Global. The lawsuit sought to assert copyright ownership over audio recordings of Woodward’s interviews with Trump, which were later released as the audiobook The Trump Tapes. Trump alleged that he was either a joint author or held a copyright interest in his responses during the interviews, and that the release of The Trump Tapes and related works violated his rights. He also asserted state law claims for unjust enrichment, breach of contract, and accounting.Continue Reading Judge Gardephe Dismisses Trump’s Copyright Suit Over “The Trump Tapes”
Three-Judge SDNY Panel Invalidates President Trump’s Directive to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants in Apportioning Congressional Seats
By Charles Michael on
In an opinion today, a three-judge SDNY panel comprised of Judge Furman and Circuit Judges Wesley and Hall invalidated a Presidential memorandum which stated that, in apportioning Congressional seats, “it is the policy of the United States to exclude from the apportionment base aliens who are not in a lawful immigration status.” (The three-judge structure was triggered by 28 U.S.C. § 2284(b), which governs cases about Congressional apportionment.)
The panel concluded that the memorandum conflicted with a statutory mandate to apportion Congressional seats based on the census results alone:
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