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Buzzfeed Sues Ex-Workers In Del. Again To Stop Arbitration

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BuzzFeed Media Enterprises Inc. has once again sued 91 current and former employees in Delaware's Chancery Court to stop them from taking a stock conversion dispute to the American Arbitration Association, a déjà vu complaint that comes less than a year after parent company BuzzFeed Inc.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

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In Delaware's Court of Chancery last week, Mars Wrigley unwrapped a not-so-sweet lawsuit against a marketing partner, BuzzFeed republished an old case against former employees, and global cosmetics company Coty Inc. made up with shareholders.

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BuzzFeed Says Employee Stock Claims Belong In Del.

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Digital media company BuzzFeed Inc. insisted Tuesday that it isn't bound by employment agreements to arbitrate a stock-related dispute with 91 current and former staffers and urged Delaware Chancery Court to declare that state the proper forum.

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Social Media Giants and Copyright: Instagram’s Ninth Circuit Win Sets Precedent Against Photographers

The IP Law Blog

The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the test they articulated in Perfect 10, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc., In the original complaint, Hunley conceded that the secondary liability that plaintiffs were trying to impute onto Instagram relied on the assumption that Buzzfeed and Time were directly infringing on Hunley’s content. Aereo, Inc. ,

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Instagram is Encouraging “Widespread Copyright Infringement” via its Embed Tool, Per New Lawsuit

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Instagram is facing a new lawsuit, one that a couple of photographers says centers on the widely-used photo and video-sharing app’s “scheme to generate substantial revenue for its parent, Facebook, Inc., In making such an “admission,” Brauer and Huntley – the latter of which claims that BuzzFeed, Inc.

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Is The Server Test Ready for a Reboot?

The IP Law Blog

Instagram, LLC, could mean the end to the server test, a once widely-followed copyright doctrine established by the 9th Circuit in Perfect 10, Inc. Amazon.com Inc. , The Court relied on the Ninth Circuit’s 2007 opinion in Perfect 10, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc. This case, Alexis Hunley, et al v. Alexis Hunley et al v.