Supreme Court

Disney Should Have Been In Front of the Supreme Court This Week, But Bought Its Way Out

This was a big week at the Supreme Court. After Republicans became concerned about alleged bias against conservative voices on social media, state legislatures in Florida and Texas passed laws that diminished the capacity of tech companies to moderate speech on their platforms. The tech companies argued that the laws would handcuff their efforts to remove hate speech, bullying, and falsehoods from

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Chief Justice John Roberts Just Sent a Message to DeSantis, Bring Disney Feud to Supreme Court and You’ll Lose

It’s June, so besides being the official start of summer, it’s also the end of the term for the United State Supreme Court. There are several sensitive issues that the Court has yet to decide, including LGBTQ+ rights vs. religious rights, voting rights, affirmative action in college admission, and President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. Related: Disney Loses Supreme

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After Supreme Court Loss, Disney May Have a Backdoor Out of Trouble

The Walt Disney Company was dealt a harsh blow last week when the Supreme Court told a lower Court to revive a lawsuit against the company for using Lots-O-Huggin’ bear in Toy Story 3 (2010). The trademark for a similar bear is owned by Diece-Lisa Industries Inc. of New Jersey, which sued Disney in 2012. Related: Disney Loses Supreme Court First Amendment Case The case against Disney was ini

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Disney’s Supreme Court Loss Will Have Ripple Effects Across the Already Struggling Company

The Walt Disney Company suffered a significant blow in front of the Supreme Court last week. The Court ruled that a lower court should revive a First Amendment lawsuit against Disney that the lower Court had thrown out. The case stems from Disney’s use of Lots-O-Huggin’ in Toy Story 3 (2010). A New Jersey company had the trademark on a similar stuffed bear and sued Disney for its use i

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Disney Offers Aid to Employees After Roe v. Wade Is Overturned

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark legal decision from January 22, 1973 that was responsible for supporting a woman’s right to an abortion and was responsible for “effectively legalizing the procedure across the United States”. The Supreme Court ruled “that there was no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion” on June

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