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Balenciaga’s Bondage Bears: Company Sues Over the Inclusion of Supreme Court Opinion in Ad Campaign

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The company can argue that these are independent contractors, not employees, but they must still act under contract in terms of content and approval by the parent company. Discovery will allow these contractors to depose Balenciaga officials on their own knowledge and approval of a campaign using the children to market bondage bears.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account. In addition, the court found that the company had failed to show that the alleged RICO violations proximately caused injury to its business or property.

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