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Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law

@markjkings.bsky.social

Lawyer representing creatives in California and New York Copyright. Trademarks. Helping artists get their copyrights back. Asterisks everywhere. https://5bridgeslaw.com/ More links: https://linktr.ee/markj5bridgeslaw

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Stacie Rosenzweig@ethicking.com · 2w ago

LawSky, particularly newer lawyers and law students: I have done informal mentoring to law students and new lawyers, but I will soon start as a mentor in a formal program. My mentee is a first-generation American and first-generation high school graduate who was recently admitted to practice. 1/

Cathy Gellis@cathygellis.bsky.social · last wk.

Trump is arguing that Carroll had some sort of duty to hold the money in escrow. She did not. The court authorized its distribution because she did not.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last wk.

JUST IN: Trump filing at 2nd Cir. suggests bait-and-switch by E. Jean Carroll on where the $ 5 million would go. Repetition suggests Trump had hand in brief, but talk of potential stock market decline on his watch suggests not. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law@markjkings.bsky.social · last wk.

ffs he hopes everyone else is as stupid as he is. There's no flex here. The motion to dismiss is deferred so that Trump file a second amended complaint to cure deficiencies. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Order – #94 in Trump v. New York Times Company (M.D. Fla., 8:25-cv-02487) – CourtListener.com

ORDER deferring adjudication of the motion (Doc. 44) to dismiss; granting the plaintiff's motion (Doc. 81) for leave to amend the complaint. See order for details. Signed by Judge Steven D. Merryday o...

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TrumpReposter@trumpreposter.bsky.social · last wk.

(1/3) RT @realDonaldTrump BREAKING NEWS: The Failing New York Times, after 10 years of harassment, slander, and libel, just failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped. As we requested, the Highly Respected

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · last wk.

Comey files motion to dismiss seashell case, arguing no reasonable person could view it as true threat to harm the president. That is usually a big ask pre-trial, but I don’t see how a judge lets this case ever get to a jury www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

James Comey’s lawyers are asking a judge to dismiss the Trump administration’s ‘seashells’ case

Attorneys for the former FBI director say the indictment secured by the Trump administration “targets and chills core political speech and fails as a matter of law.”

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Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law@markjkings.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is part of an opinion where a court dismissed a complaint sua sponte as an impermissible shotgun pleading. I wasn't able to view the complaint, but I suppose I'm missing I'm something because what the court describes here is what I see in nearly every complaint? (case and docket in AltText)

Relevant here is the “most common type” of shotgun complaint, one in which the plaintiff asserts “multiple counts where each count adopts the allegations of all preceding counts, causing each successive count to carry all that came before and the last count to be a combination of the entire complaint.” See Weiland, 792 F.3d 1313, 1321, 1321 n.11 (collecting cases). As a result, “most of the counts … contain irrelevant factual allegations and legal conclusions.” Strategic Income Fund, L.L.C. v. Spear, Leeds & Kellogg Corp., 305 F.3d 1293, 1295 (11th Cir. 2002). Consequently, in ruling on the sufficiency of a claim, the Court is faced with the onerous task of sifting out irrelevancies in order to decide for itself which facts are relevant to a particular cause of action asserted. See id. Here, in each successive claim for relief in the Vazquez v. Positiva Entertainment, 26-cv-01523 (MD Fla)
Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law@markjkings.bsky.social · 2w ago

I generally dislike you-stole-my-screenplay copyright lawsuits, in that I think most of them shouldn't have been brought. Even where access can be proven or assumed, most involve themes and plot points that shouldn't be considered infringement even if defendants actively decided to take them.

Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law@markjkings.bsky.social · last mo.

This SOB is making it his life mission to make sure that the next Balogun won't be an American. Please tell me someone asked him about that.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Trump on Balogun: "That wasn't even an infraction...this referee, who is a little bit suspect if you check his past. He made a call nobody could believe...he's our best player, or one of our best players. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant...yes, I asked for a review by FIFA."

Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law@markjkings.bsky.social · last mo.

I don't know what the backstory is, but apparently copyright infringement vs. plagiarism is a topic this week. Here's a thread I wrote last year explaining the difference:

Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law@markjkings.bsky.social · last yr.

A few words about plagiarism and copyright infringement. The quick answer is that they are different concepts, and that we should usually avoid the term “plagiarizing” when discussing copyright infringement. But it’s helpful to understand the difference, and why we’re tempted to use that term. 1/17

Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law@markjkings.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's Trump's oppostion to Wall Street Journal's motion to dismiss his defamation claims. This over that weird handrawn card to Epstein. I have a question for defamation lawyers, and ideally hear only from defamation lawyers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Response in Opposition to Motion – #70 in TRUMP v. MURDOCH (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-23232) – CourtListener.com

RESPONSE in Opposition re 68 Defendant's MOTION to Dismiss with Prejudice 67 Amended Complaint/Amended Notice of Removal filed by Donald J. Trump. Replies due by 7/1/2026. (Corp, Ian) (Entered: 06/24/...

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