We’re researching youth sports bans for an amicus brief 🏅

Looking for primary-source data on cis athletes supporting inclusion — and on trans athletes’ experiences (K-12 especially).

If you have leads, or know who might, please reach out. Every step counts.

#TransRights #SportsEquity #AmicusBrief #EqualProtection

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Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games, Says App Store Fees Stifle Startups

Startup accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator (YC) today filed an amicus brief supporting Epic Games in Epic's continued legal fight...

MacRumors

500 Law Firms Fight Back Against Trump Bully Tactics

Trump's war on law firms for daring to represent clients he doesn't personally like is getting pushback from other law firms.

https://www.freezenet.ca/500-law-firms-fight-back-against-trump-bully-tactics/

#LawAndTechnology #News #AmicusBrief #court #filing #LegalEagle #politics #Trump #US

Amazon’s TikTok Bid Sparks Booksellers’ Opposition; Publishers File Brief Against Meta: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

We end the week with a round-up that begins with a story I seem to have missed when it first broke at the start of April. It’s an interesting and highly relevant twist in the TikTok ownership saga. You will recall that…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazons-tiktok-bid/

#AmazonTikTokbid #amicusbrief #booksellersopposition #BookTok #FairUse
@indieauthors

Amazon’s TikTok Bid Sparks Booksellers’ Opposition; Publishers File Brief Against Meta: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Booksellers oppose Amazon’s TikTok Bid over concerns about BookTok’s future; publishers challenge Meta’s fair use defense in court.

The Self-Publishing Advice Center
Amazon’s TikTok Bid Sparks Booksellers’ Opposition; Publishers File Brief Against Meta: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway https://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazons-tiktok-bid/ #booksellersopposition #AmazonTikTokbid #amicusbrief #Metalawsuit #BookTok #FairUse #News
Amazon’s TikTok Bid Sparks Booksellers’ Opposition; Publishers File Brief Against Meta: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Booksellers oppose Amazon’s TikTok Bid over concerns about BookTok’s future; publishers challenge Meta’s fair use defense in court.

The Self-Publishing Advice Center

Canva Unveils AI Tools, Including Image Generation; Law Professors Challenge Meta’s Copyright Use: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

This week’s AI news focuses on two issues of great interest to indie authors. I will start with Canva. In part because I haven’t talked about them for a while. And partly because this news picks up…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/canva-unveils-ai-tools/

#amicusbrief #CanvaAItools #imagegeneration #indieauthors #Metacopyrightcase
@indieauthors

Canva Unveils AI Tools, Including Image Generation; Law Professors Challenge Meta’s Copyright Use: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Canva launches new AI tools, including image generation, while law professors back authors in a copyright case against Meta.

The Self-Publishing Advice Center
Canva Unveils AI Tools, Including Image Generation; Law Professors Challenge Meta’s Copyright Use: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway https://selfpublishingadvice.org/canva-unveils-ai-tools/ #self-publishingnews #Metacopyrightcase #imagegeneration #CanvaAItools #indieauthors #amicusbrief #News
Canva Unveils AI Tools, Including Image Generation; Law Professors Challenge Meta’s Copyright Use: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Canva launches new AI tools, including image generation, while law professors back authors in a copyright case against Meta.

The Self-Publishing Advice Center

These critical roles in support of a free and independent press which often relies on information from sensitive sources would be adversely impacted by the President's executive orders targeting law firms like Perkins Coie.

#amicusbrief #journalists #sensitivesources #pressfreedom #freepress #independentpress #lawyers

EFF Joins #AmicusBrief Supporting #PerkinsCoie Law Firm Against #Unconstitutional #ExecutiveOrder

EFF has joined the #ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie for its past work on #VotingRights lawsuits and its representation of the President’s prior political opponents.
#trump #maga #takeover

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-joins-amicus-brief-supporting-perkins-coie-law-firm-against-unconstitutional

EFF Joins Amicus Briefs Supporting Two More Law Firms Against Unconstitutional Executive Orders

Update 4/11/25: EFF joined the ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations today in filing two additional amicus briefs in support of the law firms Jenner...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has joined a nationwide legal challenge against the Trump Administration’s ongoing layoffs of probationary federal employees, which Menefee said “have a direct impact" on Houston-area residents.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/03/12/515863/we-need-a-stable-government-harris-co-attorney-joins-national-lawsuit-against-federal-layoffs/

#HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #AmicusBrief #FederalLayoffs #Fema #HarrisCountyAttorney #USOfficeOfPersonnelManagement

‘We need a stable government:’ Harris County Attorney joins legal fight against federal layoffs

An estimated 31,000 federal employees live in the upper Texas Gulf Coast area.

Houston Public Media