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- Lafferty v. Jones: Connecticut Appellate Court Summary (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
Connecticut Appellate Court
Connecticut Appellate Court, December 2024: in the Sandy Hook case Lafferty v. Jones, it rejected most of Jones's challenges and kept liability, but reversed the $150…
- Lancet Global Health: Gaza Mortality Survey (2026)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2026
The Lancet Global Health / Gaza Mortality Survey authors
The Lancet Global Health, 2026: a household survey of 2,000 Gaza homes estimated 75,200 violent deaths to January 2025. The Ministry of Health count of 49,090…
- Late Rapper FBG Duck’s Mother Sues Lil Durk for Deadly 2020 Shooting
News Report · 2024
Block Club Chicago
Block Club Chicago, October 2024: FBG Duck's mother sued Lil Durk and record companies, claiming they fueled and profited from violent drill music. Lawsuit allegations.
- Law360: Texas Supreme Court Rejects Sandy Hook Families Infowars Appeal (2026)
News Report · 2026
Law360
Law360, September 2026: reports the Texas Supreme Court left in place orders blocking a receiver from taking over Infowars and leasing its intellectual property to The…
- Leaked TikTok Moderation Rules: Deleted, Visible to Self, Not for Feed (2019)
News Report · 2019
MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review, November 2019: leaked TikTok moderation rules sorted content into "deleted," "visible to self," "not recommended" and "not for feed," meaning posts could be…
- Learned Helplessness at Fifty: Insights from Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Steven F. Maier and Martin E. P. Seligman
The review rejects the original claim that passivity itself is learned. It instead describes passivity as the unlearned default response and learning control as the process…
- Leave the World Behind: Release Date, Photos and Cast
Document · 2023
Netflix Tudum
Netflix: Leave the World Behind was executive produced by the Obamas' company, Higher Ground.
- Legates et al.: Climate Consensus and Misinformation, A Rejoinder (2015)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2015
David R. Legates et al.
Legates et al., Science and Education, 2015: a peer-reviewed critique finding only 0.3% of abstracts said most warming since 1950 was human-caused, using a stricter question…
- Lessons from the Judas Priest Subliminal Message Trial (1996)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1996
Timothy E. Moore
A defense expert's account of the 1990 Judas Priest trial over alleged hidden messages linked to two young men's suicide attempts: the judge ruled the science…
- Let the Beat Go On: Whitney Houston, Morals Clauses, and Better Ideas for Intervention
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2012
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
Fordham law journal commentary, 2012: discusses morals clauses in recording contracts after Whitney Houston's death.
- Letter from Mark Zuckerberg to Chairman Jim Jordan
Document · 2024
Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg describes repeated pressure from senior Biden-administration officials over COVID-19 content. He also says the ultimate takedown decisions were Meta’s own, so the letter does not…
- Library of Congress: 25 Films Named to the National Film Registry (2025 selections)
Government Record · 2026
Library of Congress
Library of Congress, January 29, 2026: The Truman Show (1998) is named to the 2025 National Film Registry.
- Library of Congress: National Film Registry 2021 announcement (WALL-E)
Government Record · 2021
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: WALL-E named to the National Film Registry in 2021.
- Lil Nas X and TIFF 2023 Announce Premiere of Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero
Corporate Filing · 2023
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music, 2023: dates "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" to March 2021, announcing the Lil Nas X documentary.
- Live Nation and Ticketmaster: Answer to the Amended Antitrust Complaint (2025)
Court Filing · 2025
Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster
Live Nation and Ticketmaster's March 2025 answer to the government's antitrust suit: they deny the monopoly allegations and say artists and venues choose freely.
- Live Nation Form 8-K: Formation of Roc Nation (2008)
Corporate Filing · 2008
Live Nation, Inc.
Live Nation's April 2008 filing: it gave Jay-Z's company a warrant for 500,000 shares in connection with forming Roc Nation together.
- Live Nation: Statement on the States’ Jury Verdict (2026)
Corporate Filing · 2026
Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation, 2026: says a separate jury verdict for the states is not final and post-trial motions will decide it. It reports setting aside $280 million…
- Los Angeles County Announces 33 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) — 1,337 New Cases
Government Record · 2020
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Los Angeles County Public Health, June 2020: the county allowed film and TV production to restart under infection control and distancing rules.
- Machelle Hobson, YouTube Mom Behind Fantastic Adventures Channel, Indicted on 30 Counts
News Report · 2019
Associated Press / CBS News
CBS and AP, March 2019: Machelle Hobson, mother behind the Fantastic Adventures YouTube channel, was indicted on 30 counts of child abuse, kidnapping and assault. Charges,…
- Massachusetts v. Microsoft (D.C. Cir. 2004)
Court Filing · 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Federal appeals court, June 2004: rejected the holdout states' appeal and upheld the Microsoft settlement as in the public interest, ending the case.
- Matt Taibbi: Written Testimony on the Twitter Files (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Matt Taibbi
Journalist Matt Taibbi, March 2023: written testimony to a House subcommittee saying the Twitter Files showed platforms built formal systems for taking moderation requests from the…
- Mechanical Licensing Collective v. Spotify: Court Docket
Court Filing · 2024
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York / CourtListener
Court docket in the songwriters' royalty case against Spotify: the first version was dismissed, but an amended case continued, with discovery running through 2026.
- Media and Young Minds
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Council on Communications and Media, American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics' 2016 policy on media for children under 5: it reviews the possible benefits and the health concerns, and says the research…
- Mein Kampf, Volume 1, Chapter 10: The Big Lie Passage (1933)
Document · 1933
Adolf Hitler; annotated and abridged English edition
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, Volume 1, Chapter 10, in a 1933 annotated and abridged English edition. The "big lie" propaganda passage appears in Hitler's own book.…