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Cooley Files Amicus Brief Supporting Continued Application of the Internal Affairs Doctrine in New York

March 28, 2024

Cooley filed an amicus brief in the New York Court of Appeals on behalf of 47 corporate law professors in support of the continued application of the internal affairs doctrine.

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Cooley Files Amicus Brief Supporting Website Platform Immunity in Section 230 Case

February 2, 2023

Cooley, led by partner Benjamin Kleine, has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation in the US Supreme Court case Gonzalez v. Google LLC.

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