On its face, a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Barclays v. Theflyonthewall.com seems like a win for the folks who republish the news. The Second Circuit, in an 88-page ruling, found that a financial news website called Theflyonthewall.com had not engaged in "hot news" misappropriation when it ran headlines about stock recommendations by Barclays, Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit, and Morgan Stanley.
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