Private Rights in Public Data?

Private Rights in Public Data?

April 23, 2026 · 33 min

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The episode discusses the legal implications of aggregating and commercializing publicly available information.

John is joined by Shon Morgan and Jack Baumann, both partners in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office. They discuss the growing legal tension surrounding the aggregation and commercialization of publicly available information. It focuses on when compiling public data into structured, searchable databases creates a protectable property interest, and when such activity exposes companies to legal risk. One recent series of cases involves disputes over whether entities that invest substantial resou...

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