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Litigation

Jan. 16, 2016

Uphill battle for Twitter terror aid suit

A complaint accusing San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. of providing material support for a terrorist attack that killed a Florida woman's husband is expected to face a tough hurdle: a provision of federal law.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A complaint accusing San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. of providing material support for a terrorist attack that killed a Florida woman's husband is expected to face a tough hurdle: a provision of federal law.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the Northern District of California by Tamara Fields, whose husband, Lloyd Fields Jr., was gunned down Nov. 9, 2015 in Amman, Jordan, by a reputed ISIS...

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