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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

A batshit crazy concurrence questions “section 230(c)(1)’s constitutionality as applied to state defamation law” because the Constitution’s Commerce Clause power may not convey “the power to nationalize state common law defamation actions… The internet, and related e-commerce, can certainly be interstate in nature.

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You Subpoenaed My Documents, Shouldn’t You Pay for Them?

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23, 2015) the court observed that responding parties presumptively bear the expense of complying with discovery requests unless the expense is “significant.” Much of the costs were charges from an e-discovery vendor to collect and search electronically stored information (ESI) , including e-mails relating to Cardinal.

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Ep 261: A Year Into His Tenure at UnitedLex, CEO James Schellhase on How the Company Is Embracing Innovation

LawNext podcast

The move was particularly significant, as he was only the second person ever to hold that title at the company, having succeeded Dan Reed, who cofounded UnitedLex in 2006 and had been its CEO ever since. One year ago, in September 2023, James Schellhase was named chief executive officer of the alternative legal services provider UnitedLex.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Although Goldsmith’s lawyers pleaded the discovery rule ( id. Under the discovery rule of accrual, Goldsmith could have recovered damages for all infringements, no matter how old, as long as she filed suit within three years of the date that she discovered, or reasonably should have discovered, of the existence of her claim.

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Five Decisions Illustrate How Section 230 Is Fading Fast

Eric Goldman

The court ought to push back on such rhetorical overclaims rather than rubberstamp them to discovery. Amazon from 2006. That ruling focused primarily on 230(e)(2), the IP exception to 230, but the case only reaches that issue based on the initial applicability of 230(c)(1). . The court is playing word games here.

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