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Facebook Can Reject Unwanted Ads–Newton v. Meta

Eric Goldman

This is yet another online content removal lawsuit, and it reaches the obvious and inevitable result that dozens of cases have reached before it. The lawsuit against Facebook for refusing the film ads is an easy dismissal. The only question at issue is whether the lawsuit treats Facebook’s refusal as a publisher/speaker action.

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

Eric Goldman

This lawsuit relates to an episode of the TV show Evil Lives Here called “I Invited Him In,” which discusses an NY serial killer named Nathaniel White. But the commerce clause was not intended to nationalize the whole of America law.” 2007); Shah v. Here’s an incomplete list: Maughan v. 4th 1242 (Cal.

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Legal Tech Look-Back – 12.19.07: Federal Judge Tosses Class Action Seeking to Shut Down Avvo

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Although Avvo today is primarily a directory for consumers to find lawyers, its initial concept when founder Mark Britton launched it on June 5, 2007, was to score every lawyer in the United States on a scale of 1 to 10. But just five months later, Judge Lasnik dismissed the lawsuit. You can’t fight progress.

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Legal Tech Look-Back – 12.19.07: Federal Judge Tosses Class Action Seeking to Shut Down Avvo

LawSites

Although Avvo today is primarily a directory for consumers to find lawyers, its initial concept when founder Mark Britton launched it on June 5, 2007, was to score every lawyer in the United States on a scale of 1 to 10. But just five months later, Judge Lasnik dismissed the lawsuit. You can’t fight progress.

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. July 31, 2023) This is a lawsuit over Blue Kai’s alleged keystroke logging on ESPN.com. The plaintiff agreed to the TOS in 2007, and the TOS said that Bleacher Report could amend the TOS by providing notice. Walt Disney Corp.

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From Pain to Creativity: How AI Helped Kristina Kashtanova Illustrate Her “Zarya of the Dawn” Story – featuring Richmond Law’s Ashley Dobbs and Roger Skalbeck (TGIR Ep. 196)

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We are also going by a duo of Richmond Law School Professors, ⁠ Ashley Dobbs ⁠ and ⁠ Roger Skalbeck ⁠. By working with clients in a real-world setting, law students are able to apply their book learning to practical situations and gain valuable experience before entering the workforce. Yes, and release in relation to this podcast.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The entire purpose of the discovery rule is to allow a plaintiff to recover damages that occurred more than three years before the date the lawsuit was filed. 507(b), precludes retrospective relief for acts that occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit.” Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir.

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