2007 Lawsuit Litigation 
LawSites
DECEMBER 21, 2021
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.
LawSites
DECEMBER 21, 2021
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.
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Eric Goldman
MAY 15, 2024
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.
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 1, 2023
Instead, Hunley and Brauer filed a class-action lawsuit against Instagram, alleging that Instagram was vicariously liable for, or was liable for encouraging or contributing to, the alleged direct infringement by others, by providing an “embedding” tool that easily could be used to facilitate public display of their photos. Amazon.com, Inc. ,
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 11, 2023
In re: StubHub Refund Litigation , No. 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. This legal standard ensures lots of meritless litigation.
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 18, 2024
Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. If so, as I predicted in 2019 , the UK Online Safety Act will accelerate the end of Web 2.0
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 9, 2025
9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. If any of those lawsuits succeed, they pose a potential existential threat to the entire industry. If you haven’t been watching the litigation tsunami over Meta Pixels, it’s been a sight to behold. FOLLOW ME THERE! Pixel Cases.
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