Lawmatics

APRIL 6, 2023

A "robot" lawyer powered by artificial intelligence was set to be the first of its kind to help a defendant contest a traffic ticket in court last month. Joshua Browder, CEO of DoNotPay, tweeted that his company "is postponing our court case and sticking to consumer rights." So will automation replace lawyers?

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 10, 2023

In 2008, s he co-founded Valorem Law Group, which became nationally known as a pioneer in the alternative fee arrangement movement. Nicole Nehama Auerbach, Vice President, Elevate Nicole Auerbach has made her mark as an innovator in the legal industry — twice.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So it’s like but you know, it’s like I liked hearing the history of, of how the company has has come to be so you know, what’s, you know, what are we looking at, you know, for the future. Yeah, I hear about that. And but you know, I’m very curious to hear what kind of persona you’re finding is successful. This is This is yours.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MAY 16, 2023

He also sees opportunities to use the tools to help pro se litigants and courts. And so it’s I think it’s just a matter of, you know, we started seriously talking about killing the billable hour in 2008. And how do you advance things like access to legal services through the public through the courts and other public organizations?

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In 2021, the court dismissed the non-FOSTA claims but did not dismiss the FOSTA claim. Reddit cert petition was pending before the Supreme Court. A few weeks later, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in the Reddit case). Both parties appealed to the Ninth Circuit. ” That’s exactly what happens on remand.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

” My post tried to translate this statement: Underneath this anodyne conclusion, the court is impliedly making two key points: (1) users’ activities do not contribute to evaluating the defendant’s 1591 exposure, and (2) the applicable scienter to get around 230 is 1591’s “actual knowledge” requirement.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

On remand, the court dismisses the remaining defendants primarily due to Section 230, with leave to amend. The court summarizes the facts: Plaintiff alleges she was trafficked as a minor and her traffickers filmed her while she was engaged in sex acts. . The court says Section 230 preempts it in this case. The Lemmon v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2023

The court treats this as a surprisingly easy Section 230 case and dismisses the case. Twitter , the court disagrees: Unlike in Lemmon and Roommates.com , the harm Plaintiffs allege here doesn’t flow from a design defect. ” The plaintiffs also sued Google and Apple for carrying Snap in their app stores. Next stop: the 9th Circuit.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 2023

Analogous to how narrowing interpretations rendered the SAVE Act irrelevant (FOSTA’s precursor), the court’s interpretations decrease the odds that the government will bring FOSTA-based prosecutions. ” Later, the court recapitulates: “FOSTA does not criminalize promoting prostitution broadly. .”

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Readers with good memories will recall that I have blogged several other cases against Salesforce with similar allegations, with mixed results in court. Salesforce decision closely, the court concludes that Salesforce doesn’t qualify for Section 230 immunity in the FOSTA case. Salesforce invoked the Fifth Circuit’s Doe v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

The court responds: “Doe’s breeding ground theory essentially seeks to hold Meta liable for failing to remove traffickers’ grooming messages and posts advertising their victims for sex.” Finally: in passing, the court says “Her trafficker was convicted in a criminal trial and sentenced to 40 years in prison.”

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 9, 2023

I mean, to your point that I bet you you’ll have people stay the whole time, just because they want to hear, you know, what interests people, you know, what are they doing on, you know, both in and Legal Operations, and also in law firms? You know, I’m a servant of the court. We’d love to hear from you. Thanks, Jerry.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The court holds that Section 230 applies to the claims. ” The court responds that “Grindr’s match function relies on and publishes a user’s profile and geolocation data, which is third-party content generated by the user.” The court rejects Doe’s attempted Lemmon v. ICS Provider. Publisher/Speaker Claims.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MAY 9, 2023

I mean, to your point that I bet you you’ll have people stay the whole time, just because they want to hear, you know, what interests people, you know, what are they doing on, you know, both in and Legal Operations, and also in law firms? You know, I’m a servant of the court. We’d love to hear from you. Thanks, Jerry.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As a result, state legislatures, both red and blue, are producing a flood of Internet censorship laws will tie up the courts for years. Among other things, the Supreme Court rejected the arguments that legislatures could treat the Internet like telephony or broadcasting. Void for Vagueness. ” Nice.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Having manufactured the requirement of that the claim must be based on “particular” content to trigger Section 230, the court says none of the claims do that. ” I’d love for the court to explain how blocking users from contacting each other on apps differs from “content moderation.”

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 26, 2024

” The court completely dismisses the case per Section 230. MySpace from 2008 , the plaintiff made the now-standard modern argument that the Grindr’s lack of age authentication “is a design defect and Defendant Grindr had a duty to take steps to keep children from accessing this app” (citing Doe v. was heinous.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. The court dismisses OnlyFans per Section 230.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. The Supreme Court is taking a steady stream of Internet Law cases, a trend that will continue for some time. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear the TikTok ban, and Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Free Speech Coalition v.

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