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How Does FDIC Insurance Work for Lawyer Trust Accounts?

Clio

How does FDIC Insurance work when a bank failure occurs? When a bank failure occurs, the FDIC insurance will reimburse deposits up to the standard insurance amount. Since the start of the FDIC insurance program in 1934, no depositor has lost a penny of insured funds as a result of a failure. What is FDIC Insurance?

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Eric Goldman

Eight months after filing, the first two Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Final Determinations have been handed down. Mitrakos, 22-CCB-0035 , February 15, 2023, and Oppenheimer v. Prutton, 22-CCB-0045 , February 28, 2023. Step Two: The CCB does a compliance review of the filed claim to determine if the claim qualifies for the CCB. Let’s take a look.

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Section 230 Immunizes Snap, Even if It’s “Inherently Dangerous”–L.W. v. Snap

Eric Goldman

” This does not persuade the judge: the Court must treat Defendants as publishers or speakers, regardless of how their claims are framed, because their theories of liability plainly turn on Defendants’ alleged failure to monitor and remove third-party content. To get around Section 230, the plaintiffs attempted the Lemmon v.

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Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a “Breeding Ground” for Sex Traffickers–Doe v. Backpage

Eric Goldman

The court dismisses the case but gives the plaintiff the chance to amend the complaint to plead failure-to-warn and negligent design–because those arguments show up in virtually every 230 case now. . § 230, forecloses Doe’s claim as currently pled, because she seeks to hold Meta liable for content created by her trafficker.”

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Section 230 Once Again Applies to Claims Over Offline Sexual Abuse–Doe v. Grindr

Eric Goldman

The plaintiffs claimed this case is about “a failure to implement basic safety measures to protect minors.” MySpace , a 5th Circuit opinion from 2008, which also involved the sexual abuse of a minor. Grindr appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ICS Provider. Cite to Saponaro v. Third-Party Content.

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Grindr Defeats FOSTA Claim–Doe v. Grindr

Eric Goldman

Ultimately, the alleged “defect” here is only relevant to Doe’s injury to the extent it made it easier or more difficult for other users to communicate with Doe, and thus Doe seeks to hold Grindr liable for its failure to regulate third party content. Doe sued Grindr for strict products liability, negligence, and FOSTA. ICS Provider.

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Evaluating the Constitutionality of Viewpoint-Neutral Trademark Registration Laws That Do Not Restrict Speech—Vidal v. Elster (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

By guest blogger Lisa Ramsey , Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law The Supreme Court will likely hold in Elster that Section 2(c) is consistent with the First Amendment, but will it clarify how to balance trademark and free speech rights? VIP Products (2023) opinion and its other trademark cases.

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