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How Does FDIC Insurance Work for Lawyer Trust Accounts?

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What happens to your law firm if your bank closes? 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. This happened because the banks did not have enough liquid cash assets to cover customer demand for withdrawals.

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

Eric Goldman

Koerner Endowed Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School [See part 1 about defendant opt-outs and part 2 about defendant defaults.] By guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard , John E. Eight months after filing, the first two Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Final Determinations have been handed down. 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

The plaintiffs claim that, “by enabling the transmission of ephemeral content on the application, Defendants facilitate the exchange of CSAM, and that Snap’s design of the application assists users in ‘evad[ing] supervision by legal guardians or law enforcement.'” Snap workaround.

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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. Most FOSTA opinions are lengthy, but this one was short because the law was quite clear. ” Cite to Lemmon v.

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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. Cite to MH v.

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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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Five Decisions Illustrate How Section 230 Is Fading Fast

Eric Goldman

” I don’t know what “particular” third-party content means, but the statute doesn’t support any distinction based on “particular” and “non-particular” third-party content. .”

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