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Section 230 Applies to Publication of Court Documents–Medina v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

In 2014, Medina sued Microsoft. Microsoft’s filings made some unredacted disclosures about Medina that were repeated in an unredacted court opinion, and those documents appeared on several websites that publish court documents. In 2020, Medina got the disclosures from the 2014 case sealed. Hearst case.

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The Clock is Ticking: How to Miss Fewer Court Deadlines

Attorney at Work

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . The firm had filed a voluntary dismissal back in 2014. In a typical year, most courts maintain a schedule for submission of new rules and changes to existing rules.

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Courts Are Rejecting Attempts to Weaponize Laws That Protect Consumer Reviews

Eric Goldman

In 2014, California enacted AB2365 , sometimes called the “Yelp law,” codified at Cal. had been mostly invisible in court opinions. recently started showing up more in court opinions–but not necessarily in a good way. of their cases in state court. March 27, 2024) (refusing remand to state court) Mora v.

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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

In so holding, however, the Court declined to resolve the logically antecedent question of whether the discovery rule applies to the three-year copyright statute of limitations, finding “that issue is not properly presented here, because Warner Chappell never challenged the Eleventh Circuit’s use of the discovery rule below.” 1962 (2014).

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With $5M Investment, PacerPro Expands Into State Courts, Hires Silicon Valley Veteran As CTO

LawSites

Multiple pieces of news today from PacerPro , a company that enables law firms to automate the workflow around distributing and capturing federal court filings. As she steps into this new job, an immediate priority will be directing PacerPro’s expansion into state courts. I first wrote about PacerPro in 2014 for the ABA Journal.

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The Supreme Court Dodges—for Now—the Circuit Split on the ‘Dual Purpose’ Test for Privilege

Discovery Advocate

Summary of the Case: The Supreme Court, which had initially agreed to consider a circuit split on a privilege issue that commonly arises in discovery, reversed course and dismissed the writ of certiorari as “improvidently granted”—meaning the Supreme Court will not resolve the circuit split this term. In re Grand Jury , 23 F.4th

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Illinois Supreme Court Appoints New Chair, Vice-Chair, and Commissioners to Commission on Professionalism

Legal Tech Monitor

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that the Illinois Supreme Court has appointed John K. In addition, the Court has reappointed Justice Mary Ellen Coghlan as a Commissioner and appointed two new Commissioners: Amanda J. Johnson serves on the Illinois Appellate Court First District.

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