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Section 230 Once Again Immunizes Google’s Search Results–Metroka v. PA Law Enforcement

Eric Goldman

The court easily dismisses per Section 230: ICS Provider. Numerous courts have held Google is one. ” The court summarizes: “Google has immunity from her state law claims, as it cannot be held liable for search engine results showing a third party’s statement.” 2016); Fakhrian v.

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Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes; How to Break Up Amazon; Specialist Directors; Mandatory Equity Issuances as a First-Best Solution to Punishing Corporate Misconduct

Wisblawg

Evaluating the significance, legality, and desirability of legislative vetoes must start with an understanding of the existing legal landscape, including the wide array of state law provisions and court decisions across the country. Some of these rulings have been superseded by constitutional amendment or statutory adjustment.

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Face Forward: Strategies for Complying with Facial Recognition Laws

Debevoise Data Blog

Compensatory damages or damages between $200 and $1,000 are authorized for each unlawful sale, as are reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs. State Laws Permitting but Regulating Collection and Use of Biometric Identifiers, including Facial Data. See Vance v. Amazon.com Inc. , C20-1084JLR, 2021 WL 1401633, at *2 (W.D.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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Are Electronic Signatures Legal?

Clio

This federal law was designed to create a consistent standard in the regulation of electronic signatures in the US, as well as to help encourage cross-border transactions in certain circumstances (which are made easier when contracts and documents may be signed electronically). Are electronic signatures valid in court?

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Automated License Plate Readers with ACLU Attorney Matt Cagle

Berkley Technology Law Journal

And this is one that the US Supreme Court has recognized is not really a bright line, in the case called Carpenter vs. United States from 2018. This is a case where the Supreme Court held that the government needed to get a warrant in order to obtain the cell phone locations of a person over a period of time.

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Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. Amazon

Eric Goldman

Eventually, both state legislatures and Congress banned the practice. The flagship law in this area is the Consumer Review Fairness Act, enacted by Congress in 2016. My primer on that law. California enacted a similar law, Civil Code 1670.8, This pernicious business practice emerged around 15 years ago.