Global LegalTech Hub

JANUARY 29, 2023

This workload even makes teams neglect and put compliance aside while focusing on other processes, leading to potential lawsuits and penalties. As online compliance regulations grow in variety and complexity, businesses need to get their priorities back together.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In my previous post , I summarized: This lawsuit involves troubling allegations that Facebook executives ( allegedly , Nick Clegg, Nicola Mendelsohn, and Cristian Perrella) took bribes from OnlyFans-related entities to spike Facebook and Instagram posts that promoted competitors of OnlyFans. The plaintiffs’ allegations were sizzling.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Nine days after the launch, a Seattle class-action attorney, Steve Berman , filed a lawsuit on behalf of another Seattle attorney, John Henry Browne , calling Avvo a “flat-out scam.”. But just five months later, Judge Lasnik dismissed the lawsuit. In a September 2018 episode of LawNext , I interviewed Britton about his time at Avvo.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Nine days after the launch, a Seattle class-action attorney, Steve Berman , filed a lawsuit on behalf of another Seattle attorney, John Henry Browne , calling Avvo a “flat-out scam.”. But just five months later, Judge Lasnik dismissed the lawsuit. In a September 2018 episode of LawNext , I interviewed Britton about his time at Avvo.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here’s everything you need to know about the pending lawsuit: Shein’s ‘egregious intellectual property infringement’ is ‘baked into its business model’ The Plaintiffs’ Claims Designer Krista Perry is accusing Shein of selling wall art and phone cases emblazoned with “mechanical cop[ies]” of her original artwork.

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LawSites

JANUARY 4, 2023

This is Stodder’s perspective on the lawsuit. Xcential met with Agnello in the fall of 2018 when, as detailed in the court filings, he contacted us to inquire about our bill drafting software. If anyone at Akin Gump wishes to respond, I would be happy to publish it.]. The Holy Grail? Instead, we heard from Akin’s lawyers.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In 2018, Jason Fyk sued Facebook for removing and blocking his content. My previous summary of this litigation campaign: His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The Ninth Circuit quickly agreed and then denied his en banc request. The Supreme Court denied cert.

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Technology Law Dispatch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

On August 18, 2023, the Fourth Circuit decertified approximately 20 million putative class action claims arising out of a 2018 data breach involving Marriott Hotels. While this lawsuit arose as a result of a data breach, all companies transacting business on the internet are potentially liable to class action claims.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2024

The entire purpose of the discovery rule is to allow a plaintiff to recover damages that occurred more than three years before the date the lawsuit was filed. In 2018, following his second prison stint, Nealy sued Warner Chappell for copyright infringement. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir. Petition at I.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Attorneys at Akin Gump declined to discuss the lawsuit. Series of Meetings.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Copyright law has already experienced a string of AI-related lawsuits this year alone, prompting the U.S. Joining a string of lawsuits filed over material used to train AI systems, a group of authors—including Sarah Silverman, an American comedian and writer– have brought suit against OpenAI , Inc. OpenAI, Inc.

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Percipient

APRIL 22, 2023

Parker Hannifin Corporation, No 8:16-cv-00909 (July 12, 2018), the court refused to shift expenses “incurred due to. Companies Generally May Not Charge for GDPR and CCPA Data Requests Nowadays, third party requests for information are not always related to lawsuits and legal disputes.

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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

on social media) Loss of public and client trust in your firm Malpractice allegations and lawsuits What are your ethical and regulatory obligations? GDPR : To help address global needs for enhanced data security, in 2018, Europe introduced a unified data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. In Australia, legal tech company Nuix went public in 2020 – an IPO that has been haunted by regulatory investigations and class-action lawsuits over claims that the company misrepresented its financial information.).

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Ikigai Law

JUNE 30, 2023

Getty, an image licensing service, has brought a lawsuit against the creators of art-generating AI “Stable Diffusion” in a US federal court, alleging that the tool unlawfully copied and processed millions of images, violating its copyright in the images. 254 (2018) DLT 307 [9] [link] [10] [link] ; Getty Images (US) Inc v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2021

Individuals whose personal information was compromised in a data breach have had mixed success in bringing lawsuits in federal court against the companies that held their data. TransUnion: A Win for Defendants in Breach Lawsuits? In Part 2, we will discuss the implications of the decision for efforts to defeat class certification.

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Legal IT Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At the same time, out of the six legal bases for processing personal data under the GDPR, Meta Platforms has relied on the performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) to provide users with the services for displaying personalized advertising based on their activity since 2018.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 1, 2023

Instead, Hunley and Brauer filed a class-action lawsuit against Instagram, alleging that Instagram was vicariously liable for, or was liable for encouraging or contributing to, the alleged direct infringement by others, by providing an “embedding” tool that easily could be used to facilitate public display of their photos. 3d 585 (S.D.N.Y.

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Ikigai Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In 2018, it enabled UPI-based fund transfers from Non-Resident External (NRE) accounts – maintained for NRI income earned in India. AI art tools, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, face copyright lawsuit [ The Verge ] Venture capital’s $300bn question – Why is the industry sitting on the cash? [ But there was a catch.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

The Road Not Taken At this point, no lawsuit had been filed; and the dispute probably could have been, and certainly should have been, easily resolved. In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., See Ochoa, Dr. Seuss, the Juice and Fair Use Revisited , 59 IDEA 233 (2018).)

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

[Professor Hoofnagle] 39:08 Well, especially around risk lawyering, that is advising clients in situations where someone might have a claim against you, or you might have a client who is engaging in something that could attract a suit, whether they’re actually going to attract a lawsuit or not. So all you’ve got is a lawsuit.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

The past year was marked by many more filed cases than decisions, and those decisions that were issued largely demonstrated how well-known pitfalls will also hamper this new wave of AI lawsuits. 6] Despite these challenges, plaintiffs are not slowing down, and new lawsuits were filed at a steady clip over the course of 2024.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

Section 230 preempts her lawsuit against Facebook: “Ninth Circuit precedent interpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v. Omegle * Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v. Omegle * Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

July 24, 2024) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a “Breeding Ground” for Sex Traffickers–Doe v. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2023

Internet Brands rejected that proposal: lawsuits brought against interactive computer service providers based solely on failure to adequately monitor and regulate end-users’ harmful messages fall squarely within protections of Section 230 Implications If this ruling stands on appeal, it will be a major win for defendants.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

WebGroup Czech Republic * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a Breeding Ground for Sex TraffickersDoe v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves ForwardML v. Salesforce * Latest Linkwrap on FOSTAs Aftermath * Section 230 Doesnt End Lawsuit Claiming Facebook Facilitated Sex TraffickingDoe v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The complaint was brought under the FCA’s qui tam provisions, whereby a private citizen can bring a lawsuit on behalf of the government. The underlying failures alleged in the settlement occurred between 2018 and 2023.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 2023

Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v. Omegle * Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v. Omegle * Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v.

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Clio

JUNE 14, 2023

ByteDance, a Chinese internet technology company, acquired TikTok (formerly known as Musical.ly, a lip-syncing app) in 2018. TikTok has already filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana, claiming that the TikTok ban violates the First Amendment and other federal laws. What is TikTok? TikTok is a highly popular social media platform.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. If so, as I predicted in 2019 , the UK Online Safety Act will accelerate the end of Web 2.0 TikTok bans.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 26, 2023

2018), aff’d , 765 F. Google defeats lawsuit from a public school student using Google edtech that he claims was hacked and used to send inappropriate material. * Grindr, LLC , 306 F. 3d 579, 589 (S.D.N.Y. App’x 586 (2d Cir. ” * M.K. Google LLC, 2023 WL 2671381 (N.D. March 27, 2023).

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

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. 2206 (2018). So that private/public distinction is one that I think is really important to break down too. And so this is a huge problem. link] (last visited Dec. United States , 138 S.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

I got really really serious about Instagram probably 2017-2018. So Erin Camp 24:08 It took a huge lawsuit. Courtney White 2:43 Hello, but online I am known as courthouse couture. I do have my name trademarked. I’ve been a blogger for a while since 2014. I have close to 30,000 followers on Instagram and almost 20,000 on Tik Tok.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Even though the legal system punished the wrongdoers, the lawsuits continue. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v.

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