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. On July 4, 2023, a federal judge declared FREEDOM from government censorship of Internet services. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. TikTok bans.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed down the applications. Note: The ballot was supposed to list 25 companies, but because of a tie in the initial round of voting by judges, 26 companies are listed.). Founded: 5/10/2019. Founded: 11/1/2019. In December, we issued a call for entries. Advocat AI.

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LawSites

JANUARY 26, 2022

The market is potentially huge, given that, in 2019, automotive OEM manufacturers paid $49.4 The software uses clustering to group cases that have similar characteristics — including characteristics specific to the vehicle as well as extraneous characteristics, such as the judge or jurisdiction. billion in just the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 23, 2024

And even though the creators of popular services know, and you know, and I know, and the Supreme Court knows , and every judge that decides every opinion on these issues knows, that no one is reading these documents, the legal system has collectively decided this system sufficient to bind everyone to a legal agreement. Kho (2019) 8 Cal.5th

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. Which is probably a big part of the reason that many judges have been eager to distance themselves from it. Zeidenberg , 86 F.3d 3d 1447, 1454-55 (7th Cir.

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LawSites

JANUARY 26, 2022

The market is potentially huge, given that, in 2019, automotive OEM manufacturers paid $49.4 The software uses clustering to group cases that have similar characteristics — including characteristics specific to the vehicle as well as extraneous characteristics, such as the judge or jurisdiction. billion in just the U.S.

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Percipient

APRIL 22, 2023

7, 2019) , noted Cardinal and agreed that third-party subpoenas must not burden responding parties. The judge, in that case, applied discovery proportionality factors to figure out whether a subpoena served on Boeing went too far (he concluded it did not). .” Another case, SPS Techs., 19 C 3365 (N.D.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

But when you’ve got a decentralized process, like common law, where you’ve got a circuit court in the foothills of Wisconsin with one judge and one local solicitor. Here’s the next word, when you get to the next word, and you’re going, Oh, this is a judge talking. And the chance of that happening is low.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed down the applications. Note: The ballot was supposed to list 25 companies, but because of a tie in the initial round of voting by judges, 26 companies are listed.). Founded: 5/10/2019. Founded: 11/1/2019. In December, we issued a call for entries. Advocat AI.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 4, 2023

million antitrust lawsuit against the North Carolina State Bar, alleging the bar unreasonably barred LegalZoom from offering a prepaid legal services plan in the state. On January 9, 2019, Kernodle-Hodges contacted me again to pick up limited legal licensing. In 2019, 1,859,610 people, or 18.2%

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2023

But when you’ve got a decentralized process, like common law, where you’ve got a circuit court in the foothills of Wisconsin with one judge and one local solicitor. Here’s the next word, when you get to the next word, and you’re going, Oh, this is a judge talking. And the chance of that happening is low.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 25, 2024

This well-publicized lawsuit is an example of Musk waging lawfare over a critic’s speech. Judge Breyer of the Northern District of California had none of it. As a result, the court finds that much of the lawsuit is a SLAPP. Nominally, Twitter brought this lawsuit to rehabilitate its reputation by undermining CCDH.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

” A reminder that Section 230 cases often require the judges to apply the immunity to tragic facts. Yet, its wording was cumbersome enough that plaintiffs have nevertheless sought to overturn that modification–and have gotten some district court judges to agree along the way. raise the scienter bar.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2024

355, 360-61 (2019). 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. Finally, the magistrate judge held that summary judgment was improper on the issue of whether the plaintiff’s claims were time-barred. Thomas, J.).

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 8, 2024

” However, not all questions are worth asking, and the judge responds to this motion as if the trademark owner is the backseat passenger asking “are we there yet?” Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. ” for the 16th time. LoanStreet v. Greenberg v.

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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. § This judge focused solely on Ninth Circuit precedent, which makes sense because this court is in the Ninth Circuit’s territory and that will help with any appeal).

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

“Cruise”ing for “Waymo” Lawsuits: Liability in Autonomous Vehicle Crashes By Caroline Kropka On October 2, 2023, a driverless vehicle traveled down a San Francisco street. [1] Wistrich, Judging Autonomous Vehicles , 24 Yale J.L. & 2] Ahead, a driver-operated car struck a pedestrian, throwing her into the Cruise’s path. Times (Oct.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2023

” 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. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG 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. Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML 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. Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML 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

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. Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Tertiary liability is a doctrine too far for this judge, even after all of the plaintiff-favorable inferences made along the way. Then again, the plaintiffs have the ability to amend the complaint, so maybe they can recharacterize Salesforce’s omniscience enough to satisfy this judge. Google LLC , 2024 WL 1892291 (N.D.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

For nearly 30 years, the framework for judging fair use cases has been remarkably stable, based on Justice Souter’s masterful opinion for a unanimous Court in Campbell v. 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. 569 (1994).

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Even though the legal system punished the wrongdoers, the lawsuits continue. In those cases, the district court judge has drawn its distinctions between claims based on third-party content and claims that don’t depend on the content per se. Salesforce * Omegle Defeats Lawsuit Over Users CappingMH v. Case Citation : Doe v.

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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. Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

9, 2024) The lawsuit alleges Meta addicts teens and thus violates DC’s consumer protection act. Perhaps Facebook should have done a better job articulating this, but the judge was far too eager to disrespect the editorial function. District of Columbia v. Meta Platforms, Inc., LEXIS 27 (D.C. Superior Ct. ” State v.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Citron explains that intimate privacy enables individuals to explore ideas, shape their identities, and forge relationships without the fear of being scrutinized or judged. Additionally, recognition as a civil right would address the unique and disproportionate harms that women and minorities face when their intimate privacy is breached.

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lennyesq

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By Kara Scannell , CNN CNN — A federal judge ruled that the jury hearing E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit will only need to decide how much money Donald Trump will have to pay her, after the judge found the former president was liable (full text of decision)for making defamatory statements.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The plaintiff brought a FOSTA lawsuit. In November 2024, a magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiff’s claims against OnlyFans on Section 230 grounds. The plaintiff objected to the magistrate’s R&R, but the supervising judge rejects the objections. Unsurprisingly, this judge thinks the Anderson v.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JULY 11, 2022

In that filing the public statements and of these lawsuits, you saw, we found an increase in the dissents of Enforcement and Removal officers, which had the result of keeping more people detained. And by 2019, nearly every immigrant was detained without bond, regardless of the risk level. And so, I consider ourselves fortunate.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 11, 2023

Hall made two problematic tweets in 2019 that triggered a 7-day lockout, followed by a permanent suspension. A periodic reminder that lawsuits over social media content removals and account terminations always fail. Weber Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for a Voting Misinformation “Joke”–Hall v. Twitter, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Thus, this lawsuit implicates Section 230’s extraterritorial application, but the court didn’t address this issue. WebGroup Czech Republic * 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.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In light of the strong hostility to Section 23o among the Fifth Circuit judges, every Section 230 case that reaches the Fifth Circuit is likely to be a jurisprudential roller-coaster. appointed Judge Morales from the Southern District of Texas, sitting by designation. Note: the opinion was written by Trump 1.0-appointed

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. If any of those lawsuits succeed, they pose a potential existential threat to the entire industry. Many judges have turned against Section 230, so we’re seeing a proliferation of jurisprudential experimentation with ideas of how to gut it.

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