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Section 230 Preempts Two More Harassment Lawsuits

Eric Goldman

Recapping a couple of doomed-from-inception lawsuits. Apparently the publication took place in 2019 and he filed suit in 2023. The post Section 230 Preempts Two More Harassment Lawsuits appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Benedict v. Google LLC , 2024 WL 3427161 (D. ” Defamation. Harassment.

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Court Finally Rejects “Discrimination” Lawsuit Against YouTube–Divino v. Google

Eric Goldman

This long-running lawsuit started in 2019. When I first blogged this case in January 2021, I wrote: This lawsuit, like many others before it, claims that UGC services like YouTube commit illegal discrimination based on how they moderate content. Case citation : Divino Group LLC v. Google LLC , 2023 WL 4372701 (N.D.

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ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns

Above the Law - Technology

As I recounted in a 2019 post , ROSS emerged out of the University of Toronto as a student-built entrant in a cognitive-computing competition staged by IBM to develop applications for its Watson computer. My 2019 post detailed my visit to ROSS’s Toronto research and development office. In 2015, they secured $4.3

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Lawsuit By Former Legal Tech Exec Says She is Owed Over $1M In Stock and Was Sexually Harassed

LawSites

In a lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Manhattan, the former chief operating office of a legal technology company claims she was fired after attempting to exercise stock options valued at over $1 million. The defendants have not yet filed an answer in the lawsuit.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. Following my report, QuickLegal quickly shut down.

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Cruiseing for Waymo Lawsuits: Liability in Autonomous Vehicle Crashes

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

“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] 6, 2019, 10:52 AM). [15] 317, 320 (2019). [20] 2] Ahead, a driver-operated car struck a pedestrian, throwing her into the Cruise’s path. at 23–24. [19]

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Eric Goldman

1:18-CV-850-RP, 2019 WL 5258056, at *2 (W.D. June 26, 2019), report and recommendation adopted, No. 1:18-CV-850-RP, 2019 WL 5243187 (W.D. July 12, 2019). Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. WorkshopX Inc. Build a Sign, LLC , No. LoanStreet v.

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