Law Firm Data Breaches Surge In 2023
Above the Law - Technology
AUGUST 1, 2023
The post Law Firm Data Breaches Surge In 2023 appeared first on Above the Law. Cybercriminals appear to be successfully hitting small and large firms alike.
Breaking: Judge Rules Ross Intelligence Copied Westlaw’s Headnotes, But Leaves for Jury to Decide if It Violated Thomson Reuters’ Copyright
Above the Law - Technology
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
It has been a while since I have written about the copyright lawsuit by legal research giant Thomson Reuters against the no-shuttered legal research startup Ross Intelligence, in which TR alleges that Ross stole copyright content from Westlaw to build its own completing legal research product. See all stories about this lawsuit.
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YouTube Defeats Trademark Lawsuit–Lops v. YouTube
Eric Goldman
MARCH 6, 2023
” Lops also had an unsuccessful lawsuit against Facebook. YouTube, LLC, 2023 WL 2349597 (D. March 3, 2023). The post YouTube Defeats Trademark Lawsuit–Lops v. Case Citation : Lops v. The complaint. YouTube appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
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Suspended Twitter User Loses Lawsuit Over Data Access–Thomas v. Twitter
Eric Goldman
DECEMBER 9, 2023
” Whether this lawsuit is only about the account suspension or also includes the loss of data access, it winds up as another failed lawsuit over account terminations and content removals. Twitter Corporate Office , 2023 WL 8452200 (S.D.N.Y. Case Citation : Thomas v.
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YouTuber Owes Money to YouTube for Ill-Conceived Deplatforming Lawsuit–Daniels v. Alphabet
Eric Goldman
MARCH 10, 2023
Represented by lawyers Maria Cristina Armenta and Credence Elizabeth Sol (who keep expanding their oeuvre of failed lawsuits against Internet services), Daniels claimed YouTube had to comply with 1983 because YouTube became a state actor. 2023 WL 2414258 (N.D. In 2021, the court quickly shut down that misguided argument. Alphabet Inc.
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Lawsuit Over Twitter Suspension Fails Again–Zhang v. Twitter
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 31, 2023
2023 WL 5493823 (N.D. 23, 2023) The post Lawsuit Over Twitter Suspension Fails Again–Zhang v. Case Citation : Zhang v. Twitter, Inc. Twitter appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
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Court Finally Rejects “Discrimination” Lawsuit Against YouTube–Divino v. Google
Eric Goldman
JULY 14, 2023
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. Google LLC , 2023 WL 4372701 (N.D. Case citation : Divino Group LLC v.
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Court Greenlights TikTok Content Moderators’ Lawsuit–Young v. ByteDance
Eric Goldman
MAY 24, 2023
The lawsuit claims the BPOs were TikTok’s proxies. The court also allows an exception to the general rule due to the supply of unsafe equipment, i.e., the faulty sorting software for reviewer queues. * * * Similar lawsuits by content moderators have failed, including Garrett-Alfred v. 2023 WL 3484215 (N.D. Cognizant.
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Section 230 Preempts Two More Harassment Lawsuits
Eric Goldman
JULY 21, 2024
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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Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Still Stupid–SMS v. Pharmaaid
Eric Goldman
OCTOBER 24, 2023
19, 2023) Selected Prior Blog Posts on Product Shots Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Stupid–eTrailer v. FragranceX The post Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Still Stupid–SMS v. Pharmaaid Corp. , 1:23-cv-01777-EK-TAM (E.D.N.Y. Pharmaaid appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
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Anti-Vaxxer’s Lawsuit Over Channel Removal Fails–Mercola v. YouTube
Eric Goldman
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Lawsuits over content removals never succeed. The post Anti-Vaxxer’s Lawsuit Over Channel Removal Fails–Mercola v. In a different context, there is an avenue to export content: if YouTube terminates a user’s access for service changes.” ” Cites to Lewis v. YouTube , King v. Case Citation : Mercola.com LLC v.
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Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit Fails…Despite 236 Potentially Confused Customers–Lerner & Rowe v. Brown Engstrand
Eric Goldman
MAY 22, 2023
The court dismisses the lawsuit on summary judgment. May 18, 2023) More Posts About Keyword Advertising * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. The court focuses on the likelihood of consumer confusion. LoanStreet v.
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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 30, 2023
This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. A rival, Colibri, displayed in the trademark in its Google keyword ads, but it claims it has stopped doing so after the lawsuit was filed. Colibri Healthcare, LLC , 2023 WL 5493530 (E.D. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v.
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Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Bradford
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 20, 2023
We used to see lawsuits like this 15+ years ago, but we don’t see them any more because they are so obviously doomed by Section 230. Bradford, 2023 U.S. The post Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Whoa, what a flashback. This case involves a shooting of police officers. LifelongLearning.
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My New Article on Abusive “Schedule A” IP Lawsuits Will Likely Leave You Angry
Eric Goldman
MARCH 9, 2023
To that end, I am giving a couple of public talks on the paper: Tarrant County Bar Association , Texas A&M Law School, Fort Worth, TX, March 27, 2023. 32nd Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium , Chicago, April 14, 2023. Free RSVP! I would welcome yours.
Atari’s Lawsuit Against a Print-on-Demand Service Fizzles Out–Atari v. Printify
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 30, 2024
The court says that Printify took appropriate steps when it learned of infringing items via Atari’s lawsuit: First, Printify searched its own database for the 70 URLs identified by Atari in ECF No. The court summarizes the proceedings: Atari initially moved for an ex parte TRO, which the Court granted on October 24, 2023.
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Reddit Defeats Lawsuit Over Removal of r/WallStreetBets Moderator’s Privileges–Rogozinski v. Reddit
Eric Goldman
JULY 13, 2023
2023 WL 4475581 (N.D. July 11, 2023) The post Reddit Defeats Lawsuit Over Removal of r/WallStreetBets Moderator’s Privileges–Rogozinski v. For now, this case adds to the canon of account termination/content removal cases by treating changes in moderator privileges as a subcategory of the phenomenon. Reddit, Inc.
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Justia Featured Resources: Justia Dockets Offering Info on AI Lawsuits
Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog
MAY 4, 2023
The evolution of generative AI (artificial intelligence) has captured the attention of many Americans during the first few months of 2023. Already, lawsuits involving AI-generated works have been filed in federal courts from coast to coast. This free database provides public records of lawsuits in federal trial and appellate courts.
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eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023
CloudNine
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A recent Arcadis study highlights a 42% surge in construction lawsuits in North America from 2021 to 2022, attributing this spike to ongoing COVID-19 effects, supply chain woes, and escalating material costs. The post eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023 appeared first on CloudNine.
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Court Dismisses School Districts’ Lawsuits Over Social Media “Addiction”–In re Social Media Cases
Eric Goldman
JUNE 14, 2024
Despite the importance of those Fall 2023 rulings, I never blogged either. Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts. But by joining the lawsuit, the school districts had to admit that they were failing to support their students. Superior Ct.
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Laura Loomer Loses Litigation (Again)–Loomer v. Zuckerberg
Eric Goldman
OCTOBER 7, 2023
In response, she has brought several trash lawsuits, which have gone as well as you’d expect. Her latest trash lawsuit claimed that social media, the government, and Procter & Gamble were all doing the RICO against her. The court dismisses the lawsuit on several grounds, including res judicata. The complaint.
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2023 Quick Links: Social Media
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 15, 2024
District of Columbia , 2023 WL 5964764 (D.C. Court granted Facebook’s anti-SLAPP motion in lawsuit over “publication/de-publication to developers via the Facebook Platform API”: Plaintiff’s app depended on Facebook’s publication of third-party user’s photos to developers through Facebook’s Platform. . Six4Three v.
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Guest Post: The Year in Justice Tech: 2023 Report and News Roundup
LawSites
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In 2023, the justice tech ecosystem continued to grow rapidly, with a significant increase in solutions addressing access to justice-related challenges for consumers. featured in ABA Journal , Pulse 2.0 , Bob Ambrogi’s LawNext podcast , and Accelerator Insider , and its executive director, Maya Markovich, was named to the 2023 Fastcase 50.
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Section 230 Helps Amazon Defeat False Advertising Lawsuit Over Printer Ink Cartridges–Planet Green v. Amazon
Eric Goldman
DECEMBER 10, 2023
.” For reasons unclear to me, the plaintiff thought it would be a good idea to sue Amazon over its competitors’ alleged misdeeds, going so far to breathlessly issue a press release that it had “filed a $500 million lawsuit against tech giant Amazon.” Case Citation : Planet Green Cartridges, Inc. v Amazon.com, Inc.
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Justia Legal Resources: What Was New in 2023
Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Our projects in 2023 included a brand-new dictionary with thousands of legal and business terms, as well as numerous 50-state surveys on topics extending from family law, personal injury, and criminal law to employment law and consumer protection. The law on generative AI remains unsettled, with several lawsuits pending.
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Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves
Eric Goldman
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The Florida legislature (bless their hearts) amended the statute in 2023 (after Lindsey’s rental) to broaden the definition of a livery. 9, 2024) The post Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.
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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2
Eric Goldman
JUNE 8, 2024
In an April 2023 summary judgment ruling , the plaintiff established that it “possesses the legally protectable, incontestable trademarks TEXAS TAMALE and TEXAS TAMALE COMPANY.” Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Yum, and easily veganized. ” Say what?
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More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Bye, Goff
Eric Goldman
MAY 13, 2023
This is another lawsuit between personal injury law firms over competitive keyword ads. However, if it’s anywhere close to true, this will be another impressive entry into the annals of financially unjustified and irrational lawsuits over competitive keyword ads. 2023 WL 3340214 (W.D. Bye, Goff && Rohde, Ltd.
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It Turns Out You Can’t “Sue the CDA”–Fyk v. US
Eric Goldman
JUNE 23, 2023
His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. Fyk’s alleged injury has no connection whatsoever to any conduct by the United States, the only defendant in this lawsuit. 2023 WL 3933719 (D.D.C. June 9, 2023). Fyk’s lawsuit does not accurately describe Section 230.”]
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Facebook Can Reject Unwanted Ads–Newton v. Meta
Eric Goldman
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
This is yet another online content removal lawsuit, and it reaches the obvious and inevitable result that dozens of cases have reached before it. The lawsuit against Facebook for refusing the film ads is an easy dismissal. The only question at issue is whether the lawsuit treats Facebook’s refusal as a publisher/speaker action.
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Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing
Legal Tech Monitor
DECEMBER 1, 2023
On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing. Continue reading → The post Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.
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What Happened to Gonzalez v. Google After the SCOTUS Decision?
Eric Goldman
JULY 10, 2024
In the mid-2010s, plaintiffs filed about 20 lawsuits filed around the country seeking to hold social media services liable for allegedly facilitating terrorist attacks. In Fall 2023, the district court asked the plaintiffs to provide a proposed Fourth Amended Complaint (FAC). Two of those cases, Gonzalez v. Google and Taamneh v.
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SAD Scheme Cases Are Always Troubling–Betty’s Best v. Schedule A Defendants ?
Eric Goldman
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Every SAD Scheme lawsuit is problematic, though the specific reasons may differ. Each lawsuit creates dozens or hundreds of individual dramas, few of which receive any public scrutiny, and usually comes at the cost of due process and the rule of law. Independent lawsuits against 1,099 defendants would cost $440,000+ in filing fees.
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Google mediates a settlement in a 4 year old class action Privacy Protection lawsuit!
Vogel IT Law
DECEMBER 29, 2023
BankInfoSecurity.com reported “Google reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit that alleged the tech giant had misled consumers about their privacy protections when using the private browsing Incognito mode of its Chrome web browser.” ” Since +95% of all lawsuit settle without trial this is no surprise! .”
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Ninth Circuit Easily Dismisses Account Termination Case–King v. Facebook
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 19, 2023
Instead, this becomes another banal entry in the ever-growing pile of failed account termination and content removal lawsuits. 2023 WL 5318464 (9th Cir. August 18, 2023) The post Ninth Circuit Easily Dismisses Account Termination Case–King v. Case citation : Adrienne Sepaniak King and Christopher Edward Sepaniak King v.
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When Do Inbound Call Logs Show Consumer Confusion?–Adler v McNeil
Eric Goldman
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
McNeil Consultants LLC, 2023 WL 5600128 (N.D. July 27, 2023). More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri * Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit Fails…Despite 236 Potentially Confused Customers–Lerner & Rowe v. Adler PC v. LoanStreet v.
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Cruiseing for Waymo Lawsuits: Liability in Autonomous Vehicle Crashes
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] 4] In mid-November of 2023, Cruise halted its entire fleet of autonomous vehicles (AVs) amid a safety investigation. [5] 10, 2023, 8:54 AM). [2]
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Internal Search Results Aren’t Trademark Infringing–PEM v. Peninsula
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 8, 2024
2023 WL 9051998 (E.D. 28, 2023) More Posts About Keyword Advertising * When Do Inbound Call Logs Show Consumer Confusion?–Adler Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v.
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Section 230 Protects BBB from Liability for Consumer Complaints–Amuze v. BBB
Eric Goldman
MARCH 12, 2023
Bureau, 2023 N.Y. March 3, 2023) Prior BBB Posts BBB Defeats Defamation Lawsuit (After 7 Years)–Better Way v. The court responds: “the nature of the information communicated by the letter grade would lead a reasonable person to believe that BBB was expressing an opinion.” ” Case citation : Amuze v Better Bus.
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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 15, 2023
LLRX
JULY 15, 2023
Four highlights from this week: The potential healthcare privacy risks of ChatGPT; “Shadow libraries” at heart of mounting copyright lawsuits against OpenAI; Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data; and Cooper Davis Act Would Force Tech Companies to Flag Users for Drugs.
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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft
Eric Goldman
MAY 12, 2023
This lawsuit relates to an episode of the TV show Evil Lives Here called “I Invited Him In,” which discusses an NY serial killer named Nathaniel White. Discovery Communications LLC , 2023 WL 3335417 (Fla. May 10, 2023) The post Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Google, Inc., Yandex Inc.,
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Swifties’ Ticketmaster Lawsuit Reveals ‘Anti-Hero’ Behavior
Berkley Technology Law Journal
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
2023 Taylor Swift’s fans, affectionately called Swifties, closed out 2022 with an antitrust complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Ticketmaster, the online ticketing giant. For example, a recent FTC lawsuit filed in December 2020 seeks to undo Meta’s acquisition of two social media platforms, WhatsApp and Instagram.
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VRBO Qualifies for Section 230–Wiener v. Miller
Eric Goldman
OCTOBER 8, 2023
This lawsuit involves a tragic and deadly fire at a VRBO rental. The court dismisses VRBO from the resulting lawsuit on Section 230 and other grounds. Miller , 2023 U.S. 29, 2023) The post VRBO Qualifies for Section 230–Wiener v. Case Citation : Wiener v. LEXIS 175727 (E.D.N.Y.
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