Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Justia provides a Probate Law Center that can guide executors, heirs, and anyone else involved in the process. If needed, the probate court will appoint someone to manage the estate. Key duties of an executor include filing the will (if any) with the probate court and gathering and valuing the assets in the estate.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In my Internet Law course, I still teach the Pharmatrak case from 2003, where an analytics service provider used a pixel and other tracking technology. There are hundreds of pixel lawsuits in the courts right now (and surely more to come after a ruling like this). Note: the court cites Facebook v.

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LLRX

JULY 20, 2024

Five highlights from this week : This is likely the biggest password leak ever: nearly 10 billion credentials exposed; How to Stay Safe From Third-Party Seller Scams; The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy; DOJ Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media (..)

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

At this point, the plaintiffs are arguing that their claims belong in state court because their allegations are too weak to support Article III standing for federal court. The court also says Amazon’s permission to write reviews may conflict with the trademark restriction, another misreading.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 12, 2024

Some screenshots depicting the framing (the first image shows Google’s superimposed frame on the right; the second shows what happens if users click on the frame in the first image): If this issue sounds familiar, it’s because framing generated huge discussion in Internet Law circles… 20+ years ago.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Marcus Hedahl , Professor of Philosophy, United States Naval Academy and Bradley Jay Strawser , Professor of Philosophy, Naval Postgraduate School worry that Trump’s actions while president, and his comments about his plans for a potential second term, may put the military in a tough position.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Note that the data localization prohibition in this Regulation applies to individual EU Member States’ laws; it does not preclude the EU from implementing data localization requirements. The EU institutions are negotiating a final draft.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

state to introduce a new pathway for attorney licensing , allowing law school graduates to become licensed lawyers without the need for the traditional bar exam or graduating from an in-state law school. Oregon made history this week by becoming the first U.S.

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Martindale-Avvo

MAY 7, 2024

In October 2023, actor Tom Hanks warned fans about a fake ad for dental services featuring a fabricated image of his likeness, stating, “I have nothing to do with it.” The courts have interpreted the Lanham Act to support cases involving the nonconsensual use of a person’s “voice” or “persona” in this manner.

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Wisblawg

JANUARY 16, 2024

Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes Univ. Supreme Court in Chadha to an approach in which a legislative body’s objection halts the rulemaking process until the executive branch responds.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MAY 23, 2022

Like other state privacy laws, the CTPA contains a number of entity-based and data-based exemptions, including financial institutions covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, national securities associations that are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and data regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, among other exemptions.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

What are you seeing as like March 2024, for problems that, that users are running into this? Pablo Arredondo 14:10 So and then relatedly literally less one, and then let’s jump but another 2024 problem we’re seeing is like how do we regulate this as a profession, right? But what are you, you know, we had some what I call March 2023.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

2024 WL 1337370 (N.D. March 28, 2024) This case involves the same allegations as the GG v. Readers with good memories will recall that I have blogged several other cases against Salesforce with similar allegations, with mixed results in court. MySpace ruling, which is binding on this court (whereas the GG decision is not).

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Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

On remand, the court dismisses the remaining defendants primarily due to Section 230, with leave to amend. The court summarizes the facts: Plaintiff alleges she was trafficked as a minor and her traffickers filmed her while she was engaged in sex acts. . The court says Section 230 preempts it in this case. The Lemmon v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

The Legal Landscape There are few laws that directly regulate how companies can use GenAI chatbots to assist with customer service, although it is a growing area of interest for regulators both in the United States and internationally. On March 13, 2024, Utah became one of the first U.S.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

The court responds: “Doe’s breeding ground theory essentially seeks to hold Meta liable for failing to remove traffickers’ grooming messages and posts advertising their victims for sex.” Finally: in passing, the court says “Her trafficker was convicted in a criminal trial and sentenced to 40 years in prison.”

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The appellate court refers to Doe’s behavior as “ capping.” The court dismissed the case on Section 230 grounds. Knowing CSAM Possession The district court dismissed the CSAM civil claim on Section 230 grounds. The 11th Circuit affirms, but relies only partially on Section 230 grounds.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

What are you seeing as like March 2024, for problems that, that users are running into this? Pablo Arredondo 14:10 So and then relatedly literally less one, and then let’s jump but another 2024 problem we’re seeing is like how do we regulate this as a profession, right? But what are you, you know, we had some what I call March 2023.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2024

Given all of these variables, the Supreme Court cannot possibly provide a single test to resolve every case over government employees using social media. Still, I was hopeful we might get some clarity when the Supreme Court took two cases with different facts and divergent lower court outcomes.

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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. Having manufactured the requirement of that the claim must be based on “particular” content to trigger Section 230, the court says none of the claims do that. District of Columbia v. Meta Platforms, Inc., LEXIS 27 (D.C.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The plaintiffs claim that IXL “collected and monetized the data of millions of school-age children who used the IXL platform without parental consent,” in violation of the ECPA and state law. In any case, the court easily rejects this argument. Unsurprisingly, the court denies IXL’s arbitration request.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. The court dismisses OnlyFans per Section 230.

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