Eric Goldman

MAY 13, 2024

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2024

I believe that’s because the court and parties are battling over redactions. Plaintiff further alleges that Defendants knew they were collecting biometric data from Illinois citizens, including children, in violation of Illinois state law.” The court shrugs its shoulders. 2024 WL 3842563 (W.D.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

As a result, UMG apparently makes the blanket assumption that it owns every element of a sound recording in its catalog, leading to overenforcements like this one where it apparently is enforcing its status as a non-exclusive licensee of the beat (which copyright law doesn’t permit). 2024 WL 3952721 (S.D.N.Y. UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 4, 2024

Utah passed a terrible law claiming to be “for the kids,” which are increasingly prevalent at the state level. NetChoice challenged the law in court primarily based on the First Amendment, but NetChoice also claimed that Section 230 preempts the latter three functions. The court concludes they do not.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

” The court summarized: According to plaintiffs, Letgo created an illusion that accounts like Mr. Brown’s could be trusted but undertook no actual verification procedures. The court again rejects for lack of causation. The court says all of the highlighted statements were substantially true. 2024 WL 372218 (10th Cir.

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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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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

Wisconsin offers a “diploma privilege” system for graduates of its two in-state law schools, while New Hampshire permits a small cohort of law students to practice without taking the bar after completing a specialized curriculum. Sherly Grey & Brenna Swanston, What can you do with a law degree?

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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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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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Eric Goldman

MARCH 22, 2025

Laura Heymann (William & Mary Law) Jeffrey Hunt Angie Jin Josh King Jonathan Klinger Prof. Stacey Lantagne (now of Western New England Law) Prof. Christa Laser (Cleveland State Law) Prof. Yassine Lefouili (Toulouse School of Economics) David Levine (Elon Law) Yoram Lichtenstein Prof. Jeff Kosseff (U.S.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The district court dismissed the case. The Ninth Circuit affirms every point of the district court’s decision. The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. .” Will a Ninth Circuit panel agree?

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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

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

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

JANUARY 11, 2025

Kilgore , 2024 WL 5295080 (W.D. 14, 2024) A magistrate judge recommends sending a 512(f) case to trial. The court summarizes the facts: The two videos at issue comprise excerpts from Lakeway City Council meetings and a presentation Kilgore gave as mayor to Lakeway residents, sitting at a desk in front of United States and Texas flags.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

A prior ruling summarized the facts the court describes as “harrowing”: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (Charles) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. In November 2024, a magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiff’s claims against OnlyFans on Section 230 grounds. 2024 WL 5339485 (N.D. Prior blog post.

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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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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

To the extent that courts have acknowledged this issue, they have presumed that everyone knew Backpage was providing illegal services to sex traffickers. So for purposes of a motion to dismiss, courts can simply assume the upstream violations. Add Section 230 into the mix and tertiary liability looks even weirder.

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