Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This lawsuit seeks to hold Letgo liable for the murders. Since we affirm the district court’s rulings on the state law claims, we need not resolve the federal law cross appeal.” 2024 WL 372218 (10th Cir. 1, 2024) The post Online Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Murder–Roland v. Negligence.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Recently, the companys aggressive enforcement of its intellectual property (IP) has taken center stage, with high-profile lawsuits targeting game modders, emulator developers, and companies like Pocketpair, the creators of Palworld. The lawsuit seeks damages and an injunction against the games continued distribution?

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Eric Goldman

MAY 30, 2024

May 29, 2024) The post Ninth Circuit Rejects Another Lawsuit Over Account Termination–Mercola v. YouTube appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. .” Another failed case added to the ever growing stack of failed cases over account terminations and content removals. Case Citation: Mercola.com, LLC v.

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Clio

APRIL 2, 2025

See how Clios personal injury law software can make managing cases easier and help you better serve clients. Law firms that develop expertise in areas like opioid litigation, nursing home negligence, and emerging vehicle technologies will be well-positioned to help clients affected by these issues.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 27, 2024

Plaintiff further alleges that Defendants knew they were collecting biometric data from Illinois citizens, including children, in violation of Illinois state law.” 2024 WL 3842563 (W.D. May 29, 2024) The post AWS Can’t Shake BIPA Lawsuit for Providing Services to NBA 2K–Mayhall v.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The tsunami of anti-AI laws (and other laws against synthetic content) put all of those AR filters in jeopardy–after all, they produce fake algorithmically-generated images. But before we get there, AR filters are in jeopardy due to an old-school privacy law, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 8, 2024

CPUSA2, LLC , 2024 WL 2836241 (S.D. June 4, 2024) BONUS: RVC Floor Decor, Ltd. 2024 WL 2847139 (E.D.N.Y. June 5, 2024). Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Brown Engstrand * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v.

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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. 2024 WL 283641 (S.D.N.Y. RedBubble * IP Lawsuits Against Print-on-Demand Vendors Continue to Vex the Courts–OSU v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Lloyd sued Facebok for a variety of claims (I initially described the suit as “a standard kitchen-sink pro se lawsuit against Facebook”). Neither the statutory language nor the case law suggests that applicability of 230(c)(1) turns on the type of third-party speech involved. 2024 WL 5121035 (N.D. Facebook, Inc.

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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

Law firm data security should be a top priority for any practice, and here’s why: Clients trust you with their most confidential information. Since clients entrust lawyers with so much of their sensitive data, law firms make prime targets for cybercrime. You don’t want your law firm to become part of that statistic.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 3, 2024

The US government brought a civil lawsuit against the defendants for 203 violations. Stripping this system down to its Internet Law basics, the defendants apparently run a walled garden app store for car modification apps. EZ Lynk Sezc , 2024 WL 1349224 (S.D.N.Y. EZ Lynk appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

A reminder: this lawsuit is a battle royale. Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation , 2024 WL 4532937 (N.D. 24, 2024) This ruling involves the school districts’ claims against social media for their alleged role in providing resource-intensive mental health support for students.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The EPA civilly sued eBay for third-party merchant listings of items that violate environmental laws. eBay defeats the lawsuit. 2024 WL 4350523 (E.D.N.Y. 30, 2024) * * * BONUS: In the Matter of Amazon.com, Inc., Consumer Product Safety Commission July 29, 2024). Is eBay the “Seller”? CPSC Docket No.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A rare case analyzing Section 230’s intersection with admiralty law. MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). The case involves GetMyBoat, an online marketplace for boat rentals. A boating accident led to Lindsey’s tragic death.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 14, 2024

Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts. Ultimately, I understand why the school districts joined the lawsuit–on the can’t hurt, might help theory that maybe they could get a little money for no additional work on their part.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Four highlights from this week : How to detect poisoned data in machine learning datasets; Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky; UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges; and How U.S. health care providers deal with hundreds of data breaches every year.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2024

The court doesn’t take the bait: The court rejects the argument that “merely hosting infringing content, until it is subject to a takedown notice, constitutes “materially contributing” to infringement under current law.” 2024 WL 945325 (M.D. X appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 30, 2024

The user took the matter to court (pro se), where the lawsuit failed: Contract Breach. This becomes yet another unsuccessful account termination/content removal lawsuit. Google LLC , 2024 WL 3551878 (D.D.C. July 26, 2024). Google appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Fraud. The complaint.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 6, 2024

2024 WL 3914512 (C.D. July 31, 2024) The trademark owner Alsa sells chrome paint. Rock Top Holdings, LLC , 2024 WL 3599064 (D. Utah July 31, 2024) The parties compete to sell countertops. Remember: the only winnners of keyword ads lawsuits are the lawyers. A couple of keyword ad cases from a couple of months ago.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Brett Trout In a recent decision by the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (CoA) dated December 20, 2024, the court underscored the critical importance of precise patent drafting. The case involved Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which faced significant challenges to its patent due to inaccuracies in its patent claims.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 12, 2024

In 2014, California enacted AB2365 , sometimes called the “Yelp law,” codified at Cal. The law prohibits businesses from suppressing consumer reviews (on Yelp or elsewhere). Thus, more likely, this law is one of thousands of laws that the California legislature passes with some hype but then gets widely ignored.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 20, 2025

Invoking the arbitration clause in the TOS, the defendant sought to send the lawsuit to arbitration. The 2024 district court opinion. Homeaglow appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Here is one of the screens consumers purportedly navigated: This looks like a standard “sign-in-wrap.”

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Eric Goldman

MAY 31, 2024

The trial court anti-SLAPPED that lawsuit. 2024 WL 2745115 (Cal. May 29, 2024) The post Section 230 Applies to Publication of Court Documents–Medina v. Microsoft appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. In 2020, Medina got the disclosures from the 2014 case sealed. The appeals court affirms.

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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. 2024 WL 3331649 (N.D. Twitter * “Material Support for Terrorism” Lawsuit Fails a Third Time–Colon v. Two of those cases, Gonzalez v. Google and Taamneh v.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Now, with a little more time to complete its analysis, the court wrote a more thorough and refined opinion preliminarily enjoining Ohio’s law requiring parental consent for children’s usage of social media. AG Yost disingenuously argued that the law enhances parents’ control over their children’s contracts.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 6, 2024

If that rings a bell, it’s because just yesterday I blogged on a DIFFERENT fish painter, DeYoung, who also brought an IP lawsuit against a print-on-demand service (Pixels). New practice area alert for law students: the specialty niche of fish artists asserting IP claims against print-on-demand services. Volitional Conduct.

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Colin S. Levy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), cloud computing, and data analytics, present both challenges and opportunities for law firms and in-house legal departments. For law firms, the question centers on how to deploy these tools without undermining the billable hour model that underpins profitability.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 30, 2024

Add this lawsuit to the ever-growing stack of failed lawsuits over account terminations and content removals. 2024 WL 1330116 (D. March 28, 2024). YouTube appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case Citation : Haocheng v. YouTube, Inc., The complaint.

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Clio

DECEMBER 12, 2024

It is likely to affect how lawyers practice law, and it will also have legal implications that impact society more broadly. A recent report for the Law Society of England and Wales put forth the concept of lawyers switching from hourly billing to charging for billable units of attention. How does neurotechnology impact the legal field?

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Shortly after bringing this lawsuit, Schaub publicly declared (cleaned up): “I am finally going after anyone who harasses me online, including comics. Swindelles , 2024 WL 733425 (D.R.I. 22, 2024) The post Reaction Videos Are Fair Use–Thiccc Boy v. Swindelles appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 9, 2024

Lloyd brought a pro se lawsuit against Facebook raising a myriad of concerns. 2024 WL 3325389 (9th Cir. July 8, 2024) The post Facebook Isn’t Subject to the ADA–Lloyd v. Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. My prior blog post. Case Citation : Lloyd v. Facebook, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For over two decasdes, 1-800 Contacts has brought competitive keyword advertising lawsuits to hinder its competitors and boost its prices to consumers. 1-800 Contacts expressed its gratitude to the Second Circuit by promptly bringing a spate of new anti-competitive keyword ad lawsuits, including this one against Warby Parker.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2024

The court dismisses Bloom’s lawsuit against US Weekly. The court says that the plaintiff must establish actual malice to overcome the newsworthiness exception to publicity rights (using an analogy to anti-SLAPP law), which she didn’t do. * * * Ugh, a rough ruling for the plaintiff. A360 Media LLC , 2024 WL 2812905 (S.D.N.Y.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On January 4, 2024, the North Carolina Justice for All Project (JFAP) filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the state of North Carolina claiming unlawful infringement upon their fundamental right of free speech to provide simple legal advice to North Carolinians. But this, of course, is not the end to JFAP’s story.

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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). 29, 2024) The post Think You Understand Online Trespass to Chattels Law?

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Vogel IT Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

NOT A SURPRISE SINCE 95% OF ALL LAWSUITS SETTLE that Computerworld.com reported that “While details of the settlement have not been disclosed, Google’s lawyers, reportedly, maintain that the internet giant did not violate Bates or Singular’s patents in any manner.” The January 25, 2024 article entitled “Google settles $1.7

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