Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

He also brought a similar but unrelated lawsuit against Noel Wells). Thus, this case becomes a costly education in defamation and anti-SLAPP laws. Bridgers , 2024 WL 4614704 (Cal. 30, 2024) Selected Posts on #MeToo Facebook Moderator Defeats Defamation Lawsuit Over Termination Explanation–Margolies 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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Lawsuit Law Law Court 97

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

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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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

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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Lawsuit Court Legal research Litigator 98

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

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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Defendant Lawsuit Court Law 105

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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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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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

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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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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Lawsuit Law Law 98

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

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 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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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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Machine learning Lawsuit Software Law 80

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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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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Lawsuit Defendant Court Litigator 98

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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Defendant Court Lawsuit Law 98

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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Failure-to-appear Defendant Lawsuit Court 98

Eric Goldman

JANUARY 31, 2024

This lawsuit relates to a property foreclosure contested by the then-property owner, Choudhuri, who sued pro se. I’m always intrigued by the intersection of Section 230 and real estate law. Specialized Loan Servicing, 2024 U.S. Specialized Loan appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ICS Provider.

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Lawsuit Court Law Law 95

Eric Goldman

MARCH 5, 2024

In the Sid Avery lawsuit, Pixels ultimately won at trial that it was not sufficiently vertically integrated for copyright purposes, so we’ll see if the judge’s tone changes on summary judgment. Pixels.com, LLC , 2024 WL 885356 (W.D. RedBubble * IP Lawsuits Against Print-on-Demand Vendors Continue to Vex the Courts–OSU v.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The flagship law in this area is the Consumer Review Fairness Act, enacted by Congress in 2016. My primer on that law. California enacted a similar law, Civil Code 1670.8, informally called the “Yelp Law” (as in, it protected consumers’ rights to post reviews on Yelp). 2024 WL 4882638 (C.D.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Therefore, this exclusive NFC technology has become the basis of an antitrust investigation in the EU as well as a class action lawsuit in the United States. However, the several year battle, governed by the EU over Apple’s coveted tap-to-pay technology, came to a head in early 2024 when Apple offered to settle the EU antitrust suit.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The court says the plaintiff had standing: “Salazar’s alleged injury stems from the unauthorized disclosure of his personal viewing information, which is closely related to at least one common-law analog traditionally recognized as providing a basis for a lawsuit in American courts: public disclosure of private facts.”

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Court Lawsuit Law Law 98

Eric Goldman

APRIL 28, 2024

” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent. Given that plaintiffs often need the filing fee savings to make SAD Scheme cases cost-effective, I expect this lawsuit to dissolve completely.

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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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Eric Goldman

MARCH 25, 2024

This well-publicized lawsuit is an example of Musk waging lawfare over a critic’s speech. As a result, the court finds that much of the lawsuit is a SLAPP. By declaring the lawsuit a SLAPP, the court concludes that Twitter misused the court system in an attempt to suppress CCDH’s speech. “X Corp.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The result [the court] must reach is rooted in positive law. It is the court’s function to apply the law in its current form. In that respect, the law has been quite consistent for a long time. Thus, as the court notes, sexual abuse cases are tragic, but the lawsuits were against the wrong defendants. Backpage ].

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Defendant Failure-to-appear Court Judge 95

Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In my previous post , I summarized: This lawsuit involves troubling allegations that Facebook executives ( allegedly , Nick Clegg, Nicola Mendelsohn, and Cristian Perrella) took bribes from OnlyFans-related entities to spike Facebook and Instagram posts that promoted competitors of OnlyFans. Instagram, LLC, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 171462 (N.D.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Roberts Its become known as the sad beige lawsuit or the case that asks the question can you ever really own an aesthetic ? Intellectual property law has not traditionally protected the way someone styles their hair, makes up their face, or decorates their home, whether or not those choices are photographed and shared.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 24, 2024

Implications I note again that a decade ago, a number of states passed laws banning employers for asking for employees’ social media login credentials–without defining when an account was the employee’s or the employer’s. Gutman , 2024 WL 172609 (2d Cir. Case citation : JLM Couture, Inc. Spartz, Inc.

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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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