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On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.
Despite the busy 2024 litigation year against companies offering AI platforms in 2024, significant intellectual property questions remain unanswered as the calendar turns to 2025. one (atypical) case filed in 2024, Raw Story Media, Inc. More corporate plaintiffs filed complaints in 2024 than ever before. In Millette v.
He also brought a similar but unrelated lawsuit against Noel Wells). Bridgers , 2024 WL 4614704 (Cal. 30, 2024) Selected Posts on #MeToo Facebook Moderator Defeats Defamation Lawsuit Over Termination Explanation–Margolies v. ” Nelson separately sued Bannon and Bridgers for defamation and related claims. (He
Candidate, 2026 Overview On May 17, 2024, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) took a step towards addressing the intersection of technology and employment with its proposed modifications to employment regulations concerning automated decision systems. By Sauntharya Manikandan, J.D.
Recapping a couple of doomed-from-inception lawsuits. Google LLC , 2024 WL 3427161 (D. July 16, 2024) Lance Benedict is a musician. 2024 WL 3421685 (Mass. The post Section 230 Preempts Two More Harassment Lawsuits appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Benedict v. Twitter Inc. The mind reels.
2024 WL 4126066 (N.D. 9, 2024) The post Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Allegedly Pornographic Ads–Reaud v. Blocking his account is also a publication decision (cite to Sikhs for Justice and FAN ). Yet another account termination/content removal ruling for the defense. Case Citation : Reaud v. Facebook Inc.
Encor Solar LLC, 2024 WL 4062051 (D. 5, 2024) The post Angi Can’t Dismiss Lawsuit Over Failed Vendor Authentication–Everyspace v. However, if the legal standard is that authentication must be done perfectly and services are the financial guarantors of any mistakes, fewer services will offer verification.
This lawsuit seeks to hold Letgo liable for the murders. 2024 WL 372218 (10th Cir. 1, 2024) The post Online Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Murder–Roland v. The Rolands agreed to meet Brown in person to buy the car. At the meeting, Brown tried to rob them at gunpoint. Negligence. Case Citation : Roland v.
The law on generative AI remains unsettled, with several lawsuits pending. This covers applications of AI to areas such as personal injury lawsuits, consumer rights, the criminal justice system, and employment discrimination claims. As the year draws to a close, our team is already planning projects for 2024.
This episode is currently a finalist in the 2024 Signal Awards ! for his misconduct and still has 33 lawsuits pending. Mulero opens up about her unimaginable story of wrongful conviction – and eventual exoneration. For The Innocent Marilyn’s Story: A Plea Deal Turned Deadly Your user agent does not support the HTML5 Audio element.
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?
May 29, 2024) The post Ninth Circuit Rejects Another Lawsuit Over Account Termination–Mercola v. .” Another failed case added to the ever growing stack of failed cases over account terminations and content removals. Case Citation: Mercola.com, LLC v. Google LLC , No. 23-2608 (9th Cir.
2024 WL 3842563 (W.D. May 29, 2024) The post AWS Can’t Shake BIPA Lawsuit for Providing Services to NBA 2K–Mayhall v. Stated differently, what exactly do we want vendors like AWS to do…act as a government deputy to police their customers’ possible misdeeds? Case Citation : Mayhall v.
The US government brought a civil lawsuit against the defendants for 203 violations. EZ Lynk Sezc , 2024 WL 1349224 (S.D.N.Y. March 28, 2024) The post Section 230 Preempts Clean Air Act Lawsuit Over “Defeat Device” Apps—U.S. Section 203 of the Clean Air Act bans the manufacture or sales of defeat devices.
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.
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. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v.
Five highlights from this week : LinkedIn Halts AI Data Processing in UK Amid Privacy Concerns Raised by ICO - they automatically opted in all users; Lessons from the CrowdStrike outage; Verizon faces lawsuit over allegedly illegal collection of voiceprints; New feature of iOS 18 and later: Request or give remote control in a Facetime call on an iPhone; (..)
Lloyd sued Facebok for a variety of claims (I initially described the suit as “a standard kitchen-sink pro se lawsuit against Facebook”). 2024 WL 5121035 (N.D. The district court dismissed the complaint in 2022. I wrote then: “This resurrects Lloyds breach of contract claim, but only temporarily. Facebook, Inc.
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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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.
Thus, the Terms of Use Agreement is a proper clickwrap contract, and the undisputed facts establish that Lindsey Partridge assented to its terms Case Citation : In re Chaves, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.
2024 WL 945325 (M.D. March 5, 2024) The post Twitter Narrows, But Doesn’t Completely Avoid, a Dangerous Copyright Lawsuit–Concord Music v. As a result, this case still poses substantial risk to Twitter and the entire Internet ecosystem. Case Citation : Concord Music Group, Inc.
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.
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). The scenario: Google thought that a user uploaded CSAM and terminated her account. ” Fraud.
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.
For example, I remain irritated about the BIPA lawsuits to try to prevent Internet services from using anti-CSAM blocklists and face scans for age authentication purposes. Selected BIPA Blog Posts AWS Can’t Shake BIPA Lawsuit for Providing Services to NBA 2K–Mayhall v. Amazon Facebook Defeats BIPA Face-Scanning Lawsuit–Zellmer v.
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. In 2020, Medina got the disclosures from the 2014 case sealed. The appeals court affirms. I’ll concentrate on the Section 230 discussion. Case Citation : Medina v.
Invoking the arbitration clause in the TOS, the defendant sought to send the lawsuit to arbitration. The 2024 district court opinion. The plaintiffs claim that purchasing the defendant’s initial loss leader offering caused the plaintiffs to subscribe to a hidden monthly recurring charge. Case Citation : Seneca v. 24-887 (9th Cir.
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.
Add this lawsuit to the ever-growing stack of failed lawsuits over account terminations and content removals. 2024 WL 1330116 (D. March 28, 2024). ” Cite to Lewis v. Case Citation : Haocheng v. YouTube, Inc., The complaint. The post YouTube Defeats Claim Over Content Removal/Demonetization–Haocheng v.
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). Sunfrog LLC , 2024 WL 940238 (E.D. March 5, 2024) Related posts * Print-on-Demand Services Face More Legal Woes–Canvasfish v.
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. ” Sanctions. Case Citation : Thiccc Boy Productions Inc.
An estimated 29,135 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes for the first nine months of 2024 ( National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ). Personal injury and product liability filings surged 78% for the year ending March 31, 2024 ( United States Courts ). billion in 2024 ( IBIS World ). Department of Justice ).
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). Presumably the downplayed language was designed to discourage class action lawsuits). Is eBay the “Seller”? Case Citation : U.S.
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. My prior blog post. Some of the points covered: “the ADA claim fails because Facebook is not a place of public accommodation.”
. " Legal Counsel: Navigating the Risks of AI" (2024). " Technology Takes Class-Action Lawsuits Out of the Slow Lane " (2024). This piece examines how technology is streamlining complex litigation processes, particularly in class-action lawsuits, and the implications for legal practice. "
Here, we’ll outline the fundamentals of law firm data security in 2024. These are the essential things you need to know about law firm data security in 2024. on social media) Loss of public and client trust in your firm Malpractice allegations and lawsuits What are your ethical and regulatory obligations?
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
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.
The court dismisses Bloom’s lawsuit against US Weekly. If a defamation lawsuit is subject to the actual malice requirement (i.e., A360 Media LLC , 2024 WL 2812905 (S.D.N.Y. June 3, 2024). Upon notification, US Weekly acknowledged the error and replaced the photo within 24-48 hours. Defamation.
I don’t know how many lawsuits they’ve filed because the team is filing many (all?) If this is correct, then these lawsuits aren’t designed to protect consumers at all, and they may turn an important consumer protection law into a net statutory loss. Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, 2024 WL 1122415 (C.D.
” 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.
This lawsuit relates to a property foreclosure contested by the then-property owner, Choudhuri, who sued pro se. Specialized Loan Servicing, 2024 U.S. 26, 2024) Prior blog posts about Zillow Section 230 Protects Zillow for Bogus Submissions of House Details–924 Bel Air v. ” This leads to an easy Section 230 dismissal.
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