Eric Goldman

APRIL 3, 2024

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.

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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. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2024

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.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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

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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). The scenario: Google thought that a user uploaded CSAM and terminated her account. ” Fraud.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

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; (..)

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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.

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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). ” Cite to Lewis v. Case Citation : Haocheng v. YouTube, Inc., The complaint. The post YouTube Defeats Claim Over Content Removal/Demonetization–Haocheng v.

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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. 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.

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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). Sunfrog LLC , 2024 WL 940238 (E.D. March 5, 2024) Related posts * Print-on-Demand Services Face More Legal Woes–Canvasfish 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. ” Sanctions. Case Citation : Thiccc Boy Productions Inc.

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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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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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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

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?

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2024

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.

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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. My prior blog post. Some of the points covered: “the ADA claim fails because Facebook is not a place of public accommodation.”

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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. 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.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2024

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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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

JUNE 12, 2024

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.

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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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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This gets to the heart of the lawsuits over UGC service’s “defective design” features. These lawsuits are absolutely about how the services gather, organize, and disseminate third-party content. Yost , 2024 WL 555904 (S.D. Yost appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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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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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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Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 2, 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.

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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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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Thus, as the court notes, sexual abuse cases are tragic, but the lawsuits were against the wrong defendants. For now, the conflicting decisions spurs many lawsuits that I think have failed (or will) and act as a form of revictimization. 2024 WL 678248 (Conn. In that respect, the law has been quite consistent for a long time.

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lennyesq

APRIL 1, 2024

On April 15, 2024 after nearly sixteen years and twenty plus dismissal attempts by CACI, the case will go to trial. In fact, this is the first lawsuit where victims of U.S. government to conduct interrogations at the prison. The only case of its kind still alive, Al Shimari v. CACI is an exceedingly rare opportunity for accountability.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 4, 2024

” “Plaintiff’s timing in filing and dismissing its lawsuit suggests an improper purpose… Plaintiff’s delay in filing the TRO undercuts its supposed urgency, suggesting instead that Plaintiff timed its filing to sideline its competitors during a busy sales season. Schedule A Defendants , 1:23-cv-02605-JLR (S.D.N.Y.

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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”). 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.

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