Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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. Letgo appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Letgo, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Power Ventures for the proposition that de minimis losses can state a 502 claim…belated kudos to Facebook’s litigation team for setting key Facebook-favorable precedent ] Facebook also challenged that it made sufficient “use” of the data. This sounds like the recipe for an infinite litigation machine.

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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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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. Google LLC , No.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

And while I think some of the most exciting use cases for this technology is uploading your own documents, right, we were talking before we started about, you know, pointing it at all of the documents in your litigation, the transcripts, the correspondence, discovery, etc. That is at the heart of litigation. Do we need new rules?

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

But the risks of irresponsible adoption of GenAI customer service chatbots, including increased litigation and reputational risk, could eclipse their promise. On March 13, 2024, Utah became one of the first U.S.

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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. In reaching these rulings, states courts have based their holdings on a wide array of provisions of their state constitutions.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

And while I think some of the most exciting use cases for this technology is uploading your own documents, right, we were talking before we started about, you know, pointing it at all of the documents in your litigation, the transcripts, the correspondence, discovery, etc. That is at the heart of litigation. Do we need new rules?

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Legal research Legal tech Legal tech Hearing 52

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Omegle.com, LLC , 2024 WL 5040478 (11th Cir. Spoiler: Probably No One) * FOSTAs Political Curse * FOSTA Doesnt Help Pro Se Litigants Defamation Claim Against Facebook * Constitutional Challenge to FOSTA Dismissed for Lack of Standing (Guest Blog Post) * An Update on the Constitutional Court Challenge to FOSTAWoodhull Freedom v.

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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. Snap litigation. Furthermore, an appeal of this case will go to the Fifth Circuit, and I can easily imagine they will mangle the law as they usually do. * * * Unknown Parties v. Google LLC , 2024 WL 1892291 (N.D.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. Doe fails to state a plausible TVPRA claim, so Doe cannot invoke a statutory exception to 230 immunity.” The district court dismissed the case.

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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. That’s a litigation strategy, I guess. 2024 WL 4882638 (C.D. 25, 2024) The post Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v.

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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. 2024 WL 4658276 (N.D. IXL appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case Citation : Shanahan v.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In November 2024, a magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiff’s claims against OnlyFans on Section 230 grounds. 2024 WL 5339485 (N.D. Fenix profited from sales of the video footage that Romelus posted on OnlyFans Charles and Romelus were criminally prosecuted and took plea deals that (surprisingly) avoided jailtime.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

It’s my position that Section 230 equally applies to non-US plaintiffs and defendants if they are litigating in US courts. (If If they are suing internationally, then the SPEECH Act may restrict plaintiffs’ ability to import judgments to the US that would have conflicted with Section 230 if litigated in the US).

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Note: Backpage shut down April 2018, but Backpage-related litigation continues into 2025 and beyond]. Or perhaps Salesforce wants courts to scale back Section 230 as a common law repeal of the statute? 2024 WL 5163222 (5th Cir. Add Section 230 into the mix and tertiary liability looks even weirder. Case Citation : A.B.

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