Eric Goldman

APRIL 9, 2025

Extensively citing Chabolla , the court rejects the arbitration request. The court says Plex’s relationship context cuts against TOS formation. The court’s treatment of the sign-up screen’s call-to-action is perplexing (no pun intended). Plex offers free video streaming.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 12, 2025

” The plaintiffs brought a pre-enforcement challenge to the law, but the court denies a preliminary injunction. The court explains: Deepfakes are image, audio, or video files that mimic real or nonexistent people saying and doing things that never happened. The court does realize the overlap here, right? ” Hmm.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 11, 2025

Pandabuy initially no-showed in the case, so the court converted the TRO to a preliminary injunction. Pandabuy eventually showed up in court and explained how it operates more like a passive facilitator than a seller or manufacturer. This additional context prompted the court to dissolve the injunction. SAD Scheme Cases Suck.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

The ban entered into force on 2 February 2025. However, although persuasive, the Guidelines are not authoritative and the EU AI Acts application is likely to be refined by its practical implementation and the courts in the future.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 24, 2025

Candidate, 2025 No one wants to be left holding the bag after a break-in, but for chief information security officers (CISOs), the risk of liability is ever-present. District Court for the Southern District of New York suggests that CISOs might be outside of point-blank range. By Gaurav Lalsinghani, J.D.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 28, 2025

The defendant claimed that the First Amendment barred the lawsuit “because the claims would interfere with Defendant’s First Amendment discretion to choose its own content moderation policy,” citing the O’Handley district court case. The court disagrees. 2025 WL 819567 (C.D. ” What? ” What?

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The court says that the plaintiffs’ allegations treat AFF as the data controller and Confirm ID as the data processor, and that’s sufficient to acknowledge the affiliate relationship. Second, the court turns to the TOS formation question. On the minus side, the court notes that the call-to-actions are in smaller gray font.

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lennyesq

DECEMBER 24, 2024

13, 2025, by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), hours after a Monday court ruling reinstated the reporting requirement. 1, 2025, BOI reporting deadline pending a further order of the court. The injunction was issued in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. Garland , No. 4:24-CV-478 (E.D.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 7, 2025

The court credits Robinsons allegations that Roblox employees reviewed and approved Binello’s upload of Robinson’s copyrighted work, created a copy of that work, and stored that copy on the Roblox server. On this basis, the court distinguished VHT v. This court didnt do that. Robinson alleges that it was.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The court issues him a chastising warning against using unauthorized pseudonyms. In this case, Affleck posted 38 comments on Harvard Crimson articles, using 2 different names (not specified by the court). The court implies that perhaps Affleck’s comments were anti-Zionist? 2025 WL 330577 (D. Raycom , and more.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. The court responds: “Plaintiffs do not clearly identify the ‘product’ at issue or the ‘design defect’ it allegedly contains.” ” The court responds: Many of the statements simply describe what content is allowed on the platforms.

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Clio

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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Wisblawg

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Illinois Supreme Court has released its new policy on generative AI use in courts , effective January 1, 2025. The court recognizes that AI misuse could jeopardize due process or equal protection, warning that misleading AI-generated content that creates bias or interferes with truth-finding will not be tolerated.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 30, 2025

March 18, 2025) This case involved the completely AI-generated work, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”: The copyright applicant, Thaler, disclaimed any human involvement in the work’s creation. The district court ruled it wasn’t copyrightable. ” The court also isn’t sold on the irreparable injury.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 12, 2025

2025 WL 961473 (W.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025) This case involves the service Joybuy, which listed items for sale in Walmart.coms marketplace. The court is unclear about how Joybuy operates, but it appears that Joybuy (via the entity JD) runs its own online marketplace. Omnia Studios Ltd. JD E-Commerce America Ltd.,

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lennyesq

MARCH 4, 2025

The paper also sued because the county barred county employees from talking to reporters, but the court says this equal protection claim is duplicative of the retaliation one. BRIEF / February 25, 2025 Read the ruling here. BINGHAMTON, N.Y.

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lennyesq

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Talk about court red-handed Thomas Claburn Demonstrating yet again that uncritically trusting the output of generative AI is dangerous, attorneys involved in a product liability lawsuit have apologized to the presiding judge for submitting documents that cite non-existent legal cases.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As we previewed in our 2024 AI year in review , one of the big areas to watch in 2025 will be how much discovery courts are prepared to order into the inner workings of AI companies, especially in the face of arguments that discovery would reveal trade secrets or would be overbroad in cases based on specific claimed works. OpenAI, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 9, 2025

The district court granted summary judgment to YouTube. Qian seemed to claim that he didn’t get any notice and explanation about YouTube’s actions as he thought the TOS required, but the court disagrees. YouTube, LLC , 2025 WL 582785 (2d Cir. Qian sued YouTube for breaching its TOS. The Second Circuit affirms.

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Pillsbury Law Internet and Technology blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

After a decade of litigation and a pivotal Supreme Court ruling from 2023, the legal battle between Jack Daniels and VIP Products has taken yet another turn, this time back in favor of Jack Daniels. On remand from the Supreme Court in the case VIP Products LLC v. Jack Daniels Properties Inc., Continue Reading

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

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. 2025 may bring some clarity to the legal status of AI, including through highly anticipated guidance from the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 20, 2025

The district court said “There are elements of both [clickwrap and sign-in-wrap] here.” The district court also noted that this screen appeared after the consumer had already made their initial purchase, so it’s a post-transaction process, which raises consideration issues. March 19, 2025). Homeaglow, Inc. ,

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 3, 2025

The district court agrees with the plaintiff. The court adds: “the purpose of Section 230 immunityto encourage Internet service providers to voluntarily monitor and edit user-generated speech in internet trafficwould not be served by protecting Capital One from liability in this case.” 2025 WL 606194 (W.D.

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Clio

MARCH 10, 2025

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Clio

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Staying up-to-date with rules and regulations Court rules and regulations are the bread and butter of paralegal practice, especially since paralegals often need to know these in more detail than attorneys. The skill-based CLEs will necessarily also focus on the common tech tools in use.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The court refuses Temu’s preliminary injunction request. Shein Technology LLC , 2025 WL 445187 (D.C.D.C. 9, 2025) Prior Posts on Section 512(f) * Copyright Battles Over City Council Videos * Record Label Sends Bogus Takedown Notice, Defeats 512(f) Claim AnywayWhite v. Case Citation : Whaleco Inc. Alper Automotive v.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

White now claims that DistroKid infringed his copyrights to the beats, both directly and indirectly (the court dismissed the indirect claims last year). The court summarizes the doctrine (comparing the Cablevision and EMI v. ” The court says that this isn’t what the BMP v. Ugh, so much going wrong here.

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The Barrister

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, the Charleston School of launched its renamed and reorganized Center for Diversity in the Legal Profession. Hernandez 2024-2025 Sol Blatt Jr. 2141 (2023) ︎ Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions – SCOTUSblog ︎ Id. Harvard , 3 the U.S.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MARCH 19, 2025

As the first quarter of 2025 draws to a close and we look ahead to the spring, important changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) regarding the use of AI in the courtroom are on the horizon. 7, 2025 ) , Tab 3A Report of the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules (Dec. See Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules Agenda Book (Nov.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2025

The court says that Viral DRM’s exclusive “management” rights is not the same as ownership or an exclusive license to the copyright. The court says that Viral DRM doesn’t have standing to enforce the copyright. 2025 WL 660250 (N.D. 2025 WL 660250 (N.D. Case Citation : Viral DRM LLC v.

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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

9 Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) : For those uninterested in litigation, ADR roles such as mediation and arbitration offer opportunities to resolve conflicts outside of court. last visited Feb 27, 2025). St Francis School of Law (2021), [link] (last visited Feb 27, 2025). link] (last visited Feb 27, 2025).

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CloudNine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

On February 18, 2025, at The Masters Conference in Miami, I had the privilege of speaking on a panel alongside Matt Rasmussen (ModeOne), Alex Lewis (Kuro Group), and Brittany Leonard (General Counsel) to discuss one of the most pressing challenges in eDiscovery today: Modern Data Management. Red Wolf Energy Trading v.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 17, 2025

As the judge says resignedly, “Taking these provisions directly from a law enacted in the United Kingdom, the California Legislature left it to the courts to pass the CAADCA through the filter of our First Amendment.” Unsurprisingly, on remand, the district court declared the rest unconstitutional.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 7, 2025

The court takes two elements off the table immediately: “Plaintiffs do not contest that MMA was a user of an interactive computer service, nor that MMA received the Kane Email from another information content provider.” USI Insurance Services, LLC , 2025 WL 711113 (N.D. This turns into an easy Section 230 dismissal.

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Wisblawg

JANUARY 17, 2025

We’ll discuss both the benefits and potential pitfalls of AI adoption and examine recent guidance from the ABA and the courts. 22, 2025, 12-1 p.m. 23, 2025, 1-2 p.m. 24, 2025, 12-1 p.m. 24, 2025, 12-1 p.m. Session 1: Wednesday, Jan.

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CloudNine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Privacy concerns require forensic teams to limit collections to court-ordered data only, fostering trust in both the legal team and custodians. Shah noted that in a recent case involving Uber, the court moved closer to treating linked files like traditional attachments, signaling a shift in judicial expectations.

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