Eric Goldman

MAY 30, 2023

The bankruptcy trustee is trying to regain control over various Bang-related social media accounts. The professional/personal distinction remains hot for politicians using social media–that issue is headed to the Supreme Court). A decade late, we are still waiting for the case law to answer that question.

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Court Failure-to-appear Lawsuit Bankruptcy 98

Eric Goldman

APRIL 1, 2025

This lawsuit is against IRBsearch, a data aggregator of public records and other material allegedly scraped from the web. The report is a straightforward list of public records organized into categories such as Address Summary, Bankruptcy Records, and Voter Registrations. [A reminder that I don’t do April Fools gags.]

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Defendant Bankruptcy Failure-to-appear Court 59

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 11, 2024

[This blog post covers two decisions in the same lawsuit: the ruling on X’s initial motion to dismiss from September, which apparently never triggered my Westlaw or Lexis alerts, and then a ruling on X’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint that the court issued this week. ICS Provider. Third-Party Content.

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