Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing
Trellis.Law Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2023
On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing.
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Legal Tech Monitor
DECEMBER 1, 2023
On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing. Continue reading → The post Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.
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But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.
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Legal Tech Monitor
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Eric Goldman
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When I first blogged this case in January 2021, I wrote: This lawsuit, like many others before it, claims that UGC services like YouTube commit illegal discrimination based on how they moderate content. The latest ruling addresses YouTube’s motion to dismiss the fourth amended complaint, which the court grants with prejudice.
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I then follow up with a comprehensive blog post–often a 5k+ word post that can take me 20+ hours to write. In advance of the Moody ruling, the editors of the Cato Supreme Court Review asked me to submit a book chapter based on my inevitable comprehensive post. I emailed this correction to the court, which they have since made. (I
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Eric Goldman
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” The court says this may have happened here: According to the complaint, TikTok required all content moderators to use its proprietary TCS software. The court also cites the allegation that “TikTok promised its moderators that they could opt out of child pornography by using the queue system, but that system is allegedly faulty.”
Eric Goldman
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There are more than 300 opinions by federal courts dealing with the express preemption of contracts, and within them two main approaches have emerged. Until recently, the Sixth Circuit was the most prominent court that endorsed this approach. In December 2022, the Supreme Court invited the U.S. A third approach?
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Eric Goldman
MARCH 29, 2023
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Eric Goldman
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Eric Goldman
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The ruling I’m blogging today involves Kristin Coauette Johnson , whose relationship with the team is unspecified (she appears to be a hockey mom?). The court distinguishes Barrett v. Unfortunately, the court doesn’t reach this simple conclusion. Coauette made two public postings regarding the October 30 letter.
Eric Goldman
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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog
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So but I hear we have another Schwartz. Greg Lambert 0:52 Yes, apparently this time in Los Angeles, we in our home, or at least an attorney related to a firm that had to explain why there was a brief submitted to the court that had multiple made up citations in there. Excuse was Sorry, didn’t check it. Like we’re I love the strategy.
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Eric Goldman
DECEMBER 8, 2023
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