TechnoLlama

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Copyright AI nerds have been eagerly awaiting a decision in the German case of Kneschke v LAION (previous blog post about the case here), and yesterday we got a ruling (text of the decision in German here, courtesy of Mirko Brüß). In short, LAION was successful in its defence against […]

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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. The post Another Lawsuit Over Online Content Restrictions Fails–Qian v. The Second Circuit affirms.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 14, 2023

This long-running lawsuit started in 2019. 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. Elenis Supreme Court ruling, but I wonder how it might apply to this case.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 24, 2023

The lawsuit claims the BPOs were TikTok’s proxies. ” The court says this may have happened here: According to the complaint, TikTok required all content moderators to use its proprietary TCS software. ” Finally, the court cites the allegations that TikTok created harm by setting unreasonable productivity standards.

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Trellis.Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

In April, Tesla will be back in court over allegations that the company’s autopilot driver-assist software is defective and led to a fatal 2018 car accident that took the life of a former Apple employee in California.

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Kevin O'Keefe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Talking to teammates today in preparation for my webinar on blogging with AI on Thursday, I discovered something pretty cool. Assuming I want to blog about the case which was dismissed on the insurance company’s appeal, I need a summary of the appellate court’s decision. was dismissed by the court.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 28, 2025

Last year, the Ninth Circuit said that plaintiffs could get around Section 230 in their lawsuit against the app maker YOLO because the app maker said it would ban users for inappropriate statements and would unmask harassers. This blog post covers the YOLO case remand after that Section 230 ruling. The court disagrees.

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Trellis.Law Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Today’s document deep dive focus is on the recent California Court of Appeals decision to remand Wozniak v. YouTube, LLC to the Superior Court of Santa Clara County and the Hon. The lawsuit, filed in August 2018,… Continue reading → The post Document Deep Dive: The Return of Wozniak v.

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Trellis.Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Approximately 41,000 civil lawsuits are filed daily in the U.S., Read Our Article… Continue reading → The post ⚡Primer on Using State Court Trial Data for Business and Competitive Intelligence first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog. and 97% circulate at the circuit and county level.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 31, 2023

The court dismissed the case without prejudice. Blog post coverage of that ruling here. ” Zhang tried the breach-of-contract workaround, but the court says flatly: “There is no exception under Section 230 for breach of contract claims.” Twitter appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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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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Eric Goldman

MARCH 10, 2023

Represented by lawyers Maria Cristina Armenta and Credence Elizabeth Sol (who keep expanding their oeuvre of failed lawsuits against Internet services), Daniels claimed YouTube had to comply with 1983 because YouTube became a state actor. In 2021, the court quickly shut down that misguided argument. My blog post on that ruling.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Corporations are legally independent entities, so a creditor or a person filing a lawsuit against a corporation usually cant reach your personal assets, although there are some exceptions. Advantages include tax benefits and a court system with special expertise in corporate issues. What Are the Pros and Cons of Starting a Corporation?

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Clio

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Whether youre a law student attempting to master case briefing, or a lawyer seeking to re-learn this skill to advocate more effectively, this blog post provides a useful cheat sheet to make tackling case briefs more efficient. Unlike legal briefs , case briefs are not submitted to the court or opposing counsel.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This lawsuit purports to focuses on the allegedly defective operation of the services’ reporting tools, but the plaintiffs’ goal was to hold the services accountable for their alleged inaction in response to some reports. The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. This doctrinal move doesn’t work.

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Trellis.Law Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Since 1985, the firm has defended corporate clients in high-exposure and technically intricate lawsuits… Continue reading → The post Deep Trellis State Court Capabilities Help Bowman and Brooke Track Trends and Defend Mass Tort Litigation in State Courts first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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lennyesq

OCTOBER 28, 2024

‘They prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations’ Iain Thomson Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has hit back at a lawsuit claiming that it’s unfairly harvesting data from Dow Jones & Co and the New York Post to feed its AI engine, as well as stealing and mangling content.

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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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Eric Goldman

JULY 21, 2024

Recapping a couple of doomed-from-inception lawsuits. The court cites the old Lycos case for the proposition that 230 applies to failure to remove, even after notice. The court adds “Recasting the defamation claim as one for negligence does nothing to save it from falling within § 230’s ambit.” Benedict v.

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 25, 2023

The single biggest impediment to blog success for lawyers is failing to focus on a niche. Niche blogs become must reads for an audience, enable a lawyer to build a reputation (often where no other lawyer is playing) and enable relationships to flourish, often for work outside the niche. The tighter the niche the better.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The court says that SMS’s photos clear the very low copyrightability threshold. ” Because the products are allegedly identical, the court says there are only so many ways to depict them. ” Because the products are allegedly identical, the court says there are only so many ways to depict them.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. Following my report, QuickLegal quickly shut down.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 17, 2023

is one of the first major class-action lawsuits to dive into questions of online collection of “public data” and generative AI training data sets. On May 11th, the court ruled on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss , granting in part and denying in part. The court also held that plaintiffs were permitted to proceed pseudonymously.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 31, 2024

Microsoft’s filings made some unredacted disclosures about Medina that were repeated in an unredacted court opinion, and those documents appeared on several websites that publish court documents. He then sued the court document repository websites (and other defendants) for defamation, false advertising, and more.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The court says there’s no claim called “sexual harassment,” and it struggles to find a matching claim. The court dismisses the claim with prejudice because Reaud can’t plead around Section 230. 9, 2024) The post Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Allegedly Pornographic Ads–Reaud v. Facebook Inc.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

2023 Taylor Swift’s fans, affectionately called Swifties, closed out 2022 with an antitrust complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Ticketmaster, the online ticketing giant. For example, a recent FTC lawsuit filed in December 2020 seeks to undo Meta’s acquisition of two social media platforms, WhatsApp and Instagram.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

With respect to the channel removal, the court says: “YouTube had no obligation to host or serve content…YouTube had the discretion to take down content that harmed its users… YouTube had the discretion to terminate channels without warning after a single case of severe abuse.” ” Cites to Daniels v.

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Kevin O'Keefe

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

No one could have envisioned the “travelings” of a book, an article or a legal blog post. A searchable database revealed that thousands of books were used “without permission,” causing some authors to express outrage and even launch lawsuits against Meta. When successful, art exceeds its creator’s plans. So true in these days of AI.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 27, 2024

I believe that’s because the court and parties are battling over redactions. There have been other decisions involving BIPA, NBA 2K, and sometimes AWS that I haven’t comprehensively blogged. This case involves the videogame NBA 2K, not a stranger to this blog. The court shrugs its shoulders.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

5, 2024) The post Angi Can’t Dismiss Lawsuit Over Failed Vendor Authentication–Everyspace v. Encor appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. .” Angi responded that “its alleged failure to vet the accuracy of third-party content is immunized by Section 230,” which is absolutely true.

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Trellis.Law Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Walker, a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, from presiding over Disney’s lawsuit… Continue reading → The post A Tale as Old as Time: Disney and DeSantis Battle in the Courts first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

When a victim suffers preventable harm, they usually can bring a claim or lawsuit for compensation. Bringing a third-party lawsuit can help a worker recover certain types of damages that are not available through workers’ compensation. Acts charged as crimes, such as assault and battery , also may result in personal injury lawsuits.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The court says that the merchant made a descriptive “fair use” of the “emoji” term, but the court didn’t actually say that “emoji” qualifies as a descriptive trademark, instead of an arbitrary mark, for stickers. ” Trademark law does not restrict that usage. ” That’s true.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 20, 2023

We used to see lawsuits like this 15+ years ago, but we don’t see them any more because they are so obviously doomed by Section 230. The court applies the standard three-part Section 230 test: ICS Provider. ” The court is confused. ” The court is confused. Whoa, what a flashback. Case Citation : Hicks v.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If this happens, a consumer might be able to pursue a claim in court. They can bring a civil lawsuit against whoever was responsible for the improper practice, seeking the damages that they sustained as a result. When the damages are relatively limited, a consumer might consider pursuing action in small claims court.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 13, 2023

The court rules for Reddit on all counts. The court says Rogozinski doesn’t have priority over Reddit. The court does not credit Rogozinski’s role in creating the subreddit as a use in commerce, and Rogozinski’s other uses (such as the book title) don’t count either. State Law Claims. Undisputed.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 30, 2024

, Atari sought a preliminary injunction, which the court denies because “Atari has not shown that it is likely to succeed on the merits.” ” In support of Printify’s position, the court summarizes: Printify does not design the products, does not manufacture or print the products, and does not ship the products.

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