CaseFox

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The legal proceedings can be broadly categorised into civil and criminal litigation, each governed by distinct laws and procedures. This blog highlights the key differences between civil and criminal litigation according to the law. Discovery is the process by which parties exchange information and evidence.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I Even pro se litigants typically recognize these cases are doomed and rarely file them any more. Nextdoor appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Nextdoor, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

But the sender’s dereliction in this case really got to me, so it’s worth the blog post. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v. Canning * 17 USC 512(f) Preempts State Law Claims Over Bogus Copyright Takedown Notices–Amaretto v.

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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

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.” Letgo appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. That was an obviously problematic conclusion. Nevertheless, the Tenth Circuit dodges it: “We need not reach this issue.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v. Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. Ripps appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 16, 2023

The litigants are an employer and former employee. “Courts in the Ninth Circuit have regularly held that the DMCA preempts state law claims arising out of submission of takedown notices.” ” 512(f) once again wipes out state law claims, even if 512(f) doesn’t apply. Create Music Group, Inc.,

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Instagram appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. It would have been easy to save the list at the end of each day. You can essentially hear Judge Alsup’s teeth gnashing in the opinion. 23, 2024) The post Allegations of a Bribe-Driven Facebook-OnlyFans Conspiracy Unsurprisingly Fall Apart in Court–Dangaard v.

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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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Eric Goldman

APRIL 1, 2023

Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v. Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. Maritas appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To be valid, a will usually must be in writing, created by a testator with legal capacity to make a will, and signed by the testator and witnesses in accordance with state law. Justia provides a 50-state survey on requirements for wills.) How Do You Prove the Validity of a Will? How Are Assets Distributed if There Is No Will?

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

On December 16, 2021, Anna Gressel and Avi Gesser from our Data Strategy and Security Group were joined by Maeve O’Connor and Jyotin Hamid of our Commercial Litigation Group for a special installment of our Data Security Webcast on artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity whistleblowers.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v. Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. Barrett Financial appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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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. 25, 2024) The post Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. Amazon.com, Inc.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In some cases, a consumer might resort to alternative dispute resolution , rather than litigation. Either arbitration or mediation may be faster and less expensive than litigation. The federal government has not yet enacted a comprehensive data privacy law, although various federal laws protect certain types of people or information.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2025

In those circusmtances, copyright law is an especially attractive tool to the pugilists, with its strict liability standards, amorphous fair use boundaries, high defense costs, and effectiveness of takedown notices. Longarzo * DMCAs Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law ClaimsStevens v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For purposes of these blog posts, we focus mainly on the former use case—matching a face to a specific person for identification purposes—rather than other use cases such as emotional evaluation and lie detection. State Laws Permitting but Regulating Collection and Use of Biometric Identifiers, including Facial Data.

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Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Given its similarity to Illinois’s (BIPA), if the New York BPA is enacted, it would likely make New York home to a flurry of class action litigation. Unlike the Washington law, the proposed Massachusetts and New York bills contain no safe harbors for security uses. Has the company obtained those individuals’ consent?

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

But this new era of AI has not come without controversy, as authors and rights holders have launched waves of litigation against the companies that trained and released generative AI models, as well as their investors and affiliates, alleging violations of intellectual property rights.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JULY 9, 2022

And I think they could certainly be protected under both copyright, to which we typically turn to protect works of art, and also state law rights of publicity, to which we typically turn to protect people’s names, images, and likenesses. [Professor Molly Van Houweling] [11:11] Yeah, it’s a really thought-provoking question.

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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. So that’s part one.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Mindgeek litigation, the court certified a class of CSAM victims suing Mindgeek for “knowingly” disseminating videos of them. US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Doe v. Twitter, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

We’re still working through the first wave of litigation testing Congress’ poor handiwork. US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Doe v. Last October , in Doe v.

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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. In this Debevoise Data Blog post, we focus on customer service chatbots and provide some practices that can help companies avoid legal and reputational risk when adopting such tools.

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Information Privacy Law. With a thorough discussion of the nuances related to advertising and tracking, this section also covers the new privacy laws impacting the industry, including updates stemming from the CCPA, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), and the Colorado Privacy Act.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

I never blogged that opinion for two reasons. Second, the opinion was so clearly wrong and garbled that I expected the Seventh Circuit would take the case en banc and issue a more coherent and less terrible opinion that I would then blog. I can’t bring myself to go back and blog that opinion now. Snap litigation.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Even if not enacted, its provisions are likely to influence a future federal privacy law. And, in many ways, the ADPPA may set a new minimum standard that will shape any state laws passed to fill the void left by the lack of a federal privacy law. We’ve previously written about the development of U.S. ADPPA § 302(a).

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking LawsuitDoe v. US (Guest Blog Post) * Indianapolis Police Have Been Blinded Lately Because They Shut Backpage Down * Constitutional Challenge Against FOSTA FiledWoodhull v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Due Diligence Requirements : The Bulletin states that before utilizing any data collection method, fraud algorithm or rating/underwriting or marketing tool, insurers “must conduct their own due diligence to ensure full compliance with all applicable laws.” To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Matt also conducts public records investigations and litigates cases challenging government surveillance. Are there any examples of other states or international examples that this abuse of this data has been more hampered than here in California? Thank you for taking out the time for this and welcome to our podcast….

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Some of them contain 50-state surveys that track variations in state laws on a key issue. Family Law Matters involving domestic relations tend to have high stakes, financially and emotionally. A patent owner can enforce their rights by pursuing patent infringement litigation.

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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. The FTC reinforced this non-prohibition in a 2020 blog post). IXL appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Isha Marathe , a tech reporter for American Lawyer Media, joined the podcast to discuss her recent article on how deep fake technology is coming to litigation and whether the legal system is prepared. Regulations, laws and advanced detection technology are still lacking but urgently needed. Isha Welcome to The Geek in Review.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

32] When Confronting Potential FTC Enforcement, Recognize That Deciding Whether to Settle or Litigate Requires a Case-by-Case Assessment of a Wide Range of Factors The vast majority of FTC consumer protection enforcement actions result in settlements. 14] Alvaro Bedoya, Privacy as Civil Right, New Mexico Law Review, Vol. 1, 2021). [13]

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Note: Backpage shut down April 2018, but Backpage-related litigation continues into 2025 and beyond]. Salesforce, a 7th Circuit opinion from 2023 (which I ran out of time to blog) that embraced tertiary liability to hold that Section 230 didn’t apply to Salesforce’s services to Backpage. Case Citation : A.B.

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