Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The opinions came out faster than I could blog them. I’m not going to comprehensively blog each of the opinions, but I’ll round up some highlights here to get these out of my queue. Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation , 2024 WL 4532937 (N.D.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Given that they are litigating 512(f), your wish was partially granted. Longarzo * DMCAs Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law ClaimsStevens v. Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) CaseAutomattic v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Section 301(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State.” With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted. But normative judgments aside, ProCD v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

What is less known is that many of these states also impose substantive cybersecurity requirements. In this Debevoise Data Blog post, we examine the general cybersecurity obligations under state law, including common themes and recent developments. Since then, approximately 23 states and Washington, D.C.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2023

I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018 ?). Section 230 Ripoff Report claimed that removal was justified because Section 230 completely preempted the state law claims. Xcentric appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 1, 2024

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s delay in definitively resolving this case will leave a vacuum for reviewing many other pending and imminent constitutional challenges to state laws. NetChoice appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. I will have a more complete analysis of the cases soon.

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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

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

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

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

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

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Longarzo * DMCAs Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law ClaimsStevens v. Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) CaseAutomattic v. Canning * 17 USC 512(f) Preempts State Law Claims Over Bogus Copyright Takedown NoticesAmaretto 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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. Doe fails to state a plausible TVPRA claim, so Doe cannot invoke a statutory exception to 230 immunity.” The district court dismissed the case. Case Citation : Doe v.

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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 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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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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