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Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law–Briskin v. Shopify

Eric Goldman

Shopify said California courts lack personal jurisdiction over it. The district court agreed with Shopify, as did a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit. The en banc court issues a total of four opinions, and collectively they show Shopify was never close. Briskin sued Shopify for a variety of privacy violations in California.

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A Judge Enumerates a SAD Scheme Plaintiff’s Multiple Abuses, But Still Won’t Award Sanctions–Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

The plaintiff sued 163 defendants for online marketplace sales and got an ex parte TRO, including Amazon account freezes. After a couple of defendants showed up, the judge denied a TRO extension because of the possible lack of merit in the plaintiff’s infringement allegations. Then, the case fell apart. Proximate Damage.

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Judge Reconsiders SAD Scheme Ruling Against Online Marketplaces–Squishmallows v. Alibaba

Eric Goldman

I previously blogged about one such case, where Squishmallow sued 90 e-commerce merchants in a sealed complaint and got a TRO. The court says, per Taamneh v. Twitter , “the Court [referring to himself in the third person] paid insufficient heed to the requirement that Kelly Toys provide proof of the Alibaba Defendants’ knowledge.”

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Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The low grade the court earned is a consequence of it losing many points by misstating the law, misapplying the law, and especially skipping over the part where it was supposed to share its analysis and instead just stated its conclusion. Nope, the Supreme Court didn’t say that. MSCHF Prod. Studio, Inc. LEXIS 32063 (2d Cir.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

Two top-line takeaways you might get from this post: A two-click formation process avoids the risk of judges moving the goalposts about formation, and If you are amending your TOS, have an airtight plan for building a credible evidentiary record. The court sees it differently. In re: StubHub Refund Litigation , No. 22-15879 (9th Cir.

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Clarifying the Lifecycle of Construction Disputes: eDiscovery and Forensic Readiness in the UAE

Lineal Services

With AI-powered correlation tools, automated timeline reconstruction, and defensible review protocols, Lineal helps legal teams transform raw project data into coherent, court-ready narratives. This shift enables them not only to defend their position but to actively shape the course of the dispute.