Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In other words, the plaintiffs are trying to use venerable legal doctrines to create a common-law notice-and-takedown scheme. The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. Thus, to remedy the alleged defect, Defendants would have to change the content posted on their platforms. Strict Products Liability. Negligence.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 2, 2025

On January 22, Booking.coms renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) was granted. The JMOL had two primary conclusions: First , that the CFAA has extraterritorial application, and therefore it was appropriate for this court to apply the CFAA here. But this court says, not so. Van Buren v. United States , 593 U.S.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

District Court in Manhattan by a legal tech executive who alleges her former company owes her over $1 million in stock and that her former boss sexually harassed her. Defendants Sued Her First At the time I wrote that, I had not heard back from my request to the defendants for a response to Diaz-Roa’s allegations.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In my last post , I discussed how evolving technology will continue to influence our relationships and thus, impact family law. However, unlike phone calls, text messages leave a written record that can later be reviewed, and, in some cases, used as evidence in court. This is often the case in family law matters.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Banking and Finance Law Center at Justia provides a detailed discussion of cryptocurrency and the legal concerns that it implicates. In addition, this section of the Justia Legal Guides covers a broad range of topics involving securities laws and banking regulations. These are often called “blue sky” laws.

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lennyesq

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

US appeals court temporarily lifts block on Louisiana Ten Commandments law –jurist.org Aabshar Ghassi | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US A US federal appeals court on Friday temporarily lifted a lower court’s blocking of a Louisiana law mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the lawsuit I’m covering today, Roblox named over 250 defendants. If that’s true with the other 18 cases, Roblox may have sued 4,000+ defendants using the SAD Scheme. Hierl was the lead counsel on the Emojico case I opined on in 2021.] * * * Jurisdiction The defendant Bigfinz sells t-shirts. Seriously, Roblox?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A web of federal and state laws shields consumers from fraud, abuse, and other forms of harm. The Consumer Protection Law Center at Justia offers both practical advice and legal information. State laws governing debt collection sometimes extend more broadly. States may have similar or broader laws.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 28, 2025

So where exactly is the Ninth Circuit’s law on this topic? The defendant claimed that the First Amendment barred the lawsuit “because the claims would interfere with Defendant’s First Amendment discretion to choose its own content moderation policy,” citing the O’Handley district court case.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In addition to educating the public and helping develop policies, the agency can bring legal actions against people or businesses that have allegedly violated consumer protection laws. The Consumer Protection Law Center at Justia provides more details about how the FTC helps protect consumers from deceptive and unfair business practices.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 5, 2025

While AI promises efficiency and cost savings, a recent case in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of including unverified AI-generated content in court filings. The court discovered that eight of those cases did not exist. law to add supporting case law.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 25, 2025

The court summarizes the plaintiffs’ allegations: D.G. Seeking redress, Plaintiffs sued Defendants on the theory that their design decisions and failure to disclose the dangers of their products were the cause of D.G.s The court dismisses Roblox, Google, and Apple from the case. Plaintiffs further allege that D.G.s

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Emojico has trademark registrations in the word “emoji” for a ridiculously broad range of product categories–from (I’m not making this up) ship hulls to penis enlargers–and it then licenses the word to product manufacturers and defendants ensnared in its enforcement net. One defendant fought back.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

As exciting as generative AI can be, it raises certain questions involving copyright law. Federal statutes do not provide clear answers to these questions, so courts will need to confront them. Already, lawsuits involving AI-generated works have been filed in federal courts from coast to coast. However, the U.S.

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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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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc. some creative spark.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

The product, which is in beta, generates a Microsoft Word document formatted for the federal court system. Users in state courts will have to customize the formatting to fit local requirements. Defendant’s misgivings, meaning any facts that might demonstrate the defendant’s lack of character or empathy.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Each lawsuit creates dozens or hundreds of individual dramas, few of which receive any public scrutiny, and usually comes at the cost of due process and the rule of law. ” Some details about its lawsuit: Betty’s Best sued 1,099 defendants in a single complaint. The court reduced the asset freeze from $21M to $2M.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Of the 819 total dispositions, 391 (48%) were dismissed during claims review, 153 (19%) were not served, 82 (10%) were withdrawn, and 91 (11%) had defendants opt out. If we compare the types of dispositions to the total number of dispositions, it gives up percentages.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 28, 2024

299 limits joinder in patent cases to defendants who infringe using “the same accused product or process.” ” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent. 35 U.S.C. §

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

MARCH 21, 2024

For consumers, the primary purpose of trademark law is to act as a guarantee of the product’s quality. Ruling on trademark rights over colors, the Supreme Court in Qualitex v. In December 2023, a Turin court ruled to protect the white sole on Italian quiet luxury brand Loro Piana’s Open Walks Chukka boots.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 7, 2025

The defendant Binello made a popular Roblox game called MeepCity allegedly visited 1B times: The game included a feature that allowed users to gather and talk with each other in a pizzeria, which included a piano that users could play to earn points within the game. On this basis, the court distinguished VHT v.

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Legal Talk Network

JUNE 27, 2024

Most individuals attend law school with the intention of pursuing a career in Big Law or a traditional legal role, not exploring alternative career paths or unlikely legal positions. JAG Lawyer A Judge Advocate General is a unique opportunity for those who want to defend their country in court.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 11, 2025

Nikes History of Defending Its Patents Nike is no stranger to intellectual property lawsuits. Skechers (2016) Nike took Skechers to court for allegedly infringing eight Nike patents, including patents covering the Flyknit technology. The case was settled in 2022.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 9, 2025

The post Judge Wears VR Headset To View Defendant’s Account Of Events And What Fresh Hell Is This? appeared first on Above the Law. Courtroom technology: all about coulda, not shoulda.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 9, 2025

The defendant invoked the arbitration clause in its TOS. Extensively citing Chabolla , the court rejects the arbitration request. The court says Plex’s relationship context cuts against TOS formation. The court’s treatment of the sign-up screen’s call-to-action is perplexing (no pun intended).

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 1, 2024

The court summarizes the allegations: Roblox has a virtual currency designed for use on its platform called “Robux.” The court is unpersuaded. The court doesn’t appreciate this argument: these are children we’re talking about. Roblox The post Roblox Must Defend Illegal Gambling Claims–Colvin v.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2024

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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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The real challenge often lies in defending that patent. The goal is for competitors to look at your patent and decide they would rather stay out of your market or pay you a licensing fee than try to fight your patent in court. Brett Trout In the world of intellectual property, securing a patent is just the beginning.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Indeed, laws like this are very likely to HURT children MANY different ways, and the Utah legislature and governor couldn’t care less about those pernicious effects. In my prior post on this case , I covered how the court denied efforts to enjoin the Utah law on Section 230 and dormant commerce clause grounds.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2025

G6 presented the court with a screenshot of Motel 6’s standard account creation process: G6 added the red box for the court. Normally, we’d expect the court to pixel-police this screen, looking for defects. Thus, the court denies arbitration of this case. G6 sought to arbitrate the case per its TOS.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 8, 2023

But, are face scans really an option for age verification, or will it conflict with other privacy laws? In particular, face scanning seemingly directly conflict with biometric privacy laws, such as Illinois’ BIPA, which provide substantial restrictions on the collection, use, and retention of biometric information.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 18, 2023

Today was the 2023 Super Bowl of Internet Law at the U.S. Supreme Court [FN]. Twitter won its decision unanimously, and the Supreme Court per curiam punted the Google case back to the 9th Circuit with the clear message that the plaintiffs should lose. However, the court does not march through them mechanically in this opinion.]

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CaseFox

APRIL 13, 2023

However, not all personal injury claims are successful in court. Here are the top reasons why personal injury claims fail in court. In order to win a personal injury case, the plaintiff must provide sufficient evidence to prove that the defendant was negligent or intentionally caused the injury.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

” (Technically, the defendants in this case are enumerated on “Exhibit 1” instead of “Schedule A,” but same thing). The court describes the phenomenon: This case is one of many in the Northern District of Illinois’s “cottage industry” of “Schedule A” cases. The defendant sold the flag below it.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

At this point, I’ve not paid close attention to the proceedings because everything at the district court level is a rehearsal for the inevitable appellate court review. I’m sure the appellate court will be eager to docket this one. A reminder: this lawsuit is a battle royale. They will need to clear their calendar.

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