Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Because the removal of content is a traditional editorial function, Section 230(c)(1) bars plaintiff’s lawsuit.” The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I ” The court cites Force v. Massachusetts should fix that.

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LawSites

JANUARY 4, 2023

As I reported here in November , the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has sued Xcential for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action. This is Stodder’s perspective on the lawsuit. If anyone at Akin Gump wishes to respond, I would be happy to publish it.]. Here comes Goliath.

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The Law Product Makers blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Already published applications included a letter to landlords requesting a rent deferral under Federal Law due to the pandemic and a letter to mortgage lenders requesting mortgage forbearance also under Federal Law. SixFifty uses a proprietary document automation platform created by Wilson, Sonsini.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 13, 2021

TransUnion arose from a lawsuit filed by Sergio Ramirez, who tried to purchase a vehicle but was unable to qualify for a loan because the defendant’s OFAC Name Screen Alert identified Ramirez as a “potential match” for someone designated as a national security threat. The Opinion. The Supreme Court identified “an importance difference.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2021

Individuals whose personal information was compromised in a data breach have had mixed success in bringing lawsuits in federal court against the companies that held their data. TransUnion: A Win for Defendants in Breach Lawsuits? The other class members were merely labeled as potential terrorists in TransUnion’s system.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2025

Thats the basis for a recent opinion from a Florida federal district court that could have major implications for online services CSAM detection and reporting practices. Its not mentioned here, but he later got the charges dropped and filed a civil-rights lawsuit against multiple government officials.)

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Eric Goldman

JULY 16, 2023

firearms dealers—will be held liable for meeting the requirements of state and federal law [This sidesteps the obvious question of whether Wisconsin could statutorily impose such duties on an online publisher like Armslist, an issue that probably will come up in other cases.] Other examples of such cases include Roe v. June 12, 2023).

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2023

State and federal laws prohibit public and private entities from discriminating against individuals based on their race, age, national origin, religion, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. Advocacy groups challenged the law in Court, claiming it violated the First Amendment.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This post covers two more rulings this week involving anti-TikTok efforts: Montana’s TikTok ban and Indiana’s consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok. The state pretextually claimed this was an attempt to prevent China from siphoning off American private data, but the law was not a privacy initiative at all.

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