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New Privacy Software Helps Lawyers Defend Against Rising Pixel, Tracker, and Session Recording Lawsuits

Law Technology Today

Over 18 class-action lawsuits have been filed against hospitals and counting, alleging they are sharing health data via online trackers. Besides healthcare, we’ve seen plaintiffs’ attorneys bring class-action lawsuits related to sharing video streaming data from websites to Facebook via the Meta pixel under the Video Privacy Protection Act.

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Section 230 Preempts Clean Air Act Lawsuit Over “Defeat Device” Apps—U.S. v. EZ Lynk

Eric Goldman

The US government brought a civil lawsuit against the defendants for 203 violations. A reminder that if the US government had prosecuted the defendants for violating the Clean Air Act, Section 230 would have been irrelevant (it doesn’t apply to federal criminal prosecutions). The defendants sell this hardware.

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Nintendo’s Aggressive Intellectual Property Strategy: A Case Study in Patent Enforcement

Brett Trout

Recently, the companys aggressive enforcement of its intellectual property (IP) has taken center stage, with high-profile lawsuits targeting game modders, emulator developers, and companies like Pocketpair, the creators of Palworld. Blocking Other Software : Nintendo prevented the release of the Dolphin emulator on Steam.

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Akin Gump Loses Bid To Dismiss Legal Tech Company’s Counterclaims In Suit Over Ownership Of Bill-Drafting Software

LawSites

The law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by the legal technology company Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea.

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Exposure Lawsuits: Trends, Challenges, Future Implications

CaseFox

Exposure lawsuits, a legal avenue that addresses harm resulting from exposure to hazardous substances or conditions, have witnessed a dynamic evolution over the years. In this blog post, we will take you on an interesting journey embarking on the trends, challenges, and future possibilities related to exposure lawsuits.

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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

is one of the first major class-action lawsuits to dive into questions of online collection of “public data” and generative AI training data sets. On May 11th, the court ruled on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss , granting in part and denying in part. — Plaintiffs brought twelve separate claims against Defendants.

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eBay Isn’t Liable for Merchants’ Sales of Items That Violate Environmental Laws–US v. eBay

Eric Goldman

eBay defeats the lawsuit. The court disagrees: The provision of neutral, automatic email prompts and messages, and of payment processing software does not materially contribute to the illegal products’ “alleged unlawfulness” Thus, the court dismisses the EPA’s claims entirely. Is eBay the “Seller”?

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