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In Case of ‘Real Lawyers Against A Robot Lawyer,’ Federal Court Dismisses Law Firm’s Suit Against DoNotPay for Unauthorized Law Practice

Above the Law - Technology

The firm based its lawsuit on DoNotPay’s claims that it allows consumers to “[f]ight corporations, beat bureaucracy and sue anyone at the press of a button,” even though it is not licensed to practice law. ” Another lawsuit alleging unauthorized practice of law by DoNotPay, Faridian v. A second California lawsuit, Lee v.

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Suspended Twitter User Loses Lawsuit Over Data Access–Thomas v. Twitter

Eric Goldman

Twitter’s TOS terms “clearly disclaim any responsibility for Twitter’s failure to store or transmit content.” ” Whether this lawsuit is only about the account suspension or also includes the loss of data access, it winds up as another failed lawsuit over account terminations and content removals. .”

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Section 230 Preempts Two More Harassment Lawsuits

Eric Goldman

Recapping a couple of doomed-from-inception lawsuits. Those items got indexed in Google and appeared in Benedict’s vanity searches. To get around it, Todino argued that he was suing for failure to remove the postings. (I Benedict v. Google LLC , 2024 WL 3427161 (D. July 16, 2024) Lance Benedict is a musician. Harassment.

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Lawsuit Over Twitter Suspension Fails Again–Zhang v. Twitter

Eric Goldman

” “Plaintiff appears to argue Twitter’s placement of information in “social media feeds” renders it an information content provider. “[P]roliferation and dissemination of content does not equal creation or development of content.”” 23, 2023) The post Lawsuit Over Twitter Suspension Fails Again–Zhang v.

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Angi Can’t Dismiss Lawsuit Over Failed Vendor Authentication–Everyspace v. Encor

Eric Goldman

” Angi responded that “its alleged failure to vet the accuracy of third-party content is immunized by Section 230,” which is absolutely true. .” ” Angi responded that “its alleged failure to vet the accuracy of third-party content is immunized by Section 230,” which is absolutely true.

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Section 230 Helps Amazon Defeat False Advertising Lawsuit Over Printer Ink Cartridges–Planet Green v. Amazon

Eric Goldman

.” For reasons unclear to me, the plaintiff thought it would be a good idea to sue Amazon over its competitors’ alleged misdeeds, going so far to breathlessly issue a press release that it had “filed a $500 million lawsuit against tech giant Amazon.” They have raised a total of $150 of their $500k goal. Google opinion.

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Court Dismisses School Districts’ Lawsuits Over Social Media “Addiction”–In re Social Media Cases

Eric Goldman

Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts. Ultimately, I understand why the school districts joined the lawsuit–on the can’t hurt, might help theory that maybe they could get a little money for no additional work on their part.

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