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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

“While the complaint asserts that DNP has provided poor customer service at times, leading to adverse legal consequences for DNP’s customers, the complaint fails to cite any instance where DNP’s failures were imputed to MK specifically or lawyers generally.” District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel.

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When a Copyright Owner Gets Only a $1,000 Judgment in Federal Court, They’re the Real Losers–McDermott v. KMC

Eric Goldman

Matthew McDermott is a freelance photographer. The New York Post hired him to take photos of NYC police commissioner Keechant Sewell , paying him a day rate of $470. McDermott kept the copyright to those photo and granted NY Post a license. The New York Post story. The court runs through multiple considerations: Defendant’s state of mind. .

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The Clock is Ticking: How to Miss Fewer Court Deadlines

Attorney at Work

After one of the clients notified him of the dismissal, the alarmed attorney filed a motion to reconsider and reinstate the case, attributing his failure to respond in a timely manner to “new filtering rules in his email inbox,” which moved the dismissal order to his junk mail folder. The firm had filed a voluntary dismissal back in 2014.

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Journalists’ Lack of Harm Fatal to DMCA Claims Against AI Developer

Debevoise Data Blog

Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York dismissed plaintiffs’ suit in its entirety, holding that plaintiffs had no cognizable claim for damages or injunctive relief because they failed at this stage of litigation to demonstrate that they had been harmed in any way by OpenAI’s actions. Raw Story Media, Inc. OpenAI Inc. ,

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Court Says Twitter Misused Litigation to Punish Defendants for Their Speech–X v. CCDH

Eric Goldman

If the case stands on appeal, Twitter will write a check to CCDH to compensate it for the litigation harms Twitter has imposed on it. If the case stands on appeal, Twitter will write a check to CCDH to compensate it for the litigation harms Twitter has imposed on it. As a result, the court finds that much of the lawsuit is a SLAPP.

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Court Rejects an Attempt to Create a Common-Law Notice-and-Takedown Scheme–Bogard v. TikTok

Eric Goldman

The plaintiffs allege they notified YouTube and TikTok about videos that allegedly violated the services’ rules, and the services didn’t take action on those notifications despite making various promises to do so. These arguments revisit well-trodden legal ground, but the plaintiffs tried a modest innovation. Strict Products Liability.

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Building a Better Law Practice: 7 Reasons to Specialize

Attorney at Work

The paper trail revealed scores of cases involving debt collection, business partnerships, estate settlements, divorce and real estate litigation. The paper trail revealed scores of cases involving debt collection, business partnerships, estate settlements, divorce and real estate litigation. All this, and he did it without a computer!

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