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Catching Up on the Heavyweight Scraping Battle Between X and Bright Data (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

If the judge thinks its reasonable, the judge can allow it. But here, the judge invited the parties to engage in extensive letter-briefing on the motion to amend the claims. The judge decided that this was an actionable deprivation of use of its servers, and allowed the TTC claims to proceed. Here, X Corp.

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It Turns Out You Can’t “Sue the CDA”–Fyk v. US

Eric Goldman

Jason Fyk’s recent litigation campaign reminds me of the classic story Moby Dick, with Fyk in the Captain Ahab role and Section 230 as his white whale. The judge’s response might be characterized as: WTF = What The Fyk? The Netflix documentary of his story will be called “Moby Fyk.”

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So long, Chevron?: How a Group of New England Fishermen Challenged the Longstanding Chevron Approach.

The Barrister

Federal administrative law impacts nearly every element of our lives. 837 (1984), created a two-part framework for litigation involving congressional statutory law and regulatory agencies that enforce that law. Here, federal court defers to the administrative agency’s permissible construction of the statute. [5]

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Face Forward: Strategies for Complying with Facial Recognition Laws

Debevoise Data Blog

Unsurprisingly, BIPA has begun to generate significant class action litigation both in Illinois and elsewhere: The Six Flags case, involving use of fingerprint scans for admission to a theme park, resulted in a $36 million settlement. 2019 IL 123186, 129 N.E.3d million settlement. million settlement. See, e.g., Miracle-Pond v. May 15, 2020).

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50 Legal Guides to Help Americans Understand Their Rights

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

A patent owner can enforce their rights by pursuing patent infringement litigation. While copyright owners also can enforce their rights through infringement litigation , the fair use defense may defeat liability in some cases. The Education Law center also discusses discrimination in education against students with disabilities.