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Allegations of a Bribe-Driven Facebook-OnlyFans Conspiracy Unsurprisingly Fall Apart in Court–Dangaard v. Instagram

Eric Goldman

This case got assigned to Judge Alsup’s courtroom. I previously summarized Judge Alsup’s modus operandi about motions to dismiss: Judge Alsup gives the benefit of the doubt to plaintiffs on motions to dismiss, only to hammer them on summary judgment if their evidence doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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TikTok ban goes to the court: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences

LLRX

16, 2024, in a bid to overturn a law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned in the U.S. During the appearance before a panel of judges at the U.S. TikTok headed to court on Sept.

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Justia Legal Guides: Disability Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The SSA provides three internal levels of appeals : a reconsideration, a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), and review by the SSA Appeals Council. State laws may provide additional protections to people with disabilities in both employment and housing.)

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Decoding Justice: Key Differences Between Civil and Criminal Litigation

CaseFox

Have you ever found yourself curious about the legal stuff you hear about? The legal proceedings can be broadly categorised into civil and criminal litigation, each governed by distinct laws and procedures. Judges legal service providers are crucial in assisting the parties during this procedure and guaranteeing a just conclusion.

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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

Generative AI has transformed how people around the world work; how they create; and what they see, hear, and watch online. There are also likely to be fundamental disagreements among judges as to the strength of core defenses like fair use, which in the past have split appellate courts and even the Supreme Court.

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Section 230 Immunizes Snap, Even if It’s “Inherently Dangerous”–L.W. v. Snap

Eric Goldman

The plaintiffs claim that, “by enabling the transmission of ephemeral content on the application, Defendants facilitate the exchange of CSAM, and that Snap’s design of the application assists users in ‘evad[ing] supervision by legal guardians or law enforcement.'” the application of Section 230 to the failure-to-warn claims.