lennyesq

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Talk about court red-handed Thomas Claburn Demonstrating yet again that uncritically trusting the output of generative AI is dangerous, attorneys involved in a product liability lawsuit have apologized to the presiding judge for submitting documents that cite non-existent legal cases.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 22, 2024

But today the judge overseeing the trial, 3rd […] ROSS Intelligence, in which TR is alleging that the now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS violated its copyrights by stealing content from Westlaw to build its own product.

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Trellis.Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing.

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Trellis.Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The new law also allows Texas judges to order migrants to leave… Continue reading → The post DOJ Launches Lawsuit Against Texas Amidst Immigration Law Controversy first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JUNE 18, 2024

Medical malpractice cases may pose more challenges than a typical personal injury lawsuit, though. Most judges and juries lack the medical knowledge to decide whether a healthcare provider breached the applicable standard of care. The statute of limitations provides the time in which a patient can bring a medical malpractice lawsuit.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While medical malpractice generally does not lead to criminal charges, it can result in a lawsuit against a healthcare provider. For example, a victim or their family may need to hire an expert witness or file additional documents with their lawsuit. Proving a Malpractice Claim Not every mistake warrants a malpractice lawsuit.

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lennyesq

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

BY MATT BRACKEN Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. Tom Krause and Marko Elez , two DOGE-connected special government employees of the Treasury Department, were granted read-only access to Bureau of Fiscal Service systems as needed for the performance of their respective duties, the judge ruled.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 28, 2025

Last year, the Ninth Circuit said that plaintiffs could get around Section 230 in their lawsuit against the app maker YOLO because the app maker said it would ban users for inappropriate statements and would unmask harassers. This opinion raised numerous Section 230 jurisprudential issues. That could be a proper grounds for a reconsideration.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The trial judge refused to allow O’Toole to testify because the attorney-client privilege covered the confession, and the privilege was not waived. Stages of a Lawsuit Even if they are working with an attorney, someone considering a lawsuit (or already involved in a lawsuit) may want to know about how the court process unfolds.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 10, 2023

Represented by lawyers Maria Cristina Armenta and Credence Elizabeth Sol (who keep expanding their oeuvre of failed lawsuits against Internet services), Daniels claimed YouTube had to comply with 1983 because YouTube became a state actor. He claims YouTube shadowbanned and demonetized him because of MAGA-ish content. Case citation: Daniels v.

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Trellis.Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel in the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments regarding whether a lawsuit against social media company TitTok should be revived despite a federal law that generally shields internet platforms from liability… Continue reading → The post A Family’s Plea: Appellate Court Urged (..)

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LawSites

APRIL 26, 2022

See all stories about this lawsuit. Judge Leonard P. district judge in Delaware but who last month became a judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — sided with ROSS. But Judge Stark concluded, “ROSS has failed to plausibly allege that Plaintiffs have engaged in sham litigation.”

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Eric Goldman

JULY 14, 2023

This long-running lawsuit started in 2019. When I first blogged this case in January 2021, I wrote: This lawsuit, like many others before it, claims that UGC services like YouTube commit illegal discrimination based on how they moderate content. Case citation : Divino Group LLC v. Google LLC , 2023 WL 4372701 (N.D.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

You may have heard about Squishmallow’s recent lawsuit against Build-a-Bear over plushy knockoffs. Yet, the SAD Scheme jurisprudential distortion field worked its magic once again, and the judge rejected their legitimate pushback. The judge subsequently held the marketplaces in contempt for violating the injunction.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 18, 2023

Failing to follow the applicable rules can result in fines, vastly increased damages in a personal injury lawsuit, and even jail time in some cases. This has meant that a judge likely will allocate a pet in a divorce to one spouse, although a recent trend has seen some judges awarding “shared custody” of a pet whom both spouses want.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

I imagine many judges would have been less sanguine about the defendant’s mistakes/sloppy practices. The post Copyright Owner Prevails in Lawsuit Over Form Contracts–Equine Legal v. In any event, the court concludes there’s no evidence of willful infringement. 12, 2025) Want more about the Internet law of horses?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Justia Legal Dictionary Judges and lawyers use a distinctive vocabulary, much of which is unfamiliar to the average American. The law on generative AI remains unsettled, with several lawsuits pending. Supreme Court Center by adding biographies of each Justice.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Last Friday, the parties stipulated to dismiss their lawsuit, with Meta formally waiving its right to appeal the controversial January 23rd decision from Judge Chen. Given that most observers in this space were surprised by Judge Chen’s summary judgment decision, Meta’s decision not to appeal seems even more surprising.

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Clio

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Outline the case facts In this section, you will outline the relevant facts that led up to the filing of the lawsuit. These will not be factual issues, since those are the sole province of the trier of fact (whether that is a judge or jury). However, you should include the key facts relating to the legal issue in dispute.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 9, 2023

With substantial assistance from judges, rightsowners use these dynamics to extract settlements from online vendors without satisfying basic procedural safeguards like serving the complaint and establishing personal jurisdiction over defendants. Have a stress reliever toy handy when you read this. I would welcome yours.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 30, 2024

The court says that Printify took appropriate steps when it learned of infringing items via Atari’s lawsuit: First, Printify searched its own database for the 70 URLs identified by Atari in ECF No. RedBubble * IP Lawsuits Against Print-on-Demand Vendors Continue to Vex the Courts–OSU v.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 20, 2023

We used to see lawsuits like this 15+ years ago, but we don’t see them any more because they are so obviously doomed by Section 230. If I were a judge, I would sanction that argument harshly. The post Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Whoa, what a flashback. ” The court is confused.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 3, 2024

The US government brought a civil lawsuit against the defendants for 203 violations. The government tried many of the usual tricks to overcome Section 230, but this judge was savvy enough not to fall for them. Credit also goes to the defense team from Greenberg Traurig and Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. Case Citation : U.S.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2025

Based on this ruling, Viral DRM’s earlier SAD Scheme lawsuit also may have been deficient on copyright standing grounds. Judge Balks at SAD Scheme JoinderZaful v. Schedule A Defendants Judge Rejects SAD Scheme JoinderToyota v. Schedule A Defendants Another Judge Balks at SAD Scheme JoinderXie v. 2025 WL 660250 (N.D.

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 1, 2023

On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing. Continue reading → The post Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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lennyesq

APRIL 12, 2024

By Charles Lane A federal judge on Friday tossed out a pre-emptive lawsuit from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who sought to stave off legal action by New York Attorney General Letitia James over his decision banning transgender women from playing sports at county-owned facilities, James’ office said.

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Trellis.Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

lost a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company’s AirTag devices are being used as a tool by stalkers to track victims. Last Week, Apple Inc.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Nevertheless, the plaintiff has pursued additional defendants, including the school district (that lawsuit failed) and Snap. Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit denied the en banc request in a vote of 7 for review and 8 against review (with 2 judges not voting). Snap’s dismissal stands, but by a razor-thin margin.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 14, 2024

The cases reached important milestones last Fall, when both the federal and state court judges denied the social media defendants’ Section 230 motions to dismiss. Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 4, 2024

After a couple of defendants showed up, the judge denied a TRO extension because of the possible lack of merit in the plaintiff’s infringement allegations. Not exactly much disincentives for plaintiffs to keep shotgunning SAD Scheme lawsuits. Then, the case fell apart. Schedule A Defendants , 1:23-cv-02605-JLR (S.D.N.Y.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 6, 2024

If that rings a bell, it’s because just yesterday I blogged on a DIFFERENT fish painter, DeYoung, who also brought an IP lawsuit against a print-on-demand service (Pixels). A magistrate judge recommended dismissing Tomelleri’s copyright claims. The supervising judge agrees. Volitional Conduct. Implications.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the lawsuit I’m covering today, Roblox named over 250 defendants. I bet most of Roblox’s lawsuit would unravel if the judge simply asked Roblox the obvious follow-up question, i.e., “what evidence do you have for each of the other 250 defendants that they sold infringing items in Illinois? Seriously, Roblox?

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lennyesq

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Claiming the restrictions violate the outlets First Amendment rights and due process protections under the Fifth Amendment, the lawsuit asks a federal judge (fulltext of complaint) to restore the APs access to spaces made available to other White House press pool members. Read more…

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 28, 2024

” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent. We recently saw how Judge Pacold used Section 299 to cause a SAD Scheme patent case to fall apart. This is not a hard call. Alibaba N.D.

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Trellis.Law Blog

MAY 31, 2023

DeSantis’s Motion Against Judge Walker Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed a motion to recuse the Hon.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

We have all heard about the lawsuit involving Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. After all, one cannot simply turn over their phone to the Court and have a Judge read all the communications between parties. Even public figures are not immune to the potential impact of text messages.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Every SAD Scheme lawsuit is problematic, though the specific reasons may differ. Each lawsuit creates dozens or hundreds of individual dramas, few of which receive any public scrutiny, and usually comes at the cost of due process and the rule of law. Independent lawsuits against 1,099 defendants would cost $440,000+ in filing fees.

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