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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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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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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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

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

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

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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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

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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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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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 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

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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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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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Toyota brought a SAD Scheme case against 103 defendants before Judge Daniel in the Northern District of Illinois. As I recently mentioned , Judge Daniel is calling out overreaching joinder allegations in SAD Scheme cases. Judge Daniel responds unambiguously: “None of these arguments are persuasive.” Do better).

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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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Legal Tech Monitor

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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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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Kevin O'Keefe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

With the insertion of the url, asking that the summary be bulleted and be writtten in the tone of the source (the clerk or judge who wrote the decision), I receive the below. Liberty Mutual demanded a retraction of the advertisement, which O’Keefe refused, leading to the lawsuit. was dismissed by the court. So much to imagine here.

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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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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 21, 2024

The judge doesn’t issue a mea culpa for her avoidable mistake or excoriate Viral DRM for getting an undeserved TRO. Yet, the opinion takes a sour turn when the judge tries to explain why the joinder analysis might be different with trademark cases. Judge Pushes Back on Copyright SAD Scheme Cases–Viral DRM v.

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Legal Tech Monitor

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.

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Lawmatics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

There are more than 40 million lawsuits in the United states alone every year. And only 2% of those will ultimately proceed with a lawsuit. Contract and small claims cases comprise the bulk of the civil caseload, and unfortunately, most of these lawsuits are baseless claims, also known as frivolous lawsuits.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In my previous post , I summarized: This lawsuit involves troubling allegations that Facebook executives ( allegedly , Nick Clegg, Nicola Mendelsohn, and Cristian Perrella) took bribes from OnlyFans-related entities to spike Facebook and Instagram posts that promoted competitors of OnlyFans. This is quintessential Judge Alsup.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

District Judge William Orrick truncated plaintiffs’ claims in a class action lawsuit against AI content generators. For many across the country fighting AI copyright suits, the order may be important tool in their arsenal.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 25, 2024

This well-publicized lawsuit is an example of Musk waging lawfare over a critic’s speech. Judge Breyer of the Northern District of California had none of it. As a result, the court finds that much of the lawsuit is a SLAPP. Nominally, Twitter brought this lawsuit to rehabilitate its reputation by undermining CCDH.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 10, 2024

In the mid-2010s, plaintiffs filed about 20 lawsuits filed around the country seeking to hold social media services liable for allegedly facilitating terrorist attacks. Twitter * “Material Support for Terrorism” Lawsuit Fails a Third Time–Colon v. Twitter * Another Social Media “Material Support to Terrorists” Lawsuit Fails–Cain v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 23, 2023

His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The judge’s response might be characterized as: WTF = What The Fyk? Fyk’s alleged injury has no connection whatsoever to any conduct by the United States, the only defendant in this lawsuit. The Supreme Court denied cert.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We’re trying to solve a longstanding problem in the legal field, and that is that judges only write judicial opinions for 3% of rulings,” Ovbiagele said. “So They tell you what judges have done, but they don’t tell you why judges did what they did. What we offer are explanatory insights into judges’ rulings.” 31, 2021.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This is a copyright SAD Scheme case before Judge Harjani , appointed to the Northern District of Illinois ealirer this year. In this ruling, Judge Harjani questions joinder on his own initiative. In this ruling, Judge Harjani questions joinder on his own initiative. Judge Pushes Back on Copyright SAD Scheme Cases–Viral DRM v.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 8, 2024

This includes the rules as set by rightsowners in ex parte proceedings, which can deviate widely from standard doctrine–it’s whatever the rightsowners can get the judges to agree to–and the rules set by third-party intermediaries, such as online marketplaces. Judge Pushes Back on Copyright SAD Scheme Cases–Viral DRM v.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Note: the judge also approved a different order that I can’t find. Note: the case was embargoed for some time to resolve redactions, but the judge approved it.] More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. July 27, 2023). LoanStreet v. Greenberg v.

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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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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Fourteen years ago this week, a federal judge in Seattle dismissed the class action complain t filed by two lawyers seeking to shut down the lawyer-rating site Avvo, which had launched five months earlier. District Judge Robert S. But just five months later, Judge Lasnik dismissed the lawsuit.

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