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Justia Legal Resources: Elder Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

During this month in 2006, a Texas jury awarded one of the largest verdicts in nursing home history. However, they may eventually consider bringing a lawsuit against the facility and any individual employees at fault.

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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

This lawsuit relates to an episode of the TV show Evil Lives Here called “I Invited Him In,” which discusses an NY serial killer named Nathaniel White. Among other defendants, he sued Microsoft for Bing search results linking to the episode. Microsoft defended on Section 230 grounds. 2006); Murawski v.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Neither Time nor BuzzFeed was named as a defendant. To be clear, the plain language of the Copyright Act requires that the defendant must display a “copy” of the image; but it does not say that the “copy” must necessarily be in the defendant’s possession.] 2021), for example, the defendant purchased a website from another party.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Eric Goldman

The court said that the trademark owner had been using the trademark since 1985 and registered the trademark in 2006. In 2014, the defendant launched a website called “The Texas Tamales Warehouse” but was driven off of that. ” Say what? ” Uh oh. ” UGH. in the Adler v. McNeil case.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The Road Not Taken At this point, no lawsuit had been filed; and the dispute probably could have been, and certainly should have been, easily resolved. In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., 388, 392-93 (2006). Copyright Office. at 1978-79 (the Raging Bull case).

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Five Decisions Illustrate How Section 230 Is Fading Fast

Eric Goldman

9, 2024) The lawsuit alleges Meta addicts teens and thus violates DC’s consumer protection act. July 29, 2024) Similar to the DC case, the lawsuit alleges Meta addicts teens and thus violates Vermont’s consumer protection act. Amazon from 2006. District of Columbia v. Meta Platforms, Inc., LEXIS 27 (D.C. Superior Ct.

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Section 230 Applies to Tweeted Links to Defamatory Content–Coomer v. Donald J. Trump for President

Eric Goldman

You would recognize several of the defendants’ names as frequent sources of misinformation and lies. This post focuses only on one corner of the lawsuit. 2006), which stands for the opposite proposition. He sued various conspiracy theory traffickers for defamation. Rosenthal, 146 P.3d 3d 510, 513, 525 (Cal.

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