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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. If so, as I predicted in 2019 , the UK Online Safety Act will accelerate the end of Web 2.0

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

has filed multiple lawsuits against web scrapers, including against Bright Data , which is perhaps the biggest web-scraping company in the world. Now, in its case against Bright Data, Twitter’s lawyers filed three claims: breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, and unjust enrichment.

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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. Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri * Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit Fails…Despite 236 Potentially Confused Customers–Lerner & Rowe v.

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The Lawyers of Substack

LawSites

This week, David Lat, who founded the blog Above the Law in 2006, and who earlier, in 2004, started the anonymous blog Underneath Their Robes , and who left blogging two years ago to take a job as a legal recruiter, is returning to writing as a full-time livelihood. Another lawyer-turned-journalist is U.K.-based

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5 Books to Explore Asian and Pacific American Heritage

Legal Tech Monitor

Last week, in honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (APA) , we revisited our movie watchlist that will help educate and inform lawyers about the experiences of Asian and Pacific Americans. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006) Su also recommended this book turned TV series. This week, we are focusing on books.

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

Eric Goldman

Others, including many copyright owners and lawyers, and some scholars, have more quietly welcomed the ruling as a necessary corrective to a fair use doctrine they believe had tilted too far in the direction of copyright re-use. In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd.,

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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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