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Judge Pushes Back on SAD Scheme Sealing Requests

Eric Goldman

Recently, Judge Seeger in the Northern District of Illinois surprisingly refused to grant rightsowners’ defendant identity sealing requests in at least two cases ( 1 , 2 ), but there may be more. In very similar opinions, Judge Seeger explained why defendant sealing is inappropriate. This blog post tracks the Goorin Bros.

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MA Supreme Court Blesses Uber’s TOS Clickthrough Formation–Good v. Uber

Eric Goldman

4, 2021), the Massachusetts Supreme Court struck down Uber’s TOS because it wasn’t properly formed. Uber’s re-do was a high-stakes affair because (1) it had no existing TOS in place, and (2) it knew judges would critically scrutinize its every decision in the inevitable legal challenge. In Kauders v. Uber Techs. ,

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

Eric Goldman

The court agrees with Microsoft. ” If it matters, the concurring judge is a DeSantis appointee. 2013 WL 664231 (E.D. 2013); O’Kroley v. Among other defendants, he sued Microsoft for Bing search results linking to the episode. Microsoft defended on Section 230 grounds. Here’s an incomplete list: Maughan v.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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Fourth Circuit Issues a Bummer Fair Use Ruling–Philpot v. IJR

Eric Goldman

We’ve blogged some of his cases before ( 1 , 2 ), including the lower court ruling in this case. In 2013, Philpot uploaded the photo to Wikimedia Commons, which is governed by the standard Creative Commons license requiring attribution. ” The district court granted summary judgment to IJR. Nature of Use.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

LawSites

We’d all been working for over a year on a contract that would make it possible, someday in the future, for everyone to have free and open access to all the official court decisions ever published in the United States. state and federal court decisions representing the bulk of our nation’s common law. Why Even Do This Project?

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An Interview with Casetext CEO Jake Heller on His Company’s Acquisition By Thomson Reuters

Above the Law - Technology

A Stanford Law School graduate, where he was president of the Stanford Law Review, Heller founded Casetext in 2013 after stints clerking for 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Boudin and as an associate at law firm Ropes & Gray.