Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

In 2016, legal tech entrepreneur Derek Bluford was riding high. But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. QuickLegal.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 12, 2023

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. The court agrees with Microsoft. ’…the trial court was correct to grant summary judgment finding Microsoft immune from Mr. Google, Inc., 2016); Despot v.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 26, 2023

At issue are two versions of the TOS from 2016 and 2019. The named plaintiff, Jackson, agreed to the 2016 TOS. The 2016 TOS provided an opt-out for the arbitration provision, but Jackson didn’t exercise it. Nor did the court have other evidence that might allow it to assess notice, such as a description of the email.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 28, 2023

In 2016, Congress enacted the Defend Trade Secret Act (DTSA). However, as we know, courts routinely and predictably make errors when ruling on ex parte motions, so any additional legislative embrace of ex parte procedures is always fraught with peril. Fortunately, the district court rejected the DTSA ex parte seizure request.

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Percipient

APRIL 22, 2023

” In Federal Court Responding Party Presumed to Bear Subpoena Costs, but Requesting Party Must Avoid Imposition of Undue Burden and Expense A case from the Northern District of Illinois provides a good analysis of when costs responding to subpoenas may be shifted to the party seeking the documents. Cardinal Growth, L.P. ,

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 18, 2023

In 2016, Malwarebytes classified Enigma’s software as “malicious,” a “threat,” and a “potentially unwanted program” (or PUP), because the programs allegedly were “scareware.” ” Enigma challenged Malwarebytes’ classifications in court. ” NOT HELPFUL.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2024

I summarized: This lawsuit involves the freemium videogame “ Forge of Empires.” She played the game virtually every day from 2016-19–over 10,000 hours worth–and spent over $9,000 on in-game transactions. The court dismisses them all. I previously blogged this case in 2022. Eventually, it appears the game restricted her access.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

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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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. Do courts fully reopen or not? Also last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court approved a pilot project to permit “legal paraprofessionals” to provide legal services in certain matters.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 7, 2022

the owners of Snapchat and Bitmoji, are also a the self-styled “camera” company, and have been selling augmented reality (AR) glasses under the name “Spectacles” since 2016. Brett Trout Snap, Inc., 87/177,292), but that trademark application has been repeatedly rejected by the USPTO.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 11, 2023

The district court said that the buyers who made their purchases on the website had to go to arbitration, but the buyers who made their purchases on their mobile devices could stay in court. The court says it’s immaterial that there is a potentially long time delay between user registration and the purchases. Sadlock v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 15, 2024

(Long-time readers may recall that this blog had a several-year arrangement with ShutterStock to use their stock photos to illustrate blog posts; that arrangement ended in 2016). Among other concerns, Thompson pointed to blackface photos in ShutterStock’s photo repository in his racial discrimination lawsuit. See Banks v.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In July of 2023, designers Krista Perry, Larissa Martinez and Jay Baron filed a complaint in California federal court, alleging that Shein’s “egregious intellectual property infringement” is “baked into its business model.” We will vigorously defend ourselves against this lawsuit and any claims that are without merit.” What’s Next?

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Joshua Gilliland

JANUARY 7, 2016

The City of New York, 50 unnamed NYPD officers, and the former NYPD Commissioner are involved in a civil rights lawsuit over allegedly issuing summonses without probable cause, violating the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. 2, 2016) 2016 U.S. The Court applied the elements from Chin v.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

10] Although the initial patent on Humira expired in 2016, thanks to the over 75 patents filed three years before its expiration, AbbVie is set to hold the monopoly until 2034. [11] 19] The lawsuit ended in a settlement with Gilead agreeing to pay Teva, the supposed infringer, $1.5 have over 100 attempted patents per drug. [8]

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 1, 2023

In 2016, Time “embedded” one of Brauer’s Instagram posts, featuring one of his photos of Hilary Clinton, in its entirety (preserving his username or “handle”, his caption, and his links and hashtags). Supreme Court. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir. July 17, 2023). The Facts The facts are relatively straightforward.

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Pillsbury Law Internet and Technology blog

JULY 12, 2024

The landscape began to shift in 2016 when the Supreme Court ( O’Bannon ) ruled that the NCAA’s bar on student-athletes profiting from the commercial use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL) violated federal antitrust law. The Carter/House/Hubbard Settlement’s Impact on NIL Several elements of the settlement directly impact NIL.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. Do courts fully reopen or not? Also last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court approved a pilot project to permit “legal paraprofessionals” to provide legal services in certain matters.

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Colin S. Levy

MAY 30, 2023

It’s now 2016, I have earned my JD and Winston & Strawn provides me with an opportunity to become one of the first JD/MBA/Data Scientists to work at an AmLaw 100 firm. As part of architecting the solution, we ended up putting together a near-real time database of every lawsuit filed in the US.

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Clio

MARCH 15, 2023

Undisclosed conflicts of interest are also unethical, as are any illegal or unscrupulous activities, such as suppression of evidence or misleading statements made to courts. A 2016 class action against a Chicago-based law firm demonstrates the gravity of a breach of this duty.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It even wrote me a funny Limerick about the Supreme Court: “ There once were nine judges supreme whose robes were a legal dream. And I think a poignant example of this is on February 22 of this year, Joshua Browder, who is the CEO of Do Not Pay was planning to use ChatGPT to defend a client in traffic court, here in California.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

We help lawyers make evidence-based decisions about the venues they choose and the arguments they make by focusing on the jurisprudence of the judges and courts they interact with. Traction: Active in all 50 states, we have a network of over 12,000 attorneys, 12,000+ expert witnesses, 300+ court reporters, and 150+ interpreters.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

Ochoa’s definitive analysis of the Supreme Court’s Warhol opinion. For nearly 30 years, the framework for judging fair use cases has been remarkably stable, based on Justice Souter’s masterful opinion for a unanimous Court in Campbell v. [Eric’s note: this is the post you’ve been waiting for: Prof. 569 (1994).

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

“Cruise”ing for “Waymo” Lawsuits: Liability in Autonomous Vehicle Crashes By Caroline Kropka On October 2, 2023, a driverless vehicle traveled down a San Francisco street. [1] 18] Because Japan was the appropriate forum, the court did not have authority and had to dismiss the case.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

And this is one that the US Supreme Court has recognized is not really a bright line, in the case called Carpenter vs. United States from 2018. This is a case where the Supreme Court held that the government needed to get a warrant in order to obtain the cell phone locations of a person over a period of time.

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Trial Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Trump, taken June 6, 2016. On Friday, September 30, 2016, Washington, D.C. One service we often provide while assisting attorneys with trial presentation is to sync the formatted text file version of the court reporter's transcript to the video file(s) for easy search and accurate playback. Here is a link to the CNN article.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Marathe argues judges and lawyers also need to be heavily educated on the latest developments in deep fake technology in order to counter their use in court. Sophisticated detection software will emerge but will not be equally available in all courts, raising issues of equity and access to justice. Deepfakes Are Coming to Courts.

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Legal Talk Network

JULY 10, 2024

The most recent Supreme Court term was marked by a sustained challenge to the authority of administrative agencies, significant victories for former President Donald J. United States , the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald J. The court has used Chevron at least 70 times to decide cases but has not done so since 2016.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Around 2016, I spotted a legal opinion that referenced emoticons–something I hadn’t noticed before. When I first encountered emojis in court opinions, I wondered: what’s unique, special, or different about emojis compared to other ways we communicate with each other? or something totally unexpected?

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 28, 2023

Marathe argues judges and lawyers also need to be heavily educated on the latest developments in deep fake technology in order to counter their use in court. Sophisticated detection software will emerge but will not be equally available in all courts, raising issues of equity and access to justice. Deepfakes Are Coming to Courts.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

We help lawyers make evidence-based decisions about the venues they choose and the arguments they make by focusing on the jurisprudence of the judges and courts they interact with. Traction: Active in all 50 states, we have a network of over 12,000 attorneys, 12,000+ expert witnesses, 300+ court reporters, and 150+ interpreters.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 29, 2025

When I wrote on this topic in 2016 , I thought the issue was already resolved. Priorities. * * * Last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an opinion on the legitimacy of competitive keyword advertising by lawyers. The report surely helped the court, though it left many questions unanswered.

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