Legal Tech Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

Created in 2017, Case Law Analytics has developed a legal risk assessment solution based on a rigorous analysis of legal texts and the use of artificial intelligence and probabilistic models. According to LexisNexis, the company now supports 6,000 users, within insurance companies, law firms, legal departments and human resources.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 1, 2023

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.] Jackson , 2017 WL 5629514, *11 (N.D. 3d at 593. [To

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. As a private-public partnership through the UC Berkeley Skydeck, we have been connecting over 10,000 attorney and 12,000 litigation support providers in real time.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 8, 2025

The court does award damages for the 512(f) claims in some of the cases based on the defendants counternotifications. This produces a relatively rare plaintiff win under 512(f), where plaintiff wins usually occur only when the defendants no-show. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The TRO language doesn’t purport to apply to YouTube, nor could it unless YouTube had also been named a defendant. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) CaseAutomattic v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2025

Kilgore might need better legal advice on copyright law…but also, see my post on the Lenz case predicting that all 512(f) defendants had to do is say “yeah, I thought about fair use” and they would get a free pass. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Yet a 2017 study by law firm Baker McKenzie found that less than a third of companies maintain inventories of trade secrets and have action plans for responding to theft. “If you can’t be specific about what the asset is, then good luck litigating it,” Londergan said. Who has access to the trade secret?

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The Barrister

APRIL 24, 2024

837 (1984), created a two-part framework for litigation involving congressional statutory law and regulatory agencies that enforce that law. 15] A central theme in defending Chevron , the Department of Commerce pointed out the citizenry can hold accountable elected officials who promulgate unpopular regulations. [16] Linda Jellum, et.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

UK High Court dismisses most of the Dixons data breach claim What happened : The UK High Court dismissed various claims against DSG Retail Limited (“DSG”), the owner of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel, relating to a 2017 – 2018 data breach where hackers accessed personal data in the company’s systems. Deliveroo fined €2.5

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2021

Customer Data Security Breach Litigation , No. The Equifax case involves a 2017 data breach where the Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, addresses, and other data of nearly 150 million people were exposed. TransUnion: A Win for Defendants in Breach Lawsuits? 20-10249, 2021 WL 2250845 (11th Cir.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. As a private-public partnership through the UC Berkeley Skydeck, we have been connecting over 10,000 attorney and 12,000 litigation support providers in real time.

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 4, 2023

VoiceScript Elevator Pitch: Provides AI-generated litigation documents, from pleadings to discovery. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. What makes you unique or innovative? Anything else?

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Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Notably, BIPA provides for enforcement by private citizens, with losing defendants on the hook both for generous statutory damages and for attorneys’ fees. 2017), the plaintiffs challenged a feature of the NBA 2K video game that allowed them to scan their own faces and create basketball-playing avatars. 2019 IL 123186, 129 N.E.3d

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 8, 2024

In 2014, the defendant launched a website called “The Texas Tamales Warehouse” but was driven off of that. ” That prompted this litigation. .'” ” That prompted this litigation. CV H-17-1068, 2017 WL 2957912, at *8 (S.D. ” The right answer should be “no one.” ” Uh oh.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

July 23, 2024): the defendants allegedly falsely targeted 117k items through its copyright webform, which Google delisted based on these false premises. Google sued for equitable relief; the defendants defaulted; and the court grants an injunction against further false submittals. 27, 2024) BONUS: Google LLC v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

We’re still working through the first wave of litigation testing Congress’ poor handiwork. May 3, 2023) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. As you know, FOSTA was a poorly drafted statute with terrible policy outcomes. Last October , in Doe v. Case citations : J.B.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

March 23, 2023) Plaintiff provides no argument or supporting legal authority suggesting that a Defendant who files a counter-notice pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § And, emailing the Summons and Complaint to a defendant does not satisfy Rule 4’s requirements for proper service. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Mindgeek litigation, the court certified a class of CSAM victims suing Mindgeek for “knowingly” disseminating videos of them. Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Case Citation : Doe v. Twitter, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

In addition, although the takedown notices state that the company contacting Defendants, Appdetex, is Yuga’s DMCA Agent, it does not state that the notice is a DMCA notice. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Spoiler: Not Well) * Another Section 512(f) Case Fails–ISE v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

MG Freesites because the defendant in that case hosted the video and allegedly exercised other content moderation steps around it. FOSTA The plaintiff invoked the FOSTA exception to Section 230, which required the court to decide if plaintiffs to show the defendant had the higher scienter required by 1591 or the lower scienter of 1595.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Snap litigation. Section 230 says there can be only one defendant for those items of third-party content, and it isn’t the tertiary player Salesforce. Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., As a result, the rest of the copyright ecosystem has to live with the fallout from AWF’s seemingly reckless and irresponsible litigation strategy. Instead, AWF unwisely decided to go on the offensive.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Snap * The Ninth Circuits FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th CircuitDoe v. US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking LawsuitDoe v.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 13, 2025

Six4Three’s non-contract claims are publisher/speaker claims: defendants purported liability under each cause of action is based on the decision to remove developer access to certain user content, which as the trial court explained, is akin to the act of de-publishing. Justice delayed is justice denied, etc. Kramer panicked”).

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 13, 2024

As usual, a key non-litigant is Rightscorp, which sent 1.3M NOCIs to Grande between 2011 and 2017. ” Grande also referenced the Ninth Circuit’s jurisprudence that might suggest that if a defendant does not have “simple measures” available to it to prevent contributory infringement, then it’s not liable.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 27, 2024

Tam (2017) and Iancu v. Therefore, this blog post (like my thread on Twitter/X ) will focus on the implications of the Elster decision for litigants interested in raising First Amendment challenges to trademark registration and enforcement laws. In support of his arguments, he cited Matal v.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

A prior ruling summarized the facts the court describes as “harrowing”: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (Charles) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. Defendants require all videos to contain tags. No video could be uploaded without choosing from a set of Defendants’ created tags.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

If the YOLO promise-based exclusion to Section 230 stands up, plaintiffs will have no problem tendentiously parsing a defendant’s site disclosures to find something– anything –as the anchor for a promise-based claim that bypasses Section 230. The early rounds have not gone well for the defendants in many cases.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

The court says this isn’t a dispositive issue because “Judge Coogler would have come to the conclusion that Defendants were content providers and thus not entitled to immunity under Section 230 even if he had not considered Anderson.” TikTok ruling. This is both a Section 230 AND First Amendment issue. ” Say what?

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. Charles and Romelus filmed each other while they raped Plaintiff.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

How can the “back-office business services” vendor be deemed the proximate cause of any harms with two other defendants in front of it? For the plaintiffs to win against Salesforce (the tertiary defendant), they will need to show that the primary and secondary defendants committed legal violations (i.e.,

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