Eric Goldman

APRIL 8, 2025

Instead, the court awards nominal damages of $1 per “bogus” counternoticeacross the 8 lawsuits, this comes to $16 TOTAL. Im no math expert, but Im pretty sure Viral DRM did not come out as an economic winner from these lawsuits. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Federici * Biosafe-One v.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

Yesterday, I reported here on a lawsuit filed March 20 in U.S. As it turns out, just a week before she filed her lawsuit, her former company had sued her in federal court in Texas, seeking a declaratory judgment that it had terminated her for cause, and that, as a result, her stock option was also terminated.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “30 Under 30.” As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing.

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Above the Law - Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ROSS’s prototype won the competition, earning them a write-up on the front page of The Globe and Mail – which touted ROSS as the future junior associate at Bay Street law firms – and serving as a springboard for the company’s rapid acceleration. In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “ 30 Under 30.” In 2015, they secured $4.3

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LawSites

APRIL 29, 2021

Eight students in the LawX legal design lab at BYU Law have developed an online resource, called Goodbye Record , that is designed to address flaws in the process for expunging criminal records in Utah and potentially other states as well. In each semester-long lab, the students tackle a different issue.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 23, 2023

His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. Fyk’s alleged injury has no connection whatsoever to any conduct by the United States, the only defendant in this lawsuit. His efforts to blow up Section 230 keep generating 230-favorable law. This article gives some background on Fyk’s story).

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 25, 2023

I imagined I was an Iowa lawyer looking to develop a niche in agricultural law. I asked “What are good ideas for a niche legal blog on agriculture law in Iowa?” Overviews of Iowa’s state laws and regulations related to farming and agriculture, including those pertaining to zoning, land use, and conservation.

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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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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 21, 2023

This is one of several ideologically motivated lawsuits against YouTube for allegedly engaging in “discriminatory” content moderation. The initial cohort of plaintiffs were conservatives (Prager); but then as a purported “gotcha,” the law firm added LGBTQ (Divino) and people of color (Newman) plaintiff cohorts.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 11, 2023

In 2017, Google ran into these very issues. However, besides Dinerstein , this space has not seen many other lawsuits. The law is applicable to health information generated by ‘covered entities’ (such as doctors, clinics, nursing homes, pharmacies, etc.) or its ‘business associates’ (such as insurance companies).

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 11, 2023

In 2017, Google ran into these very issues. However, besides Dinerstein, this space has not seen many other lawsuits. The law is applicable to health information generated by ‘covered entities’ (such as doctors, clinics, nursing homes, pharmacies, etc.) or its ‘business associates’ (such as insurance companies).

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JULY 13, 2024

2024* On March 21, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple, which could have significant ramifications on the smartphone ecosystem. The author thanks Professor Christopher Hockett, Lecturer at Berkeley Law, for his guidance on this article. By Aaron Kamath, LL.M.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 24, 2023

LinkedIn and Facebook, most notably, have done as much as anyone to shape the law of web scraping. This is true even though the law does not recognize that they have a property interest in it, and even if though expressly disclaim any property rights in that data in their terms of use. And then, in 2017, the famous hiQ Labs, Inc.

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Legal Tech Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Pre/Dicta , claiming itself the only litigation analytics platform that makes predictions about the outcome of federal lawsuits, announced the acquisition of Gavelytics, a pioneering judicial analytics platform for state court cases.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In 2017, I bypassed the list to focus on a single overarching development, The Year of Women in Legal Tech.). In Australia, legal tech company Nuix went public in 2020 – an IPO that has been haunted by regulatory investigations and class-action lawsuits over claims that the company misrepresented its financial information.).

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Percipient

APRIL 22, 2023

The law firm produced the documents but sought reimbursement for over $44,000 spent complying with the subpoena. Although the law firm petitioned for costs under Fed. The court concluded that the law firm was not a “disinterested non-party.” 18, 2017) the court refused to shift costs “for time spent arguing.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ROSS’s prototype won the competition, earning them a write-up on the front page of The Globe and Mail – which touted ROSS as the future junior associate at Bay Street law firms – and serving as a springboard for the company’s rapid acceleration. In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “ 30 Under 30.” In 2015, they secured $4.3

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 1, 2023

Instead, Hunley and Brauer filed a class-action lawsuit against Instagram, alleging that Instagram was vicariously liable for, or was liable for encouraging or contributing to, the alleged direct infringement by others, by providing an “embedding” tool that easily could be used to facilitate public display of their photos. 2021); McGucken v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2021

Individuals whose personal information was compromised in a data breach have had mixed success in bringing lawsuits in federal court against the companies that held their data. TransUnion: A Win for Defendants in Breach Lawsuits? In Part 2, we will discuss the implications of the decision for efforts to defeat class certification.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Our system inherently understands legal relationships and keeps up with changes in the law. Target customer: In-house legal departments and law firm attorneys who serve as outside general counsel. Target customer: Law departments in 2022 and expanding into law firms in 2023. Demo video: Video on page: [link].

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 4, 2023

This decision had significant implications for access to justice since it raised concerns about state regulatory entities, such as bar associations and state bars, regulating the unauthorized practice of law. Soon after, in June 2015, LegalZoom cited the Supreme Court decision on teeth whitening in a $10.5

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In 2017, I bypassed the list to focus on a single overarching development, The Year of Women in Legal Tech.). In Australia, legal tech company Nuix went public in 2020 – an IPO that has been haunted by regulatory investigations and class-action lawsuits over claims that the company misrepresented its financial information.).

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

FRB is a podcast that Greg Lambert produces and is hosted by ⁠ Jackson Walker ⁠ attorneys Art Cavazos and Erin Camp and is focused on how new ideas, regulations, laws, and overall societal changes affect the way businesses operate. I got really really serious about Instagram probably 2017-2018. I love being a fashion and in law.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 8, 2024

CV H-17-1068, 2017 WL 2957912, at *8 (S.D. July 11, 2017) (holding that “the mere purchase of AdWords alone, without directing a consumer to a potentially confusing web page, is not sufficient for a claim of trademark infringement,” citing Mary Kay, 601 F. Brown Engstrand * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

Section 230 preempts her lawsuit against Facebook: “Ninth Circuit precedent interpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § Most FOSTA opinions are lengthy, but this one was short because the law was quite clear. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

However, FOSTA was not designed as an anti-CSAM law, so the plaintiffs’ claims don’t really fit the legal doctrine. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v. Omegle * Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

Here, if the law recognized the illegality of “possessing” illegal content, then the upload could create its own legally recognizable harm even if it’s never meant for, or made available for, downloading. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. The Lemmon v. Case Citation : Doe v.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

This is another lawsuit involving the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs. (Q: In this lawsuit, BAYC sued an “appropriation artist,” Ripps, who sought to comment on anti-Semitic aspects of the BAYC NFTs. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Q: why are the apes so bored? Federici * Biosafe-One v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2023

The plaintiffs claim that, “by enabling the transmission of ephemeral content on the application, Defendants facilitate the exchange of CSAM, and that Snap’s design of the application assists users in ‘evad[ing] supervision by legal guardians or law enforcement.'” US * Catching Up on a FOSTA Case–ML v.

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LawSites

MAY 5, 2021

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. But this time, Lat will not be publishing his writing on a blog.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 2023

In response to a facial constitutional challenge to FOSTA, the DC Circuit upheld the law after making several narrowing constructions. The remaining ambiguity over its scope chills and inhibits socially beneficial and completely legal behavior, but the law doesn’t help reduce illegal behavior.

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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] AV-based companies are feeling exposed to not just an unfavorable verdict in a court of law, but a poor verdict in the court of public opinion as well. [28]

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

The court says the claim fails on its prima facie elements because “Plaintiffs have failed to establish that Salesforce had constructive knowledge that Backpage violated relevant sex-trafficking laws as to Plaintiff.” Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. April 29, 2024).

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 20, 2023

FRB is a podcast that Greg Lambert produces and is hosted by ⁠ Jackson Walker ⁠ attorneys Art Cavazos and Erin Camp and is focused on how new ideas, regulations, laws, and overall societal changes affect the way businesses operate. I got really really serious about Instagram probably 2017-2018. I love being a fashion and in law.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Matt Cagle to discuss the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by police departments and other law enforcement entities. Podcast Transcript: [Tiffaney] 0:12 You’re listening to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast. I’m Tiffaney Boyd.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 16, 2023

So does the rest of the employee’s lawsuit. “Courts in the Ninth Circuit have regularly held that the DMCA preempts state law claims arising out of submission of takedown notices.” ” 512(f) once again wipes out state law claims, even if 512(f) doesn’t apply. The 512(f) claim fails. Powerwand Inc.

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