Eric Goldman

MAY 18, 2025

It is one of the many video game addiction lawsuits percolating throughout the courts nationwide. In between the issuance of this ruling and my belated blogging of it, Roblox won a decisive dismissal in a different addiction case ( Angelilli v. Without showing the initial TOS page, the court labels it a “clickwrap.”

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

After hearing this allegation at least twice, the Court instructed plaintiffs’ counsel to go present proof of such a bribe and to specifically subpoena the banks that were allegedly involved in laundering the bribe. Instagram appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. LEXIS 171462 (N.D.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 29, 2023

Consistent with the CCB’s small claims court ethos, the case involved both a pro se claimant and respondent. Eric asked me: how would this have been different if the claimant had pursued the traditional route of suing in federal court? The CCB filing cost is about $300 less than federal court. Here’s the odd part.

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Inside Privacy

MARCH 8, 2024

On March 7, 2024, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) rendered its judgment in an appeal against a decision of the EU General Court ( C-479/22P ). The CJEU overturned the decision of the General Court. The Court did not decide that the data were personal data simply because OLAF knew who the scientist was.

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Colin S. Levy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

2] Even way back in 2018, LawGeex demonstrated the superior work of its technology as compared to humans, in issue-spotting clauses in NDAs. Sneed III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and then practiced law (primarily bankruptcy law) with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco from 1986-1991.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

To uncover those violations, reporters reviewed the financial holdings of some 700 federal judges and compared them against tens of thousands of court cases. The data the Journal used was compiled by the Free Law Project , a non-profit that works to provide free and open public access to court data, opinions, filings and other information.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 7, 2024

The court denied the motion. In our 2018 study, we found seven cases involving male victims. Spencer appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Spencer (proceeding pro se) filed a motion to dismiss on several grounds, including Section 230. ” Indeed, it does not. However, men are victims too, as in this case.

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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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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2023

I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018 ?). He brought a state court class action lawsuit against Ripoff Report, alleging violations of CA B&P 17200 and the implied covenant of good faith. Ripoff Report removed the case to federal court.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

However, although persuasive, the Guidelines are not authoritative and the EU AI Acts application is likely to be refined by its practical implementation and the courts in the future. The ban entered into force on 2 February 2025.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

[This opinion from December got stuck in my blogging queue. I’m blogging it now as part of my ongoing efforts to highlight the censorial effects of mandatory editorial transparency laws.] ” In 2018, the state claimed Facebook violated the law, and Facebook stipulated to a $200k judgment.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 16, 2023

He also sees opportunities to use the tools to help pro se litigants and courts. Yeah, so it was November of 2018, if you can believe it. Jeff Pfeifer 1:43 Well, it seems ironic that we were talking about that in 2018. So that was a huge step in around 2018. So So Jeff, I looked it up?

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Data Protection Authority powers: The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that Data Protection Authorities are not obliged to exercise corrective powers in the event of a breach. The German courts referred the interpretation of GDPR to the CJEU.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 1, 2023

As a result, courts have recognized three types of liability for copyright infringement: direct infringement (“to do” any one of the five exclusive rights), contributory infringement (“to authorize” another to directly infringe) and vicarious liability (based on the relationship between the direct infringer and the person sought to be held liable).

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In 2018, Jason Fyk sued Facebook for removing and blocking his content. My previous summary of this litigation campaign: His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The Supreme Court denied cert. Having exhausted his arguments in court twice, he launched a third expedition against Section 230.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While the statutory elements of a Section 1202(b) claim appear straightforward, certain courts considering claims involving CMI have added two hurdles for copyright plaintiffs: a “double scienter” requirement and an identicality requirement. 2018); Victor Elias Photography, LLC v. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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Clio

AUGUST 7, 2024

Fastcase: For an online law library As one of the largest online law libraries in the world, Fastcase provides online access to case law, statutes, regulations, constitutions, court rules, and law review articles—making legal research and analysis faster and easier.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 27, 2024

The district court initially dismissed all of the claims for their lack of merit, after discussing Snap’s Section 230 defense irresolutely. Assuming the court is right the move isn’t pretextual, it’s still a Pyrrhic victory for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs tried again, with the same result. ” UCL/FAL/CRLA.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Court Opinion Greer was a target of one of Kiwi Farms’ attacks. The district court dismissed the contributory claim because the defendants didn’t materially contribute to the infringement. The appellate court revives the claim. The court says the defendants waived any fair use defense by briefing it inadequately.

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JULY 29, 2021

started Hello Divorce in 2017 as part of her law firm and spun it off in 2018 as a platform for do-it-yourself divorces. See my LawNext interview with Levine and my blog post about the expansion.). We were already growing at a pretty good clip.”. Levine, a divorce attorney in Emeryville, Calif.,

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

But courts may take divergent paths on those issues, especially given the fact-specific nature of many of the plaintiffs challenges, which depend not only on their specific claimed rights but also on the way each AI company has trained their model and how those models function. Showing Substantial Similarity of Generative AI Outputs.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2023

She sought housing from August 2018 through April 2019 and was ready, willing, and able to move. The court responds that Facebook inferred other protected attributes through data-mining. For these and perhaps other reasons, the Roommates.com has been fading in importance. ” Uh oh.

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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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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The ICO must obtain a court warrant to conduct a dawn raid. unlawfully obtaining personal data); and the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that evidence of the failure or commission of the offence is to be found on the premises. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 26, 2023

2019) (“As courts uniformly recognize, § 230 immunizes internet services for third-party content that they publish, including false statements, against causes of action of all kinds.”). 2018), aff’d , 765 F. lip Copy The post 2023 Quick Links: Section 230 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2021

Supreme Court TransUnion decision. 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. Recent Circuit Court Decisions: Tsao, McMorris, and In re Equifax The U.S.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In this blog post, we outline the current and forthcoming EU legislation on the international transfer of non-personal data. This blog post was drafted with the contribution of Diane Valat. ) We are happy to answer any questions you may have on this topic.

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LawSites

MARCH 22, 2022

Harold was a 2014 Republican primary candidate for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District and the 2018 Republican nominee for Illinois attorney general. Since 2015, she has served on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Equality. Wright Memorial Award for appellate advocacy in the Ames Moot Court Competition.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

As anyone following the fallout from the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in Schrems II will know, the GDPR restricts the transfer of personal data to “third countries”, including the U.S., We cover the key takeaways for SEC Regulated UK Firms, including investment advisors, here. What was the issue?

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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.

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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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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

1] Fred Schebesta, one of the HiveEx’s founders, also purchased a stake in a local bank, Australian Goldfields Money, in 2018 and announced his intention to launch Australia’s first crypto bank. [2] 13] As more and more profiles come out weekly regarding Bankman-Fried and FTX, his court battle has continued on as well.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This statute has been interpreted by the courts to mean that (1) written description and (2) enablement are, “two separate requirements that valid patents must fulfill,” to satisfy the specification of a patent application. [4] 13] As a result, the trajectory of antibody patents in particular “has dramatically shifted.” [14]

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Criminal enforcement action for unlawfully accessing personal data: A former employee of Enterprise Rent-A-Car was fined £10,000 by a UK criminal court for unlawfully accessing personal data. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here. The cover art used in this blog post was generated by Microsoft Copilot.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

million against telecommunications operator TIM for unsolicited marketing calls £20 million against British Airways for its 2018 data breach £18.4 million against Marriott for its 2018 data breach When you dig deeper though, two key points emerge. There were also high-profile successful challenges in Member State courts.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

JANUARY 24, 2024

Over the next 10 years, the SEC rejected numerous applications to create Bitcoin ETPs or ETFs, rejecting over 20 applications from 2018 to 2023 alone. The circuit court held that the SEC failed to provide a “coherent explanation” for why it would allow an ETF for bitcoin futures but not an ETF for spot bitcoin.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Alienation: with the agreement of the courts, Ofcom can require Covered Entities’ ancillary service providers, such as advertisers and internet service providers, to stop working with the company at fault, thereby cutting them off from the UK market. To subscribe to our Data Blog, please click here. What can you do now?

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