LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. 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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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. 3d 585 (S.D.N.Y.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In my previous post , I summarized: This lawsuit involves troubling allegations that Facebook executives ( allegedly , Nick Clegg, Nicola Mendelsohn, and Cristian Perrella) took bribes from OnlyFans-related entities to spike Facebook and Instagram posts that promoted competitors of OnlyFans. The plaintiffs’ allegations were sizzling.

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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. Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The Supreme Court denied cert. The CourtListener page.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. If so, as I predicted in 2019 , the UK Online Safety Act will accelerate the end of Web 2.0 TikTok bans.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here’s everything you need to know about the pending lawsuit: Shein’s ‘egregious intellectual property infringement’ is ‘baked into its business model’ The Plaintiffs’ Claims Designer Krista Perry is accusing Shein of selling wall art and phone cases emblazoned with “mechanical cop[ies]” of her original artwork.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 26, 2023

2018), aff’d , 765 F. Google defeats lawsuit from a public school student using Google edtech that he claims was hacked and used to send inappropriate material. * lip Copy The post 2023 Quick Links: Section 230 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Grindr, LLC , 306 F. 3d 579, 589 (S.D.N.Y.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Copyright law has already experienced a string of AI-related lawsuits this year alone, prompting the U.S. Joining a string of lawsuits filed over material used to train AI systems, a group of authors—including Sarah Silverman, an American comedian and writer– have brought suit against OpenAI , Inc. OpenAI, Inc.

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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

on social media) Loss of public and client trust in your firm Malpractice allegations and lawsuits What are your ethical and regulatory obligations? Check out our blog post on understanding HIPAA compliance for more information. According to the American Bar Association (ABA) Rule 1.6:

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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. 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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Ikigai Law

JUNE 30, 2023

This blog post gives an overview of the copyright issues surrounding use of generative AI and their current position under India’s copyright law. In fact, we have created the image for this blog post using Bing’s AI based image creator. 254 (2018) DLT 307 [9] [link] [10] [link] ; Getty Images (US) Inc v. Stability AI Inc. [11]

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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? To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here. Robins , 578 U.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

[Professor Hoofnagle] 39:08 Well, especially around risk lawyering, that is advising clients in situations where someone might have a claim against you, or you might have a client who is engaging in something that could attract a suit, whether they’re actually going to attract a lawsuit or not. So all you’ve got is a lawsuit.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2024

The entire purpose of the discovery rule is to allow a plaintiff to recover damages that occurred more than three years before the date the lawsuit was filed. In 2018, following his second prison stint, Nealy sued Warner Chappell for copyright infringement. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

WebGroup Czech Republic * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a Breeding Ground for Sex TraffickersDoe v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves ForwardML v. Salesforce * Latest Linkwrap on FOSTAs Aftermath * Section 230 Doesnt End Lawsuit Claiming Facebook Facilitated Sex TraffickingDoe v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The complaint was brought under the FCA’s qui tam provisions, whereby a private citizen can bring a lawsuit on behalf of the government. The underlying failures alleged in the settlement occurred between 2018 and 2023. To subscribe to the Data Blog, please click here.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

I got really really serious about Instagram probably 2017-2018. And I said, I should start a blog called Courthouse Couture. So I do talk a lot about that on my blog, I even talk about why you may need to be careful what handbag you carry to work, because I do think while it is a form of self expression, everybody is not there yet.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In particular, Adler highlights that “from 2018-2021, there were 1,595 instances of callers mentioning ‘Jim Adler’ or ‘The Texas Hammer’ in the defendants’ call logs.” More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

The Road Not Taken At this point, no lawsuit had been filed; and the dispute probably could have been, and certainly should have been, easily resolved. In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., See Ochoa, Dr. Seuss, the Juice and Fair Use Revisited , 59 IDEA 233 (2018).)

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 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

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

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. § 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

JULY 26, 2024

July 24, 2024) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a “Breeding Ground” for Sex Traffickers–Doe v. 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

JUNE 7, 2023

Internet Brands rejected that proposal: lawsuits brought against interactive computer service providers based solely on failure to adequately monitor and regulate end-users’ harmful messages fall squarely within protections of Section 230 Implications If this ruling stands on appeal, it will be a major win for defendants.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 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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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] Lee, Report: Software Bug Led to Death in Uber’s Self-Driving Crash , Ars Technica (May 7, 2018, 6:12 PM), [link] See also Timothy B. 171, 174 (2022). [12]

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Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

I never blogged that opinion for two reasons. Second, the opinion was so clearly wrong and garbled that I expected the Seventh Circuit would take the case en banc and issue a more coherent and less terrible opinion that I would then blog. I can’t bring myself to go back and blog that opinion now. Doe (S.M.A.)

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Clio

JUNE 14, 2023

ByteDance, a Chinese internet technology company, acquired TikTok (formerly known as Musical.ly, a lip-syncing app) in 2018. Subscribe to our blog and get our blog posts delivered to your inbox! For example, five Montana-based TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana under similar grounds.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 20, 2023

I got really really serious about Instagram probably 2017-2018. And I said, I should start a blog called Courthouse Couture. So I do talk a lot about that on my blog, I even talk about why you may need to be careful what handbag you carry to work, because I do think while it is a form of self expression, everybody is not there yet.

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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. 2206 (2018). So that private/public distinction is one that I think is really important to break down too. And so this is a huge problem. link] (last visited Dec. United States , 138 S.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Even though the legal system punished the wrongdoers, the lawsuits continue. 18, 2025) Prior Blog Posts About Grindr Section 230 Defeats Underage Users Lawsuit Against GrindrDoll v. Salesforce * Omegle Defeats Lawsuit Over Users CappingMH v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves ForwardML v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Even though the legal system punished the wrongdoers, the lawsuits continue. 28, 2023) Prior Blog Posts About Grindr Section 230 Once Again Applies to Claims Over Offline Sexual Abuse–Doe v. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. ” Three of the men are in jail; one is on the lam.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

JULY 24, 2023

In 2018, the company was forced to discontinue an AI program that filtered job applicant resumes because it developed an anti-woman bias. 10, 2018), [link] [15] N.Y.C. 13] Amazon is a prime example (no pun intended). Sonderling et al., The Promise and the Peril: Artificial Intelligence and Employment Discrimination , 77 U. 1 (2022). [14]

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 13, 2025

Six4Three sued Facebook in 2015 (yes, this lawsuit has been ongoing for a decade) and somehow worked its way up to a Fifth Amended Complaint. As I mentioned in my blog post about Calise, other state appellate rulings disagree with the Calise ruling on 230’s application to contract claims. Justice delayed is justice denied, etc.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Section 230 cases are coming faster than I can blog them. This long blog post rounds up five defense losses, riddled with bad judicial errors. 9, 2024) The lawsuit alleges Meta addicts teens and thus violates DC’s consumer protection act. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 29, 2025

Colibri * Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit FailsDespite 236 Potentially Confused CustomersLerner & Rowe v. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are StupidPorta-Fab v. Groupon * 1-800 Contacts Loses YET ANOTHER Trademark Lawsuit Over Competitive Keyword Ads1-800 Contacts v. Advisory Comm. Greenberg v.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The plaintiff brought a FOSTA lawsuit. Prior blog post. Salesforce * Omegle Defeats Lawsuit Over Users CappingMH v. WebGroup Czech Republic * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a Breeding Ground for Sex TraffickersDoe v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves ForwardML v.

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