Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging infringement of three patents related to real-time retail technology. According to the lawsuit: Alpha Modus approached Cooler Screens in January 2020 about licensing its patents. Brett Trout In a high-stakes patent litigation case, Alpha Modus Corp. in the U.S.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

LinkedIn fined 310 million for GDPR breach: The Irish DPC fined LinkedIn for breaching GDPR requirements of lawfulness, fairness and transparency. 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.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In response to widespread concern among rights holders about the ease with which consumers could make inexpensive copies of music and movies, in 1998, Congress enacted the DMCA to bring copyright law into the Internet age. 2020); Stevens v. CV 2-20-1931-DMG, 2020 WL 5991503, at *6 (C.D. Double Scienter. See, e.g. , Mango v.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Do Law Firms Offer Maternity and Paternity Leave? Traditionally law firms have not been generous with leave for lawyers who have just given birth, or their partners. One journalist wrote in 2024 that law firms are notorious for pretending that attorneys just dont have a life outside of the office.

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

SEC Charges Four Companies for Misleading Cyber Disclosures (October 28, 2024) On October 22, 2024, the SEC announced settled charges in separate actions against four technology companies that had been downstream victims of the 2020 SUNBURST cyber-attack. This post synthesizes key compliance requirements under this expanded regulation.

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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

When most people think of a law degree, they envision a career in traditional fields such as litigation,corporate law, or criminal defense. However, a law degree offers a versatile skill set that can be applied across various industries and professions. However, only 51% were working in law firms. 2 The ABA reported 7.6%

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

But in 2019 and 2020, these critical reminders went unseen. Although he appealed the expiry, the appellate court denied his appeal, finding that Taillefer not having a backup system for receiving emails regarding the maintenance fee payments was an accident waiting to happen.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 30, 2025

If your law firm isnt showing up when and where theyre searching, you may be missing out on valuable business. But many law firms make critical SEO mistakes that limit their performance, waste marketing resources, or fail to generate meaningful results. Clients often turn to search engines long before they ever pick up the phone.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

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. The state sued Facebook again in 2020.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 22, 2025

Mark Bartholomew (Buffalo Law) Sam Bayard Prof. Law) Nyssa Chopra Prof. Stephen Diamond (Santa Clara Law) Prof. Elizabeth Townsend Gard (Tulane Law) Cary Glynn Prof. Deborah Gerhardt (North Carolina Law) Kyle Graham Franklin Graves Prof. Leah Chan Grinvald (now at UNLV Law) Prof. Lisa Ramsey (USD Law) Prof.

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Legal assistants are important contributors to a law firm’s success and are integral to its day-to-day operations. Because of their effective organizational skills and knowledge of law, they affect the dynamics of the ever-dynamic legal world. This can include preparing or handling legal papers and even assisting an attorney in court.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

” Toyota cited the 2020 Bose decision, which said that online marketplace alleged counterfeiters could be analogized to BitTorrent infringers, where courts have held that joinder against BitTorrent participants can be supported when they are all part of the same swarm. The rule establishes the standard.

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Third, the court must determine that the individual’s symptoms can be treated effectively with the proposed plan. 11 Downsides Include: Exploiting the System : Some defense law firms actively market the Mental health Diversion program as a way to avoid criminal prosecution. The Sol Blatt, Jr.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 6, 2025

In April, the court ruled on Microsoft and OpenAI’s motions to dismiss. But it’s still worth following, because these narrow and technical areas of the law are likely where these decisions are headed. 1202; (5) common law unfair competition by misappropriation; and (6) trademark dilution in violation of 15 U.S.C. 774, 78 L.Ed.2d

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2025

Thats the basis for a recent opinion from a Florida federal district court that could have major implications for online services CSAM detection and reporting practices. NCMEC routes received reports to the appropriate law enforcement agency. The court sides with the defendants as to the first CyberTip but not the second.

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Legal Talk Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

These trailblazers have pulled back the curtain on their journeys, revealing hard-earned wisdom, behind-the-scenes stories, and practical advice on everything from shaping historic rulings to crafting the laws that define our nation. His advice to lawyers is as follows: Use your law license to become part of the solution.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MARCH 21, 2025

Baker referred to this phenomenon in his speech, highlighting that upward of 1,000 movie screens have shut down in the United States since 2020 – “right now, the theatre-going experience is under threat,” [3] he exclaimed. But what exactly is threatening movie theaters in 2025? Paramount Pictures, Inc. Paramount Pictures, Inc. 131 (1948). [6]

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Primacy of Covering Court Decisions. Blogging court decisions is the heart of this blog, as it’s been from day 1. I’m an old-guard Internet Law expert from the 1990s, and I keep covering the same topics rather than prioritizing the latest “hot thing.” I still do all of this, but less than I used to.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The district court dismissed the case. The Ninth Circuit affirms every point of the district court’s decision. The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. .” Will a Ninth Circuit panel agree?

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

My ranking of the top 10 Internet Law developments of 2024. There are supposed to be conflicts-of-interest laws that prevent this, but America has become a post-conflicts kleptocracy). 9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. The court did address substantive jawboning issues in the NRA v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2025

1] The government alleged that because firms lacked control over these messages—including the ability to identify and produce them to regulators—this conduct obstructed its investigative and examination efforts to safeguard market integrity in violation of the federal securities laws. [2] 2020-1061-JTL, 2024 WL 303638 (Del. & Exch.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MARCH 7, 2025

By: Evan Lees In 2014, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Riley v. California , mandating that law enforcement obtain a warrant before searching digital information and underscoring the critical need for privacy protections in the digital age. [1] Law: Note: What’s Your Privacy Worth On The Global Tech Market?:

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lennyesq

MARCH 24, 2025

By David Rohde Critics called the move “autocratic,” “authoritarian” and “hypocritical,” noting that Trump’s lawyers have made myriad false legal claims, including that he won the 2020 election. ” Read more…

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2025

” The court previously described the core allegations: The plaintiffs allege that Onision “ran several YouTube channels” that “targeted minor audiences” and allowed Onision to “groom and lure underage girls.” The court previously dismissed the case on Section 230 grounds and rejected the FOSTA workaround.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 13, 2025

Castronuova alleges that, in November 2020 and without warning, Facebook banned her account and Twitter shadowbanned her account. An evergreen reminder: in November 2020, Trump 1.0 There has been a lot of sometimes-convenient amnesia about the Trump/Biden/Trump timeline, but everything in 2020 happened during the Trump 1.0

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 10, 2025

In 2020, Facebook and Instagram terminated various Armslist-related accounts, and Facebook prevented users from sending the URL armslist.com in private messages. The state appellate court disagrees. In addition to that flaw, the court says that Armslists allegations of jawboning dont rise to NRA v.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

APRIL 12, 2025

Unbeknownst to most, however, is that 167 law enforcement agencies across Virginia are now using public-facing surveillance technology such as Automatic License Plate Readers (“ALPR”) and gunshot listening devices. [1] 11] Law enforcement uses ALPR primarily for two reasons. You speed through a traffic light near Washington, D.C.

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The Barrister

MARCH 6, 2025

Between 2020 and 2023, the United States experienced more than 600 mass shootings. 7 Within years of the advisory, cigarette sales declined significantly, largely due to the new regulations and laws implemented to combat the crisis. 12 This lack of a consistent approach has proven ineffective, as evidenced by the ongoing crisis.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

An executive order is a formal directive given by the President of the United States that has the full force of law. [2] The earliest attempt to ban TikTok was in August 2020, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order giving ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, 45 days to sell the app to an American company. [4]

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Martindale-Avvo

JUNE 25, 2025

From law schools to professional organizations, many are dedicated to advancing the cause of equality through their hard work. It’s especially needed at a time when there’s a renewed focus on the LGBTQ+ community as a whole and the laws that impact their rights. The data: How many lawyers are LGBTQ+? That’s up from 2.2%

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 17, 2025

The court summarizes: The plaintiffs commenced this action in connection with the death by suicide of 16 year old Chase Nasca on February 18, 2022 after he walked in front of a train. For more on Chase’s tragedy, see the People magazine story or the Social Media Victims Law Center’s press release about the lawsuit.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The appellate court refers to Doe’s behavior as “ capping.” The court dismissed the case on Section 230 grounds. Knowing CSAM Possession The district court dismissed the CSAM civil claim on Section 230 grounds. The 11th Circuit affirms, but relies only partially on Section 230 grounds.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

JUNE 29, 2025

14] Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor, said the case outcome showed “our juries are still really focused on the idea of a human in the driver’s seat being where the buck stops.” [15] June 26, 2020). [13] 10] In October 2023, Tesla won the first U.S. 5] Kelsey Mays, Which Cars Have Autopilot?

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Legal Talk Network

MARCH 4, 2020

ABA TECHSHOW 2020 kicked off with its 4th annual Start-Up Pitch Competition on February 26th. In addition, we heard from Clio co-founder Jack Newton how it’s possible for today’s law firm clients to walk away unsatisfied despite getting the result they wanted. Stay tuned to hear about Proposition 115 and the 19th Amendment.

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LawSites

MAY 10, 2021

Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. In its statement announcing the order , the court described its move as making “far-reaching changes that could transform the public’s access to legal services.”. Justice Timmer was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2012.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

District Court in Manhattan by a legal tech executive who alleges her former company owes her over $1 million in stock and that her former boss sexually harassed her. “We expect that the New York and Texas courts will rule in favor of our clients,” attorney Shah said in her email.

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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 2020, Bluford published a book in which he claimed to have become an FBI informant assisting in a political corruption investigation into the former mayor of Sacramento, Calif.,

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