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Judge Rejects SAD Scheme Joinder–Toyota v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

Toyota brought a SAD Scheme case against 103 defendants before Judge Daniel in the Northern District of Illinois. If these justifications sound familiar, it’s because these are the generic rotely-made defendant-unspecific allegations that are copied and pasted into most SAD Scheme complaints. Seriously, Toyota? Do better).

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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

The past year was marked by many more filed cases than decisions, and those decisions that were issued largely demonstrated how well-known pitfalls will also hamper this new wave of AI lawsuits. 1] Proving Defendants Use of Training Data Inputs. In Millette v. OpenAI, Inc., Showing Substantial Similarity of Generative AI Outputs.

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A Review of the NYT v. Microsoft AI-Copyright Ruling (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Though Microsoft is the named defendant in the case, the real players here are the New York Times and OpenAI. The lawsuit boils down to two key allegations, (1) OpenAI uses copyrighted content to train their LLMs, and (2) occasionally spews out copyrighted content in its answers to customer queries. Opinion at 17. The court agreed.

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Verizon and Its Cloud Vendor Must Face Lawsuit for Reporting “CSAM” That Wasn’t – Lawshe v. Verizon (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Its not mentioned here, but he later got the charges dropped and filed a civil-rights lawsuit against multiple government officials.) The court sides with the defendants as to the first CyberTip but not the second. The defamation and SCA claims for the second CyberTip go forward as to each defendant.

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Ninth Circuit Says Section 230 Preempts “Defective Design” Claims–Doe v. Grindr

Eric Goldman

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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2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. If any of those lawsuits succeed, they pose a potential existential threat to the entire industry. The early rounds have not gone well for the defendants in many cases. I’ve instead made Bluesky my primary social media home. FOLLOW ME THERE!

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YouTube Again Defeats FOSTA Lawsuit–In re YouTube Trafficking Litigation

Eric Goldman

This is a confusing lawsuit that has been through several names, including “Sarah v. Salesforce * Omegle Defeats Lawsuit Over User’s “Capping”–MH v. WebGroup Czech Republic * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a “Breeding Ground” for Sex Traffickers–Doe v. [Note: my blogging hiatus is due to a trip to China.

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