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. 2023 WL 3933719 (D.D.C. June 9, 2023).

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Because the removal of content is a traditional editorial function, Section 230(c)(1) bars plaintiff’s lawsuit.” The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I 2023 WL 7165042 (D. ” The court cites Force v. Nextdoor, Inc.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While federal law governs people and businesses across the U.S., each state has developed its own set of laws in many areas. These range from employment and family law to personal injury and criminal law. State laws may resemble one another in some situations, but they may vary greatly in others.

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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

Law firm data security should be a top priority for any practice, and here’s why: Clients trust you with their most confidential information. Since clients entrust lawyers with so much of their sensitive data, law firms make prime targets for cybercrime. You don’t want your law firm to become part of that statistic.

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Clio

JUNE 14, 2023

TikTok bans: A brief summary The United States has enacted several laws that either outright ban TikTok or possess the potential to do so. As of June 2023, the RESTRICT Act has been read twice by the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Let’s delve into them in more detail.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 16, 2023

firearms dealers—will be held liable for meeting the requirements of state and federal law [This sidesteps the obvious question of whether Wisconsin could statutorily impose such duties on an online publisher like Armslist, an issue that probably will come up in other cases.] Armslist LLC , 2023 WL 3945516 (7th Cir.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This post covers two more rulings this week involving anti-TikTok efforts: Montana’s TikTok ban and Indiana’s consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok. Federal Preemption The court then turns to arguments that federal law preempts Montana’s ban. Knudsen , 2023 WL 8270811 (D. TikTok, Inc.

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