Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing
Trellis.Law Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2023
On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing.
Suspended Twitter User Loses Lawsuit Over Data Access–Thomas v. Twitter
Eric Goldman
DECEMBER 9, 2023
” Whether this lawsuit is only about the account suspension or also includes the loss of data access, it winds up as another failed lawsuit over account terminations and content removals. Twitter Corporate Office , 2023 WL 8452200 (S.D.N.Y. Case Citation : Thomas v.
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YouTube Defeats Trademark Lawsuit–Lops v. YouTube
Eric Goldman
MARCH 6, 2023
” Lops also had an unsuccessful lawsuit against Facebook. YouTube, LLC, 2023 WL 2349597 (D. March 3, 2023). The post YouTube Defeats Trademark Lawsuit–Lops v. Case Citation : Lops v. The complaint. YouTube appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
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Court Finally Rejects “Discrimination” Lawsuit Against YouTube–Divino v. Google
Eric Goldman
JULY 14, 2023
This long-running lawsuit started in 2019. When I first blogged this case in January 2021, I wrote: This lawsuit, like many others before it, claims that UGC services like YouTube commit illegal discrimination based on how they moderate content. Google LLC , 2023 WL 4372701 (N.D. Case citation : Divino Group LLC v.
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YouTuber Owes Money to YouTube for Ill-Conceived Deplatforming Lawsuit–Daniels v. Alphabet
Eric Goldman
MARCH 10, 2023
Represented by lawyers Maria Cristina Armenta and Credence Elizabeth Sol (who keep expanding their oeuvre of failed lawsuits against Internet services), Daniels claimed YouTube had to comply with 1983 because YouTube became a state actor. 2023 WL 2414258 (N.D. In 2021, the court quickly shut down that misguided argument. Alphabet Inc.
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Lawsuit Over Twitter Suspension Fails Again–Zhang v. Twitter
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 31, 2023
2023 WL 5493823 (N.D. 23, 2023) The post Lawsuit Over Twitter Suspension Fails Again–Zhang v. Case Citation : Zhang v. Twitter, Inc. Twitter appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
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Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing
Legal Tech Monitor
DECEMBER 1, 2023
On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing. Continue reading → The post Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.
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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 30, 2023
This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. A rival, Colibri, displayed in the trademark in its Google keyword ads, but it claims it has stopped doing so after the lawsuit was filed. Colibri Healthcare, LLC , 2023 WL 5493530 (E.D. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v.
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Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Still Stupid–SMS v. Pharmaaid
Eric Goldman
OCTOBER 24, 2023
19, 2023) Selected Prior Blog Posts on Product Shots Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Stupid–eTrailer v. FragranceX The post Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Still Stupid–SMS v. Pharmaaid Corp. , 1:23-cv-01777-EK-TAM (E.D.N.Y. Pharmaaid appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 18, 2024
My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. In 2023, the EU launched its Digital Services Act. Then, in Liapes v.
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Court Greenlights TikTok Content Moderators’ Lawsuit–Young v. ByteDance
Eric Goldman
MAY 24, 2023
The lawsuit claims the BPOs were TikTok’s proxies. The court also allows an exception to the general rule due to the supply of unsafe equipment, i.e., the faulty sorting software for reviewer queues. * * * Similar lawsuits by content moderators have failed, including Garrett-Alfred v. 2023 WL 3484215 (N.D. Cognizant.
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Google mediates a settlement in a 4 year old class action Privacy Protection lawsuit!
Vogel IT Law
DECEMBER 29, 2023
BankInfoSecurity.com reported “Google reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit that alleged the tech giant had misled consumers about their privacy protections when using the private browsing Incognito mode of its Chrome web browser.” ” Since +95% of all lawsuit settle without trial this is no surprise! .”
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Justia Featured Resources: Justia Dockets Offering Info on AI Lawsuits
Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog
MAY 4, 2023
The evolution of generative AI (artificial intelligence) has captured the attention of many Americans during the first few months of 2023. Already, lawsuits involving AI-generated works have been filed in federal courts from coast to coast. This free database provides public records of lawsuits in federal trial and appellate courts.
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eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023
CloudNine
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A recent Arcadis study highlights a 42% surge in construction lawsuits in North America from 2021 to 2022, attributing this spike to ongoing COVID-19 effects, supply chain woes, and escalating material costs. The post eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023 appeared first on CloudNine.
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Breaking: Judge Rules Ross Intelligence Copied Westlaw’s Headnotes, But Leaves for Jury to Decide if It Violated Thomson Reuters’ Copyright
Above the Law - Technology
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
It has been a while since I have written about the copyright lawsuit by legal research giant Thomson Reuters against the no-shuttered legal research startup Ross Intelligence, in which TR alleges that Ross stole copyright content from Westlaw to build its own completing legal research product. See all stories about this lawsuit.
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Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Bradford
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 20, 2023
We used to see lawsuits like this 15+ years ago, but we don’t see them any more because they are so obviously doomed by Section 230. Bradford, 2023 U.S. The post Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Whoa, what a flashback. This case involves a shooting of police officers. LifelongLearning.
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My New Article on Abusive “Schedule A” IP Lawsuits Will Likely Leave You Angry
Eric Goldman
MARCH 9, 2023
To that end, I am giving a couple of public talks on the paper: Tarrant County Bar Association , Texas A&M Law School, Fort Worth, TX, March 27, 2023. 32nd Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium , Chicago, April 14, 2023. Free RSVP! I would welcome yours.
Atari’s Lawsuit Against a Print-on-Demand Service Fizzles Out–Atari v. Printify
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 30, 2024
The court says that Printify took appropriate steps when it learned of infringing items via Atari’s lawsuit: First, Printify searched its own database for the 70 URLs identified by Atari in ECF No. The court summarizes the proceedings: Atari initially moved for an ex parte TRO, which the Court granted on October 24, 2023.
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Justia Legal Resources: What Was New in 2023
Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Our projects in 2023 included a brand-new dictionary with thousands of legal and business terms, as well as numerous 50-state surveys on topics extending from family law, personal injury, and criminal law to employment law and consumer protection. The law on generative AI remains unsettled, with several lawsuits pending.
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Reddit Defeats Lawsuit Over Removal of r/WallStreetBets Moderator’s Privileges–Rogozinski v. Reddit
Eric Goldman
JULY 13, 2023
2023 WL 4475581 (N.D. July 11, 2023) The post Reddit Defeats Lawsuit Over Removal of r/WallStreetBets Moderator’s Privileges–Rogozinski v. For now, this case adds to the canon of account termination/content removal cases by treating changes in moderator privileges as a subcategory of the phenomenon. Reddit, Inc.
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2023 Quick Links: Social Media
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 15, 2024
District of Columbia , 2023 WL 5964764 (D.C. Court granted Facebook’s anti-SLAPP motion in lawsuit over “publication/de-publication to developers via the Facebook Platform API”: Plaintiff’s app depended on Facebook’s publication of third-party user’s photos to developers through Facebook’s Platform. . Six4Three v.
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eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023
CloudNine
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A recent Arcadis study highlights a 42% surge in construction lawsuits in North America from 2021 to 2022, attributing this spike to ongoing COVID-19 effects, supply chain woes, and escalating material costs. The post eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023 appeared first on CloudNine.
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What IBM’s 2023 Report Tells Us About Data Breaches and Lawyers
Clio
AUGUST 16, 2023
IBM Security recently released its 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report. This report studied 553 organizations that experienced data breaches between March 2022 and March 2023 to help IT, risk management, and security leaders understand the impact. This can include a loss of trust in your firm and malpractice lawsuits. million.
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Section 230 Helps Amazon Defeat False Advertising Lawsuit Over Printer Ink Cartridges–Planet Green v. Amazon
Eric Goldman
DECEMBER 10, 2023
.” For reasons unclear to me, the plaintiff thought it would be a good idea to sue Amazon over its competitors’ alleged misdeeds, going so far to breathlessly issue a press release that it had “filed a $500 million lawsuit against tech giant Amazon.” Case Citation : Planet Green Cartridges, Inc. v Amazon.com, Inc.
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Swifties’ Ticketmaster Lawsuit Reveals ‘Anti-Hero’ Behavior
Berkley Technology Law Journal
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
2023 Taylor Swift’s fans, affectionately called Swifties, closed out 2022 with an antitrust complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Ticketmaster, the online ticketing giant. For example, a recent FTC lawsuit filed in December 2020 seeks to undo Meta’s acquisition of two social media platforms, WhatsApp and Instagram.
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Guest Post: The Year in Justice Tech: 2023 Report and News Roundup
LawSites
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In 2023, the justice tech ecosystem continued to grow rapidly, with a significant increase in solutions addressing access to justice-related challenges for consumers. featured in ABA Journal , Pulse 2.0 , Bob Ambrogi’s LawNext podcast , and Accelerator Insider , and its executive director, Maya Markovich, was named to the 2023 Fastcase 50.
Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves
Eric Goldman
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The Florida legislature (bless their hearts) amended the statute in 2023 (after Lindsey’s rental) to broaden the definition of a livery. 9, 2024) The post Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.
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Laura Loomer Loses Litigation (Again)–Loomer v. Zuckerberg
Eric Goldman
OCTOBER 7, 2023
In response, she has brought several trash lawsuits, which have gone as well as you’d expect. Her latest trash lawsuit claimed that social media, the government, and Procter & Gamble were all doing the RICO against her. The court dismisses the lawsuit on several grounds, including res judicata. The complaint.
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What Does Hermès’ Win in the Metabirkins Lawsuit Mean for NFT Art??
The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
A major NFT case was decided on February 8, 2023 as the French luxury fashion house Hermès won the MetaBirkins lawsuit against the artist, Mason Rothschild. Tell me more about the MetaBirkins lawsuit Hermès had filed suit against Rothschild for his MetaBirkins project in the U.S. So what happened? What does this verdict mean?
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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 15, 2023
LLRX
JULY 15, 2023
Four highlights from this week: The potential healthcare privacy risks of ChatGPT; “Shadow libraries” at heart of mounting copyright lawsuits against OpenAI; Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data; and Cooper Davis Act Would Force Tech Companies to Flag Users for Drugs.
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Tech in Trouble: 5 Legal Tech Companies in Hot Water in 2023
Legal Tech Monitor
DECEMBER 21, 2023
From class action lawsuits, data breaches or allegations of sexual misconduct about their CEOs, some legal tech companies had to navigate critical challenges this year.
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More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Bye, Goff
Eric Goldman
MAY 13, 2023
This is another lawsuit between personal injury law firms over competitive keyword ads. However, if it’s anywhere close to true, this will be another impressive entry into the annals of financially unjustified and irrational lawsuits over competitive keyword ads. 2023 WL 3340214 (W.D. Bye, Goff && Rohde, Ltd.
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Guest Post: The Year in Justice Tech: 2023 Report and News Roundup
Legal Tech Monitor
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In 2023, the justice tech ecosystem continued to grow rapidly, with a significant increase in solutions addressing access to justice-related challenges for consumers. featured in ABA Journal , Pulse 2.0 , Bob Ambrogi’s LawNext podcast , and Accelerator Insider , and its executive director, Maya Markovich, was named to the 2023 Fastcase 50.
Facebook Can Reject Unwanted Ads–Newton v. Meta
Eric Goldman
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
This is yet another online content removal lawsuit, and it reaches the obvious and inevitable result that dozens of cases have reached before it. The lawsuit against Facebook for refusing the film ads is an easy dismissal. The only question at issue is whether the lawsuit treats Facebook’s refusal as a publisher/speaker action.
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When Do Inbound Call Logs Show Consumer Confusion?–Adler v McNeil
Eric Goldman
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
McNeil Consultants LLC, 2023 WL 5600128 (N.D. July 27, 2023). More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri * Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit Fails…Despite 236 Potentially Confused Customers–Lerner & Rowe v. Adler PC v. LoanStreet v.
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Ninth Circuit Easily Dismisses Account Termination Case–King v. Facebook
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 19, 2023
Instead, this becomes another banal entry in the ever-growing pile of failed account termination and content removal lawsuits. 2023 WL 5318464 (9th Cir. August 18, 2023) The post Ninth Circuit Easily Dismisses Account Termination Case–King v. Case citation : Adrienne Sepaniak King and Christopher Edward Sepaniak King v.
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LegalWeek 2023: A Sea Change in the Profession?
TechLaw Crossroads
MARCH 24, 2023
One Lawsuit One Lawyer But with automation and generative AI, you may not have work to leverage. If the rest of the work can be done by computers, then the notion of “one lawsuit, one lawyer” (to paraphrase an old Texas Ranger saying) can become a reality. One lawsuit, one lawyer may mean less money. What About Alternative Fees?
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Internal Search Results Aren’t Trademark Infringing–PEM v. Peninsula
Eric Goldman
JANUARY 8, 2024
2023 WL 9051998 (E.D. 28, 2023) More Posts About Keyword Advertising * When Do Inbound Call Logs Show Consumer Confusion?–Adler Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v.
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It Turns Out You Can’t “Sue the CDA”–Fyk v. US
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. 2023 WL 3933719 (D.D.C. June 9, 2023). Fyk’s lawsuit does not accurately describe Section 230.”]
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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 21, 2023
LLRX
JANUARY 21, 2023
Four highlights from this week : Apple Faces Third Class-Action Lawsuit Over Privacy Problems; Will Europe’s Privacy Bill of Rights Ever Truly Be Enforced?; Cybersecurity High-Risk Series: Challenges in Establishing a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Strategy and Performing Effective Oversight; and How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy.
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Fintales Issue 25: January 2023
Ikigai Law
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Main Course: Fintechs’ wishlist for 2023, and a tear-away list for fintechs to prep for all things data in 2023 Dessert: delightful news about UPI for NRIs Mints: quick refresher about developments in the fintech and crypto world Takeaways: articles, podcasts, and documentaries to grab and go Main Course ? ?
LegalWeek 2023: A Sea Change in the Profession?
Legal Tech Monitor
MARCH 24, 2023
One Lawsuit One Lawyer But with automation and generative AI, you may not have work to leverage. If the rest of the work can be done by computers, then the notion of “one lawsuit, one lawyer” (to paraphrase an old Texas Ranger saying) can become a reality. One lawsuit, one lawyer may mean less money. What About Alternative Fees?
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Patents over Patients: How Pharmaceutical Companies use the Patent System to Keep Drug Costs High
Richmond Journal of Law and Technology
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
16] Companies accomplish this by first suing generic-manufacturing companies for patent infringement, and then settling the lawsuit by paying them to stay out of the market in what is known as a reverse-payment settlement. [17] 19] The lawsuit ended in a settlement with Gilead agreeing to pay Teva, the supposed infringer, $1.5
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