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JUNE 9, 2025

IN EARLY APRIL of this year, after more than a decade of litigation and a $90-million settlement, Mark Zuckerberg sent me forty bucks on Venmo. was my cut of the payout from a class action lawsuit: the “Facebook Internet Tracking Litigation” case (not to be confused with the “Facebook, Inc. That $40.67

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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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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Or was this just a ploy to find any tenable legal theory against YouTube so it could be exploited in future litigation? Lawsuits over content removals never succeed. The post Anti-Vaxxer’s Lawsuit Over Channel Removal Fails–Mercola v. Is it possible that he didn’t keep copies of his own videos? The complaint.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 9, 2023

I’m pleased to share a draft of a new paper, “ A SAD New Category of Abusive Intellectual Property Litigation.” 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. Free RSVP! I would welcome yours.

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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. Either way, looping Facebo0k into this litigation was a terrible decision. Bradford, 2023 U.S. The post Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. The complaint.

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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.

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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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CloudNine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the realm of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC), legal challenges are inherent, as affirmed by construction litigator Jordan Nadel of Mark Migdal & Hayden. The post eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023 appeared first on CloudNine.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 23, 2023

Jason Fyk’s recent litigation campaign reminds me of the classic story Moby Dick, with Fyk in the Captain Ahab role and Section 230 as his white whale. His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The Netflix documentary of his story will be called “Moby Fyk.” Freedom Def.

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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.” They have raised a total of $150 of their $500k goal.

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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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Legal Expert Connections

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Advertisements have become a powerful tool for plaintiff lawyers specializing in mass litigation, according to a Wall Street Journal article titled “The Latest Ad Boom: Lawyers Seeking Plaintiffs for Mass Litigation” published in January 2024. Notably, spending peaks coincide with specific cases gaining momentum.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 10, 2024

In the mid-2010s, plaintiffs filed about 20 lawsuits filed around the country seeking to hold social media services liable for allegedly facilitating terrorist attacks. In Fall 2023, the district court asked the plaintiffs to provide a proposed Fourth Amended Complaint (FAC). Two of those cases, Gonzalez v. Google and Taamneh v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Indeed, they are already filing lawsuits despite the pending Supreme Court appeal hanging over the law. 2023 WL 8434452 (N.D. 4, 2023) Also noted: Reaud v. 2023 WL 8455206 (D. Plaintiffs CAN’T WAIT to sue Internet services using the Texas social media censorship law. But surprise! Case citation : Wise Guys I v.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It is theoretically possible that bounty-based private litigation is the best way to enforce a law, but in practice those situations are rare or non-existent. The costs of defending those lawsuits is a financial punishment with censorial consequences, even if the defendant never violated the law. LeBlanc , 2023 WL 6464768 (E.D.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The parties are already in litigation. The generic manufacturer is already under a litigation hold. Violating that hold will lead to adverse consequences in the litigation as well as possible criminal punishment. With that context, it is usually unreasonable for one litigant to blindside its opponent with an ex parte demand.

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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.” Even pro se litigants typically recognize these cases are doomed and rarely file them any more. 2023 WL 7165042 (D. ” The court cites Force v. Case Citation : Duffer v. Nextdoor, Inc. The complaint.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2023

He brought a state court class action lawsuit against Ripoff Report, alleging violations of CA B&P 17200 and the implied covenant of good faith. Xcentric Ventures LLC , 2023 WL 2316200 (S.D. March 1, 2023) The post Ripoff Report Gets a Pricey Lesson on Section 230–Selker v. News You Can Use.”

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Is the attorneys’ fee shift motivating some or all of this lawsuit? I’m sure ShutterStock would have written a $2,131 settlement check to avoid the litigation. Last year, ShutterStock won a very similar lawsuit in Steinmetz v. 2, 2023) The post Photo Licensing Service Qualifies for DMCA 512(c) Safe Harbor–McGucken v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 30, 2023

For unclear reasons, Kelly Toys expanded the litigation to add online marketplaces Alibaba and AliExpress as defendants. Normally, SAD Scheme rightsowners don’t sue online marketplaces because that brings in well-funded and highly motivated defendants who will jack up the litigation costs substantially. This is an unusual move.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the lawsuit I’m covering today, Roblox named over 250 defendants. I bet most of Roblox’s lawsuit would unravel if the judge simply asked Roblox the obvious follow-up question, i.e., “what evidence do you have for each of the other 250 defendants that they sold infringing items in Illinois? Bigfinz , 2023 U.S.

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Colin S. Levy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

"Automated Argument Generation from Legal Facts" by Oscar Tuvey and Procheta Sen (2023). " Technology Takes Class-Action Lawsuits Out of the Slow Lane " (2024). Further Reading " Natural Language Processing in the Legal Domain " by Daniel Martin Katz et al.

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CloudNine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the realm of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC), legal challenges are inherent, as affirmed by construction litigator Jordan Nadel of Mark Migdal & Hayden. The post eDiscovery in AEC: Navigating Legal Complexities in 2023 appeared first on CloudNine.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On January 4, 2024, the North Carolina Justice for All Project (JFAP) filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the state of North Carolina claiming unlawful infringement upon their fundamental right of free speech to provide simple legal advice to North Carolinians. But this, of course, is not the end to JFAP’s story.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 14, 2023

Bouzy , 2023 WL 5013654 (D.N.J. 7, 2023) BONUS 1: Lima Jevremovic v. Brittany Jeream Courville , 2023 WL 5127332 (D.N.J. Budd , 2023 WL 4938545 (Colo. Woolford-Smith, 2023 WL 3563052 (Del. Common Pleas May 19, 2023). Defamation lawsuit over Facebook reviews fails at trial. Case Citation : Broughty v.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This opinion forces the court to address the boundaries of choreographic copyright, a lightly litigated topic. Epic Games , 2023 WL 7174242 (9th Cir. 1, 2023) Prior Blog Posts about Emotes Fortnite Emotes Don’t Infringe Dance Choreography–Hanagami v. Epic Fortnite Defeats Another Lawsuit Over Emote Dance Moves–Brantley v.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 29, 2023

I assume that court will dismiss the lawsuit because the law remains enjoined. * * * This case provides a scary preview of Internet litigation if the Texas social media censorship law ever comes into effect. This will produce litigation tsunamis and likely inhibit content moderation decisions that promote healthy communities.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 4, 2024

” “Plaintiff’s timing in filing and dismissing its lawsuit suggests an improper purpose… Plaintiff’s delay in filing the TRO undercuts its supposed urgency, suggesting instead that Plaintiff timed its filing to sideline its competitors during a busy sales season. or April 18, 2023.” That’s unacceptable.

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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.

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Legal IT Group

APRIL 28, 2023

Recently, we have already talked about the difficulties faced by the tech giant Meta Platforms with European supervisory authorities (Irish DPC, European EDPB) and the prospects for further litigation regarding the illegal processing of users’ personal data, in particular, class actions.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 21, 2023

This is one of several ideologically motivated lawsuits against YouTube for allegedly engaging in “discriminatory” content moderation. Thus, I always felt the litigation ploy acted as an adverse admission by the plaintiffs. After 5 tries, the Divino LGBTQ lawsuit finally failed last month. Case citation : Newman v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 18, 2023

The lawsuit’s lengthy duration and high defense cost has significant substantive implications. Based on the fundamental illogic of its litigation position, I see no way for Enigma to win here. 2023 WL 3769331 (9th Cir. June 2, 2023) Enigma v. At least, for the sake of cybersecurity, I hope not. Malwarebytes, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2024

I summarized: This lawsuit involves the freemium videogame “ Forge of Empires.” The Ninth Circuit has manufactured over a half-dozen Section 230 exceptions over the years, which causes extra litigation with little benefit to anyone when the plaintiffs still fail (though the story on the Lemmon exception is still being written).

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Eric Goldman

MAY 21, 2023

This does make me wonder about Athos’ choice to double-down on the old-fashioned takedown notices, costing lots of time and money, to preserve the lawsuit option. And wouldn’t getting on the fast-lane later still been better than bringing a doomed lawsuit like this? May 16, 2023). YouTube Inc. , 21-21698 (S.D.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Instead, the court orders the merchant to answer the complaint and proceed with the litigation. Worse, the court doesn’t question if it made the same mistake with respect to the dozens or hundreds of other defendants in this lawsuit who already settled or were subject to default judgments. Case Citation : Emoji Co.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 27, 2023

Cattelan , 2023 U.S. June 12, 2023) The post Revisiting Bananas, Duct Tape, Walls, & Copyright–Morford v. No Wrongful Copying To determine wrongful copying, the court uses the abstraction-filtration-comparison test. Now we’re more even more sure that we didn’t violate copyright law with this marketing.

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Percipient

APRIL 22, 2023

If the subpoena issued is in federal litigation, your company is likely responsible for the cost of compliance, especially if it has a connection to the litigation. For instance in, In re Aggrenox Antitrust Litig. , Securities Litigation , Case No. Who covers the expense in responding to it? In Jeune v.

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