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

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. The litigants directly compete. Colibri Healthcare, LLC , 2023 WL 5493530 (E.D. The court denies a preliminary injunction.

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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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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

MARCH 25, 2024

This well-publicized lawsuit is an example of Musk waging lawfare over a critic’s speech. As a result, the court finds that much of the lawsuit is a SLAPP. If the case stands on appeal, Twitter will write a check to CCDH to compensate it for the litigation harms Twitter has imposed on it. “X Corp.

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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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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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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

MAY 22, 2023

The court dismisses the lawsuit on summary judgment. May 18, 2023) More Posts About Keyword Advertising * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. The court focuses on the likelihood of consumer confusion. LoanStreet v.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

“Cruise”ing for “Waymo” Lawsuits: Liability in Autonomous Vehicle Crashes By Caroline Kropka On October 2, 2023, a driverless vehicle traveled down a San Francisco street. [1] 4] In mid-November of 2023, Cruise halted its entire fleet of autonomous vehicles (AVs) amid a safety investigation. [5] 10, 2023, 8:54 AM). [2]

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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

JANUARY 26, 2024

Heuberger , 2023 WL 5334192 (D. Alderwood Surgical Center, LLC, 2023 WL 3435305 (W.D. May 12, 2023); and State v. Alderwood Surgical Center, LLC, 2023 WL 3687053 (W.D. May 26, 2023). Pinho, 2023 WL 3017282 (Cal. April 20, 2023). Lulifama.com LLC, 2023 U.S. July 20, 2023). Strain, No.

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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

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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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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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Biden , 2023 WL 5821788 (5th Cir. Biden, 2023 WL 5821788 (5th Cir. 8, 2023), these issues were addressed on a more comprehensive scale, not based on actions with respect to discrete individual plaintiffs, as in the case we have before us. Department of Health and Human Services , 2023 WL 5965931 (6th Cir. Missouri v.

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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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Eric Goldman

APRIL 16, 2023

and its CEO, Elon Musk, violated his First Amendment rights by blocking his Twitter account twice, for a period of seven days each, in February and March 2023. Musk, 2023 WL 2918739 (N.D. April 12, 2023). Weber Facebook Defeats Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for a Voting Misinformation “Joke”–Hall v. The complaint.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

2023 WL 8568911 (N.D. 11, 2023) BONUS: In the Doe v. Mindgeek litigation, the court certified a class of CSAM victims suing Mindgeek for “knowingly” disseminating videos of them. 2023 WL 8126845 (C.D. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Case Citation : Doe v.

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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

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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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 26, 2023

However, that opinion was from a district court in the Fifth Circuit, and this lawsuit is in the Ninth Circuit. Google LLC , 2023 WL 5440787 (N.D. 23, 2023) Selected Posts About State Action Claims Twitter Account Suspension Lawsuits Keep Failing–Hall v. Facebook Twitter Defeats Trump’s Deplatforming Lawsuit–Trump v.

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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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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

JANUARY 8, 2024

In that time, the parties have waged innumerable formal battles over seemingly everything available to parties in civil litigation: countless discovery disputes, motions for sanctions, and two rounds of summary judgment. 2023 WL 9051998 (E.D. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 3, 2023

Despite these developments, she pressed on with her litigation. Her parallel state court litigation gets an equally chilly reception. Though such lawsuits are ultimately socially wasteful, we do owe some gratitude to Rutenberg and her legal team for their contributions to Internet Law. 2023 WL 3768389 (Cal. June 2, 2023).

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Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

We’re still working through the first wave of litigation testing Congress’ poor handiwork. 2023 WL 3220913 (9th Cir. May 3, 2023) Doe v. 2023 WL 3220912 (9th Cir. May 3, 2023) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Last October , in Doe v. Twitter, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Rogalinski claims that Facebook “censored” him on behalf of the government, so he tries a standard jawboning lawsuit. The short-on-substance concurrence is bizarre and, as unfortunately typical for TAFS judges, bears little resemblance to the rule of law where judges only opine on the facts being litigated before the court.

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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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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

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

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

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

MARCH 13, 2023

Lawsuits like this one try to prey on our fears of government censorship to advance arguments that hurt public health and safety. Trump’s lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have devolved into standard jawboning cases. Google Facebook Defeats Jawboning Lawsuit Over COVID Misinformation Removal–Rogalinski v.

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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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TechLaw Crossroads

JANUARY 12, 2023

I have added my thoughts on how those trends may impact legal and litigation—if not today, then someday. Fewer of these kinds of lawsuits. But this doesn’t mean lawsuits will go away. It means lawsuits will involve different issues and problems. Below are some of the tech trends Koenig identified from the Show.

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