Eric Goldman

JUNE 6, 2025

2025 WL 1009179 (S.D.N.Y. April 4, 2025), might be the most important case pending on the legality of scraping public data to create training data sets to build large language models (“LLMs”). In April, the court ruled on Microsoft and OpenAI’s motions to dismiss. The court agreed. Microsoft Corp., 417, 442, 104 S.Ct.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 28, 2025

The court summarizes: Plaintiff does not argue that Modlily appears in the product name or description of these listings, or anywhere on the webpage itself. Echoing Patmont, the court said the “post-domain path of a URL, however, does not typically signify source. Patmont was followed by Interactive Products Corp.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 12, 2025

The district court dismisses some of GM’s claims but allows others to proceed. Defamation The court says that GM may proceed with a per se defamation claim based on the takedown notices’ alleged injury to its business reputation. Fackrell’s article ). 2025 WL 1226629 (S.D.N.Y. Focus Camera, Inc.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Despite the busy 2024 litigation year against companies offering AI platforms in 2024, significant intellectual property questions remain unanswered as the calendar turns to 2025. 2025 may bring some clarity to the legal status of AI, including through highly anticipated guidance from the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2025

The court says that Viral DRM’s exclusive “management” rights is not the same as ownership or an exclusive license to the copyright. The court says that Viral DRM doesn’t have standing to enforce the copyright. 2025 WL 660250 (N.D. 2025 WL 660250 (N.D. Case Citation : Viral DRM LLC v.

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The Barrister

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, the Charleston School of launched its renamed and reorganized Center for Diversity in the Legal Profession. Hernandez 2024-2025 Sol Blatt Jr. 2141 (2023) ︎ Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions – SCOTUSblog ︎ Id. Harvard , 3 the U.S.

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Colin S. Levy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In an upcoming article , we consider how much downward pressure GenAI will exert on the use of billable hours as a proxy for value. In our article, we suggest that the bespoke work, if its billed by the hour, can now command a higher billable rate than before, because experts are focusing on the tricky, novel issues.)

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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

9 Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) : For those uninterested in litigation, ADR roles such as mediation and arbitration offer opportunities to resolve conflicts outside of court. last visited Feb 27, 2025). St Francis School of Law (2021), [link] (last visited Feb 27, 2025). link] (last visited Feb 27, 2025).

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 17, 2025

As the judge says resignedly, “Taking these provisions directly from a law enacted in the United Kingdom, the California Legislature left it to the courts to pass the CAADCA through the filter of our First Amendment.” Unsurprisingly, on remand, the district court declared the rest unconstitutional.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Palmer Chief Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and Adjunct Professor Comment on his posts with your two cents on anything from incomprehensible law language to AI ethics in law to the power of youth mentorshipwe bet hell comment back. Kevin is not alone in these sentiments.

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Legal Expert Connections

JUNE 16, 2025

This article addresses the topic of forensic accounting marketing. Our proprietary business development methodology—Courting Your Clients—is offered exclusively by Legal Expert Connections, Inc. You’ll build credibility, and when a lawyer needs an expert, they’re more likely to think of the person who’s already educated them.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While we are happy to lead an industry disruption, we welcome new competition, which we believe will help accelerate adoption of new AI-powered eDiscovery technologies by courts, law firms, and other stakeholders. We securely give fiduciaries access to assets when required with no password-sharing, no court orders, and correct titling.

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Clio

JUNE 10, 2025

Important note: B Lab published updated standards on April 8, 2025, replacing the point-based system with Foundation Requirements and seven Impact Topics, effective 2026. Duties to clients, courts, and partners all must be juggled with running a law firm. Accountability. In many instances, a stakeholder has an established priority.

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Third, the court must determine that the individual’s symptoms can be treated effectively with the proposed plan. Additionally, South Carolina’s program is more localized, with participation dependent on the availability of specialized courts in certain counties, whereas California’s program is statewide. The Sol Blatt, Jr.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 13, 2024

” The article didn’t mention that mandatory online age authentication is also unconstitutional. C) The reported material was first displayed, stored, or hosted on the platform after January 1, 2025. (5) Age Authentication * Axios : “Tech platforms struggle to verify their users’ age.”

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Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 8, 2025

My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. * In fact, according to the 2025 AffiniPay Legal Industry Report, which will be published in the spring, one-fifth of firms have already adopted legal-specific generative AI tools. Another notable trend in 2025 will be continued regulatory changes and further ethics guidance.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2025

2025 WL 89191 (S.D.N.Y. 14, 2025) This cases involves two videos, one involving Michael Jordan that someone posted to Twitter (seemingly without permission?), The court doesn’t discuss the Hunley case at all. Mediaite LLC, 2025 WL 89226 (S.D.N.Y. 2025 WL 208768 (W.D. Townsquare Media, Inc., Lynk Media LLC v.

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LLRX

MAY 3, 2025

On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 6, 2025

On the day before the law’s effectiveness, the district court enjoins parts of the law but says that other parts may be constitutional. The court subsequently enjoined all upheld provisions until February 1 to see if the Ninth Circuit will extend the injunction pending its review. The court says that’s not so.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 16, 2025

Zaful could bring individual lawsuits against each merchant (a point the court makes), or it may be able to use the DMCA notice-and-takedown system to target those photos and avoid court altogether. But hey, why not use the SAD Scheme to save on filing fees if the court will let you get away with it?

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

However, it’s another indicator that circuits outside the Third are likely to disagree with the Anderson ruling, virtually ensuring the conflict will reach the Supreme Court. (In In a mild surprise, TikTok abandoned its Supreme Court appeal of the Anderson case, so that reconciliation will have to wait a bit longer).

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MARCH 7, 2025

By: Evan Lees In 2014, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Riley v. The Supreme Court Must Step In., 15, 2025), [link] [18] The Associated Press, Utah’s new social media law means children will need approval from parents , NPR (Mar. 19] Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) , Bloomberg Law (2025), [link]. [20]

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Eric Goldman

MAY 29, 2025

Priorities. * * * Last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an opinion on the legitimacy of competitive keyword advertising by lawyers. The report surely helped the court, though it left many questions unanswered. When I wrote on this topic in 2016 , I thought the issue was already resolved.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 29, 2025

” The Daily Kos published an article about Watts, “ Heartland Fundraising For Tony Watts’ $2,000 Thermometers To Compete With Global Temp Network ,” that was uploaded by a third-party “contributor,” “ClimateDenierRoundup.” The Daily Kos , 2025 WL 855280 (Nev. Case Citation : Watts v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. The Supreme Court is taking a steady stream of Internet Law cases, a trend that will continue for some time. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear the TikTok ban, and Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Free Speech Coalition v.

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