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Privacy Law: Status of Legal Practice Area in 2025

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For lawyers, this is an opportunity to provide more complex legal services in 2025. The history of privacy law The roots of privacy law in the U.S. Supreme Court rulings have found that the First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth amendments of the Constitution contain a right to privacy. go back further than one might think.

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Section 230 Protects Newspaper’s Removal of User Comments–Affleck v. Harvard Crimson

Eric Goldman

The court issues him a chastising warning against using unauthorized pseudonyms. In this case, Affleck posted 38 comments on Harvard Crimson articles, using 2 different names (not specified by the court). The court implies that perhaps Affleck’s comments were anti-Zionist? 2025 WL 330577 (D.

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What is a “Social Media Platform”?–NetChoice v. Uthmeier

Eric Goldman

To dispose of various motions, the court must construe the statutory term “social media platform.” The court recognizes this drafting flaw: the text of the social media platform definition is broad. –the court sides with the statutory text and its massively overbroad definition.

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Catching Up on the Heavyweight Scraping Battle Between X and Bright Data (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

According to the court, scrapers take active steps that serve no purpose but to trick X into given them not a second, not a third, but a millionth turn to see the sites (citations omitted). But its motion to amend its 17200 claim to add unfair acts was denied, as the court found that X Corp. Now, because the court accepted X Corp.s

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Verizon and Its Cloud Vendor Must Face Lawsuit for Reporting “CSAM” That Wasn’t – Lawshe v. Verizon (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Thats the basis for a recent opinion from a Florida federal district court that could have major implications for online services CSAM detection and reporting practices. Now, however, a district court decision suggests that providers can no longer take it for granted that they wont face liability for reporting non-CSAM.

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Building a Digital Future: Is America Ready for a Federal Digital Bill of Rights?

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

Building a Digital Future: Is America Ready for a Federal Digital Bill of Rights? By: Evan Lees In 2014, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Riley v. Additionally, states and the federal government are already taking incremental steps toward protection in the digital age without a federal digital bill of rights.

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California Lawsuit Against Trump Over National Guard: Copy of Complaint

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Overview of the Lawsuit California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a federal lawsuit on June 9, 2025, challenging President Trump’s decision to deploy California National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the state’s consent. District Court for the Northern District of California on June 9, 2025.

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