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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. It was in 1917 that a judge ruled there were protections for the contents of sealed mail. These few federal laws apply to only some kinds of information.

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

Eric Goldman

Florida keeps making mockable arguments that the judge keeps swatting down. For example, Florida argued that it didn’t intend to imminently enforce all of the law. I’m not sure that’s a correct characterization of the law, but the court is working without a net here and it shows. May 22, 2025).

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

Eric Goldman

If the judge thinks its reasonable, the judge can allow it. But here, the judge invited the parties to engage in extensive letter-briefing on the motion to amend the claims. The judge decided that this was an actionable deprivation of use of its servers, and allowed the TTC claims to proceed. Here, X Corp.

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A Takedown of the Take It Down Act

Eric Goldman

The revised bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent in February 2025. President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law in May. As discussed, the definition of intimate imagery covers non-sexually explicit content, which covers content that is likely broader than existing CSAM or obscenity laws.