Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As we previewed in our 2024 AI year in review , one of the big areas to watch in 2025 will be how much discovery courts are prepared to order into the inner workings of AI companies, especially in the face of arguments that discovery would reveal trade secrets or would be overbroad in cases based on specific claimed works. Cal 1/17/2025). [4]

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Nextpoint

JUNE 18, 2025

Build Your Case Story: Start Early “Don’t wait until you’re getting ready for trial to start figuring out what story you want to tell,” advised Anand Mathew, VP of Litigation Support Services at Nextpoint Law Group. This key message resonated throughout the webinar. Effective case presentation begins long before trial.

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Legal Expert Connections

JUNE 16, 2025

Forensic accounting plays a critical role in business litigation. Even the most skilled forensic accountant won’t get far without effective marketing—especially when targeting a niche audience like business litigators or divorce attorneys. Business litigators or divorce lawyers aren’t just looking for a “number cruncher.”

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ABA TECHSHOW

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Voting has now closed and your votes have been tallied to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the ninth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2025 , taking place April 2-5 in Chicago. From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed the applications down to 26, which we posted on Jan.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Background on the Anthropic and Meta Litigations In both Anthropic and Meta , authors brought suits alleging that LLM developers pirated their copyrighted works and subsequently used them to train the companies’ proprietary LLMs. Just one day later, on June 25, 2025, Judge Chhabria handed down a decision in Meta , which cited Anthropic.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Given that they are litigating 512(f), your wish was partially granted. This opinion suggests this judge would have zero interest in enjoining rightsowners from this practice. Shein Technology LLC , 2025 WL 445187 (D.C.D.C. As you know, DMCA takedown notices and 512(f) can be, and regularly are, used as anti-competition tools.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

I think this lawsuit previews the future of Section 230 litigation. This judge doesn’t get fooled by the repackaging, but other judges with an anti-230 bent would be more receptive to it. This judge doesn’t get fooled by the repackaging, but other judges with an anti-230 bent would be more receptive to it.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Below are summaries of the semifinalists, who have been selected by a panel of judges from all applications submitted. VoiceScript Ai.Law Elevator Pitch: Provides AI-generated litigation documents, from pleadings to discovery. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 24, 2025

First, the term is not standard for this litigation genre. 3) If you want to avoid the first two points, use a two-click process (a “clickwrap”). * * * Judge Nelson, author of the panel opinion, wrote a concurrence to his own opinion. April 15, 2025) The post Another TOS Formation Failure in the 9th Circuit–Godun v.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 12, 2025

2025 WL 961473 (W.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025) This case involves the service Joybuy, which listed items for sale in Walmart.coms marketplace. I can’t tell why the plaintiff’s narrative fell so flat before this judge, but I don’t know how repeatable this ruling is. Luoxue, 2025 WL 822692 (N.D.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 12, 2025

Focus claimed that GM was “counterfeiting,” and a judge hearing an ex parte TRO wouldn’t have had any reason to doubt that–until it heard GM’s grey market goods explanation, in which case Focus’ story would fall apart. 2025 WL 1226629 (S.D.N.Y. StopTheSADScheme Case Citation : GM Photo, LLC v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2025

14, 2024) A magistrate judge recommends sending a 512(f) case to trial. On January 6, 2025, the supervising judge summarily approved the magistrate judge’s recommendations. 2025 WL 35245 (D. Both cases included a 512(f) claim, and both 512(f) claims survive the preliminary dismissal efforts.

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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.” ” * * * Judge Beth Labson Freeman did an exceptionally good job with this opinion. March 13, 2025).

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Lawmatics

DECEMBER 27, 2023

2 eDiscovery Electronic discovery (eDiscovery) tools continue to evolve, enabling legal professionals to manage large volumes of electronic data more efficiently during investigations and the discovery phase of litigation. What Technology Do Lawyers Use?

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Legal Talk Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

Volunteer your time, whether its on the civil side or on the criminal side, to get into the courtroom and make sure that justice prevails in this litigation. Russell is currently in the midst of her second term as chief justice, which spans from July 2023 to June 2025. Russell Supreme Court of Missouri Chief Justice Mary R.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2025

Plausible allegations that YouTube “generally benefitted from sex traffickers’ use of [its platform]” do not establish that YouTube’s “own conduct” violated section 1591 Case Citation : In re YouTube Trafficking Litigation , 2025 WL 1745759 (N.D. Omegle * To No One’s Surprise, FOSTA Is Confounding Judges–J.B.

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Clio

DECEMBER 16, 2024

For more highlights, explore the 2024 Clio Cloud Conference in Review , and dont wait to secure your ticket for the 2025 Clio Cloud Conference in Boston! Goodbye 2024, hello 2025! Exciting opportunities lie ahead as we embrace 2025 with enthusiasm. Exciting opportunities lie ahead as we embrace 2025 with enthusiasm.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 13, 2025

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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Clio

APRIL 2, 2025

This guide breaks down the most important personal injury statistics for 2025, going beyond the numbers to show you how these trends can improve your strategic decisions, help you set realistic client expectations, and ultimately deliver better results. About 17,000 medical malpractice cases are filed each year in the US ( Science Direct ).

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 1, 2025

It is ironic that ClassPass now argues Chabolla unambiguously manifested her commitment to an arbitration clause Another takeaway: if you say “no commitments,” judges will take great delight in hoisting you with your petard if you try to then impose commitments on consumers. 2025 WL 630813 (9th Cir. ClassPass Inc.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 12, 2025

March 10, 2025) Curiosity Stream is a paywalled site for documentary videos. Judge Wilkinson dissents due to the bad call-to-action grammar. The dissent predicts lots of litigation over bad calls-to-action: Courts will now be forced to parse through every turn of phrase to determine whether it comes close enough to agree.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 28, 2023

If passed, the bill goes into effect July 1, 2024 with the first round of DPIAs due July 1, 2025. However, this safeguard is insufficient in practice as not all DPIA-required information falls under this privilege, and judges can choose to waive-in certain privileged information for discovery purposes.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 22, 2025

One possible outcome is that intermediate plaintiff wins like this opinion offer false hope for the long-term success of this litigation genre. That, combined with the novelty of Generative AI and the judge’s uncertainties about the technology, flummoxes the judge. May 21, 2025). It is a heartbreaking set of facts.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In those cases, the district court judge has drawn its distinctions between claims based on third-party content and claims that don’t depend on the content per se. 18, 2025) Prior Blog Posts About Grindr Section 230 Defeats Underage Users Lawsuit Against GrindrDoll v. This panel reiterated that the 230 exceptions have limits.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 25, 2025

This is a long-running litigation battle over Google’s advertising practices. Because other advertisers probably have similar facts, I assume much of this litigation is headed to arbitration unless the appeals court intervenes. The advertisers’ unconscionability arguments don’t persuade the judge either.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 6, 2025

This opinion is particularly painful because the judge repeatedly demonstrates that he is under- or ill-informed about basic social science principles. Ultimately, the challengers have to do more to educate the judge, but the time and space constraints made that hard to do. This judge needs an education in media studies STAT.

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lennyesq

JULY 2, 2025

Judge Randolph Moss just demonstrated masterful legal strategy in his opinion blocking Trump’s asylum ban while working within the Supreme Court’s new limitations from Trump v. The Challenge: After CASA , federal judges can’t easily issue nationwide injunctions that block federal policies across the country.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In November 2024, a magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiff’s claims against OnlyFans on Section 230 grounds. The plaintiff objected to the magistrate’s R&R, but the supervising judge rejects the objections. 2025 WL 336741 (S.D. 30, 2025) MORE ON DOE V. Unsurprisingly, this judge thinks the Anderson v.

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lennyesq

JULY 4, 2025

Christine Savino | Cornell Law School, US A US federal judge in the Eastern District of New York on Monday blocked an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians five months earlier than scheduled. US District Judge Brian M. Many expect the administration to appeal.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

In other words, the court took what used to be an easy prong–all claims were publisher/speaker claims unless they were the statutory exclusions–and issued a blank check to judges to do whatever the hell they want with Section 230 cases. As a result, Section 230 is on the extinction watch list in 2025. In Bride v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 1, 2025

2025 WL 1249157 (D. April 29, 2025) This is a pro se/in pro per case. 2025 WL 1237550 (N.D. April 28, 2025) Another pro se/in pro per case. Is Breaking Internet Law Faster Than I Can Blog It A Peek Into the Long Tail of Facebooks Litigation Docket Jawboning Defendants Are 6-for-6 in the Ninth CircuitHart v.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 18, 2025

WeChat (USA), 2025 WL 1126477 (E.D.N.Y. April 16, 2025) Selected Posts About State Action Claims Robert F. Is Breaking Internet Law Faster Than I Can Blog It A Peek Into the Long Tail of Facebooks Litigation Docket Jawboning Defendants Are 6-for-6 in the Ninth CircuitHart v. Case Citation : Sun v. Kennedy Jr.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

2025 WL 1314179 (N.D. May 6, 2025) Prior blog posts ( 1 , 2 ). Previously in this case, Judge Coogler denied Pornhub’s motion to dismiss, certified a class of plaintiffs, and denied summary judgment to Pornhub. The case got reassigned to a new judge, and Pornhub requested permission to make an interlocutory appeal.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 14, 2025

As discussed in the implications section below, a reminder that lengthy litigation is a feature, not a bug, to copyright owners because it functions as lawfare to drain its opponents of resources. On appeal, the Second Circuit agrees, in an opinion written by Judge Leval. 2025 WL 77234 (2d Cir. Vimeo, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Note: Backpage shut down April 2018, but Backpage-related litigation continues into 2025 and beyond]. In light of the strong hostility to Section 23o among the Fifth Circuit judges, every Section 230 case that reaches the Fifth Circuit is likely to be a jurisprudential roller-coaster. Note: the opinion was written by Trump 1.0-appointed

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 13, 2025

McAleer , 2025 WL 1564869 (D.N.J. June 3, 2025) Selected Jawboning Posts Facebook Defeats Armslist’s Account Termination Lawsuit–Armslist v. Facebook Another Jawboning Case Fails in the 9th Circuit (But a TAFS Judge Doesn’t Like the Biden Administration)–Rogalinksi v. Case Citation : New Jersey Chinese Community Center, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 5, 2025

The revised bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent in February 2025. Recall that The Heritage Foundations Project 2025 mandate explicitly calls for the elimination of online pornography. Project 2025 and its enforcers have already sought to collapse LGBTQ+ expression into a broader campaign against pornography.

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