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”). But it’s still worth following, because these narrow and technical areas of the law are likely where these decisions are headed.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 8, 2025

Ashgar, 2025 WL 822685 (N.D. March 13, 2025) Viral DRM LLC v. Fadila, 2025 WL 822688 (N.D. March 13, 2025) Viral DRM LLC v. Fuentes, 2025 WL 822690 (N.D. March 13, 2025) Viral DRM LLC v. Lepetyuk, 2025 WL 822981 (N.D. March 13, 2025) Viral DRM LLC v. Lietucheva, 2025 WL 822689 (N.D.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The court relies on 512(f) as the basis of the TRO: “Invisible Narratives has presented evidence that Next Level was neither the original creator of Skibidi Toilet nor the lawful copyright owner of Skibidi Toilet characters. Next Level Apps Technology FZCO , 2025 WL 551866 (N.D. ” PREACH! Federici * Biosafe-One v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2025

In those circusmtances, copyright law is an especially attractive tool to the pugilists, with its strict liability standards, amorphous fair use boundaries, high defense costs, and effectiveness of takedown notices. On January 6, 2025, the supervising judge summarily approved the magistrate judge’s recommendations.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While the EU GDPR regulates the international transfer of personal data, several recently enacted EU laws regulate the international transfer of non-personal data, which is any data that is not “personal data” under the GDPR. Below, we have summarized the restrictions on international transfers in the laws in which they appear.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 29, 2022

On March 24, 2022, Utah enacted a comprehensive consumer privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”). The UCPA, effective on December 31, 2023, is largely consistent with other comprehensive state privacy laws, but includes several key differences. The UCPA has a narrower applicability than the State Privacy Laws.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MAY 23, 2022

Connecticut’s Governor signed the state’s comprehensive privacy law into effect on May 10, 2022, adding yet another category of state privacy law. We also provide an overview of the CTPA’s enforcement mechanisms and explain how the CTPA modifies prior laws’ safe harbor with a nod towards prosecutorial discretion.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

APRIL 12, 2025

Unbeknownst to most, however, is that 167 law enforcement agencies across Virginia are now using public-facing surveillance technology such as Automatic License Plate Readers (“ALPR”) and gunshot listening devices. [1] 11] Law enforcement uses ALPR primarily for two reasons. You speed through a traffic light near Washington, D.C.

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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.

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The Barrister

APRIL 1, 2025

Over the years, the state has shifted between different execution methods and faced significant legal and logistical challenges in carrying out the death penalty. The law aimed to resume executions that had been on hold for than a decade. Understanding Capital Punishment Law / Linda E. Palmer, Jr. General Collection KF9725.P35

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. Doe fails to state a plausible TVPRA claim, so Doe cannot invoke a statutory exception to 230 immunity.” The district court dismissed the case. Case Citation : Doe v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 9, 2021

Colorado has just adopted a brand-new data privacy law and Nevada has just significantly amended its law. further in the direction of European-style privacy law. This cure provision will expire on January 1, 2025. These changes add rights for consumers, and compliance obligations for businesses, that take the U.S.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Since January 20, 2025 America has been catapulted into an unimaginable inflection point.

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Martindale-Avvo

MAY 6, 2025

Antitrust law is the bedrock of a free and competitive marketplace, but this is under strain from large and increasingly dominant companies. In 2025, expect activity against these large entities to continue. Guidance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and expert commentary implies more of the same in antitrust in 2025.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MARCH 7, 2025

California , mandating that law enforcement obtain a warrant before searching digital information and underscoring the critical need for privacy protections in the digital age. [1] Even enforcement of online privacy law at the state level has had its struggles. Law: Note: What’s Your Privacy Worth On The Global Tech Market?:

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2025

. * * * In Lindke, the Supreme Court held that a public officials social-media activity constitutes state action under 1983 only if the official (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the States behalf, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when he spoke on social media. O’Connor-Ratcliff , 2025 WL 1387929 (9th Cir.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

” “The law is clear that a service provider doesn’t shed Section 230 immunity when it neutrally promotes all its users content in the same way (as Fenix allegedly did here).” 2025 WL 336741 (S.D. 30, 2025) MORE ON DOE V. Fenix appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

On Feburary 2, 2025 OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Law professor Dakota Rudesill explains that because Trump was elected to a second term, he will again have expansive access to classified information and control over it as of noon on Jan. 20, 2025, when his term begins. He will also have control over secrets and clearances available to others.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

On February 2, 2025 OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information.

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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. The court breezily rejects each of his state law claims, including the Florida social media censorship claim that relied on an unconstitutional law that’s enjoined.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

2025 WL 1314179 (N.D. May 6, 2025) Prior blog posts ( 1 , 2 ). 2025 WL 1266928 (N.D. May 1, 2025) The plaintiffs allege that Apple impermissibly stores CSAM in its iCloud storage. ” The plaintiffs also tried “Masha’s Law,” 18 USC 2255, which provides a civil remedy for CSAM violations.

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LLRX

MARCH 14, 2025

The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is reconsidering more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves that could impact air quality across the United States. Reconsideration is a term used to review or modify a government regulation.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Note: Backpage shut down April 2018, but Backpage-related litigation continues into 2025 and beyond]. I’m always a bit puzzled when circuit law is being written by someone who, you know, isn’t actually a circuit judge. Or perhaps Salesforce wants courts to scale back Section 230 as a common law repeal of the statute?

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