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X Corp. v. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The pertinent question should not be whether contracts mimic copyright, but whether they undermine the policies underlying copyright law. If a contract does that, it should not be enforceable as a matter of federal law. How to Correctly Answer the Right Question: Applying Conflict Preemption In X v. The post X Corp.

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A Family’s Plea: Appellate Court Urged to Reexamine Lawsuit Alleging TikTok’s Role in Daughter’s Death

Trellis.Law Blog

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel in the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments regarding whether a lawsuit against social media company TitTok should be revived despite a federal law that generally shields internet platforms from liability… Continue reading → The post A Family’s Plea: Appellate Court Urged (..)

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A Family’s Plea: Appellate Court Urged to Reexamine Lawsuit Alleging TikTok’s Role in Daughter’s Death

Legal Tech Monitor

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel in the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments regarding whether a lawsuit against social media company TitTok should be revived despite a federal law that generally shields internet platforms from liability.

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Section 230 Applies to Nextdoor Consumer Reviews–Duffer v. Nextdoor

Eric Goldman

The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I Nextdoor appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Because the removal of content is a traditional editorial function, Section 230(c)(1) bars plaintiff’s lawsuit.”

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DOJ, FTC, CFPB, and EEOC Statement on Discrimination and AI

Inside Privacy

For example, the statement summarizes the EEOC’s remit in enforcing federal laws that make it unlawful to discriminate against an applicant or employee and the EEOC’s enforcement activities related to AI, and includes a link to a technical assistance document.

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Online Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Murder–Roland v. Letgo

Eric Goldman

Since we affirm the district court’s rulings on the state law claims, we need not resolve the federal law cross appeal.” Letgo appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Nevertheless, the Tenth Circuit dodges it: “We need not reach this issue. Letgo, Inc. 2024 WL 372218 (10th Cir.

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Justia Legal Resources: Banking and Finance Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The discussion of bank lending in the Banking and Finance Law Center describes some of the main federal laws that govern this area. Other federal laws regulate mortgage lending when a consumer purchases a home.

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