Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 27, 2024

“several of her causes of action are based at least in part on the alleged failure to keep her account secure…and are therefore precluded by the Terms of Service and Terms of Use.” ” The court responds: “Plaintiff cannot sue Defendant based on what she thinks the law should—but does not—say.”

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Clio

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This is why legal docketing is top priority for any law firm that wants to succeed and avoid malpractice claims. Book a demo of Clio Manage’s Court Rules feature and automate court deadline reminders with ease! The process of legal docketing has evolved to cater to the more specific needs of different fields of law.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 9, 2025

Consumers seek out dupes online, in stores, and on social media, hoping to score less expensive versions of the luxury items they lust after; stores and influencers increasingly position products as dupes, a form of comparative advertising they hope will catch the attention of those consumers. But none of that guarantees a finding of infringement.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The district court dismissed the complaint in 2022. After more time and money at the district court, Facebook should have no problem defeating it.” ” Unsurprisingly, on remand, the district court dismisses the contract breach claim. Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In response to widespread concern among rights holders about the ease with which consumers could make inexpensive copies of music and movies, in 1998, Congress enacted the DMCA to bring copyright law into the Internet age. Raw Story Media, Inc. OpenAI Inc. , 24 CV 01514-CM, 2024 WL 4711729 (S.D.N.Y. See 17 U.S.C.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 24, 2025

JustAnswers’ TOS formation process was rejected in the California state courts. It fares no better in federal court. The term “advisal” appears 29 times in this opinion, which confused me on two fronts. The term “advisal” appears 29 times in this opinion, which confused me on two fronts.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

I’m blogging it now as part of my ongoing efforts to highlight the censorial effects of mandatory editorial transparency laws.] ” In 2018, the state claimed Facebook violated the law, and Facebook stipulated to a $200k judgment. .” In December 2024, the appeals court affirmed everything.

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Rocket Matter

JULY 9, 2025

The post Stop Losing Time: How to Recover Lost Billable Hours Fast appeared first on Rocket Matter. It's how law firms capture time spent on every task and recover lost billable hours. Failure to track quick tasks: Time spent on quick client follow-ups, research, or briefly discussing case details with a colleague often goes untracked.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 22, 2025

Mark Bartholomew (Buffalo Law) Sam Bayard Prof. Law) Nyssa Chopra Prof. Stephen Diamond (Santa Clara Law) Prof. Elizabeth Townsend Gard (Tulane Law) Cary Glynn Prof. Deborah Gerhardt (North Carolina Law) Kyle Graham Franklin Graves Prof. Leah Chan Grinvald (now at UNLV Law) Prof. Lisa Ramsey (USD Law) Prof.

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MatterSuite

JUNE 8, 2025

Legal matter management is similar to a lawyer and law firm’s filing system. In today’s fast-paced legal environment, in-house legal teams are under increasing pressure to do more with less. But what exactly is legal matter management, and why has it become indispensable for corporate legal departments?

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MatterSuite

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A breach may involve failure to deliver, disputed terms, or complete non-performance. In contract law, a breach can be as simple as failing to make a single payment, missing a deadline, or delaying required reporting tasks. For in-house counsel, mitigating these issues is crucial for the sustainable development of the business.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Weve written extensively on how lawyers can use AI responsibly and, as yet another court decision is released addressing lawyers use of AI, its never been more important to understand the risks and limitations of AI use. How did the court respond to the hallucinations? What does the law say about sanctions and AI hallucinations?

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2025

But on June 4th, Reddit sued Anthropic in the Superior Court of California for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, trespass to chattels, tortious interference, and unfair competition. Almost all of the major legal scraping precedents happened in the Northern District, and it is definitely unusual that this was filed in state court.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2025

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. 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.

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Percipient

JULY 1, 2025

Failure to comply with the SCA when responding to subpoenas can lead to significant legal and financial repercussions, reputational damage, and even loss of customer trust. With the prevalence of computer use by the 1980s, the original law became outdated and needed to be revised.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The underlying failures alleged in the settlement occurred between 2018 and 2023. The settlement also underscores the need to provide a channel for personnel to escalate perceived compliance failures. The settlement also underscores the need to provide a channel for personnel to escalate perceived compliance failures.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The district court dismissed the case. The Ninth Circuit affirms every point of the district court’s decision. The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims.

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Centerbase

MARCH 31, 2025

Managing a law firm requires more than overseeing cases and delegating tasksit demands a strategic approach that balances client expectations, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency. This law firm management guide examines key strategies and tools that drive efficiency, enhance client satisfaction, and support sustainable growth.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

To date, despite years of litigation, those cases have resulted in just one opinion: a District of Delaware order that arose outside of the generative AI context and rejected the fair use defense as a matter of law. In response, developers have uniformly asserted that such use is a fair use.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 22, 2025

Depending on the final wording, the Congressional Republicans’ proposed moratorium on state AI laws may or may not ameliorate that risk. * * * This case involves a tragic teenage suicide. Online addiction lawsuits are proliferating across the country, a trend that will continue so long as plaintiffs think they can win. Character.ai

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MatterSuite

JANUARY 14, 2025

Under it, one party shares some sensitive information with the other party, and such a person is bound by law not to disclose it to an unauthorized third party. Protection of Sensitive Information: An NDA by law requires the parties involved not to disclose the information that is being shared.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 27, 2025

My blog post on the district court opinion (I focused on the 230 issue, but this ruling turns on the failure of the prima facie elements). The court says that allegation (and others) is too unspecific. Second, her track record in court is littered with futility. The panel says there’s no RICO “enterprise.”

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 17, 2025

The court summarizes: The plaintiffs commenced this action in connection with the death by suicide of 16 year old Chase Nasca on February 18, 2022 after he walked in front of a train. For more on Chase’s tragedy, see the People magazine story or the Social Media Victims Law Center’s press release about the lawsuit.

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Above the Law - Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. ” Another lawsuit alleging unauthorized practice of law by DoNotPay, Faridian v.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . The court ordered additional briefings, but the lawyer then missed multiple deadlines, claiming earlier orders were lost among numerous notifications on his mobile phone.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Justis, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, was able to have a natural conversation with Greg and provide insightful perspectives on the use of generative AI in the legal industry, specifically in law firms. While many law firm leaders recognize its potential, some are unsure of how it fits into legal work or worry about risks.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The court says this implementation isn’t a sign-in-wrap because the CMG terms lacked a call-to-action: “the login through Facebook screen never informed Plaintiff that acceptance of a separate agreement was required before she could access the service, which is the defining feature of a sign-in wrap agreement.”

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? The Court Opinion Greer was a target of one of Kiwi Farms’ attacks. “Kiwi Farms users provided a Google Drive link to a full copy of Mr. Greer’s book.” The appellate court revives the claim.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 24, 2024

The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM. The district court decided that JLM owned the accounts using a six-factor test it created. ” (Cite to Pierson v.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 20, 2022

Law specialization has become increasingly common — almost a necessity. . Abraham Lincoln, licensed to practice law in 1837 in Illinois, may be the archetypal general practice attorney. The Lincoln Legal Papers Project identified over 5,600 cases and nearly 100,000 documents related to Lincoln’s law practice.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 31, 2023

The court dismissed the case without prejudice. ” “Plaintiff appears to argue Twitter’s placement of information in “social media feeds” renders it an information content provider. .” A Twitter user sued over his account suspension. Blog post coverage of that ruling here. The user tried again. Same result.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The court summarizes: “Meta claims that it raised issues with Plaintiffs, including “nominative fair use,” “commentary,” and “the un-likelihood of confusion based on the appearance of the marks in the actual marketplace, as they will be encountered by consumers.””

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 13, 2024

To get around this, Smith argued that blackmail is a crime, but the court cited Coffee v. Finally, Smith claimed that Substack’s “sheer failure to respond to [his] multiple reports, queries, and complaints was negligence.” Maybe the court was thinking of Yahoo’s promise to Barnes to remove posts? Google in response.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 21, 2024

Those items got indexed in Google and appeared in Benedict’s vanity searches. To get around it, Todino argued that he was suing for failure to remove the postings. (I The court cites the old Lycos case for the proposition that 230 applies to failure to remove, even after notice. ” Defamation. Harassment.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

” Angi responded that “its alleged failure to vet the accuracy of third-party content is immunized by Section 230,” which is absolutely true. .” ” Angi responded that “its alleged failure to vet the accuracy of third-party content is immunized by Section 230,” which is absolutely true.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 4, 2023

The court dismisses the lawsuit. Failure to Honor Counternotice. The court says Google’s “alleged failure to comply with § 512(g) does not create direct liability for any violation of plaintiffs’ rights. This case involves a UGC anime site called Gelbooru, run by Hopson. ” Cites to Martin v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 8, 2024

The court concludes that this as a surprisingly easy Section 230 dismissal: ICS Provider. “Courts within the Second Circuit have routinely found that social media websites and online matching services are interactive computer services.” ” Cites to Mosha v. . ” Cites to Mosha v. Facebook , Herrick v.

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