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What Is It With “Kennedy” Politicians Bringing Weak Lawsuits Against Facebook?–Baldwin-Kennedy v. Meta

Eric Goldman

“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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Section 230 and the First Amendment Curtail An Online Videogame Addiction Lawsuit–Angelilli v. Activision

Eric Goldman

The court summarizes the plaintiffs’ allegations: D.G. Seeking redress, Plaintiffs sued Defendants on the theory that their design decisions and failure to disclose the dangers of their products were the cause of D.G.s The court dismisses Roblox, Google, and Apple from the case. Plaintiffs further allege that D.G.s

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Court Rejects an Attempt to Create a Common-Law Notice-and-Takedown Scheme–Bogard v. TikTok

Eric Goldman

This lawsuit purports to focuses on the allegedly defective operation of the services’ reporting tools, but the plaintiffs’ goal was to hold the services accountable for their alleged inaction in response to some reports. The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. This doctrinal move doesn’t work.

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Analyzing the Lululemon v. Costco Dupe Suit (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

But the rise in dupes has brought a corresponding rise in dupe lawsuits, or at least lawsuits that offer up defendants’ or consumers’ use of the term “dupe” as evidence of confusing similarity or intent to deceive. But “dupe” is a term that can mean a lot of different things , from legitimate alternatives to straight-up counterfeits.

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Facebook Defeats User’s TOS Breach Claim–Lloyd v. Facebook

Eric Goldman

Lloyd sued Facebok for a variety of claims (I initially described the suit as “a standard kitchen-sink pro se lawsuit against Facebook”). The district court dismissed the complaint in 2022. After more time and money at the district court, Facebook should have no problem defeating it.” Case Citation : Lloyd v.

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Reddit Challenges Anthropic’s Scraping to Create Generative AI Models (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy With as much scraping as is happening for AI training and enhancement these days, it’s amazing to me that there aren’t more lawsuits happening over scraping. 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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Verizon and Its Cloud Vendor Must Face Lawsuit for Reporting “CSAM” That Wasn’t – Lawshe v. Verizon (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

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. Now, however, a district court decision suggests that providers can no longer take it for granted that they wont face liability for reporting non-CSAM.

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