Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In addition to educating the public and helping develop policies, the agency can bring legal actions against people or businesses that have allegedly violated consumer protection laws. The Consumer Protection Law Center at Justia provides more details about how the FTC helps protect consumers from deceptive and unfair business practices.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The court summarizes the plaintiff’s allegations: Plaintiff alleges that in October, 2020, he received a negative review on Nextdoor from a former customer. Because the removal of content is a traditional editorial function, Section 230(c)(1) bars plaintiff’s lawsuit.” ” The court cites Force v.

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Centerbase

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

You care about your law firm’s clients and potential clients. Ensuring that your law firm’s website is ADA compliant is another way to show that you care. We’ll also dive into how to make your law firm website accessible and why, above all, accessibility matters and should be strived for. Let’s get moving! What is the ADA?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While federal law governs people and businesses across the U.S., each state has developed its own set of laws in many areas. These range from employment and family law to personal injury and criminal law. State laws may resemble one another in some situations, but they may vary greatly in others.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 13, 2021

Supreme Court TransUnion decision. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a significant opinion on standing in the context of consumer class actions in TransUnion LLC v. The Supreme Court affirmed that certain members of a class action lacked standing—and therefore could not be members of the class. The Opinion.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2021

Supreme Court TransUnion decision. Individuals whose personal information was compromised in a data breach have had mixed success in bringing lawsuits in federal court against the companies that held their data. Recent Circuit Court Decisions: Tsao, McMorris, and In re Equifax The U.S.

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LawSites

JANUARY 4, 2023

As I reported here in November , the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has sued Xcential for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action. This is Stodder’s perspective on the lawsuit. The cut-and-bite style has always been a challenge for federal drafters.

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 25, 2023

I imagined I was an Iowa lawyer looking to develop a niche in agricultural law. I asked “What are good ideas for a niche legal blog on agriculture law in Iowa?” Overviews of Iowa’s state laws and regulations related to farming and agriculture, including those pertaining to zoning, land use, and conservation.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Matt Cagle to discuss the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by police departments and other law enforcement entities. Podcast Transcript: [Tiffaney] 0:12 You’re listening to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast. I’m Tiffaney Boyd.

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Clio

JUNE 14, 2023

TikTok bans: A brief summary The United States has enacted several laws that either outright ban TikTok or possess the potential to do so. No TikTok on Government Devices Act On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the No TikTok on Government Devices Act into law. We have an entire guide to social media for lawyers.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Some of them contain 50-state surveys that track variations in state laws on a key issue. Family Law Matters involving domestic relations tend to have high stakes, financially and emotionally. The Family Law center provides an overview of three core topics within this area: divorce , child custody and support , and adoption.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 16, 2023

My blog post on the district court rulings. Wrapping up this discussion, the court says: we need to decide whether § 230(c)(1) precludes the plaintiffs’ claims only if they have stated a cause of action against Armslist LLC. Plaintiffs argued that Armslist didn’t educate its users about gun laws. Defense wins.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 1, 2023

But when politicians actually catch the car they are chasing and enact anti-TikTok laws, unsurprisingly, nonpolitical judges aren’t as impressed as voters are. Those efforts all failed in court (see links at the bottom of this post). Both TikTok and a consortium of TikTok users challenged the law.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Even after victims discover the presence of stalkerware, law enforcement often lacks the expertise needed to properly remove the cyberstalking app from the device. For example, tort law only recognizes four privacy torts, none of which were designed to target the disclosure of an individuals’ personal data online.

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