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Court Says Twitter Misused Litigation to Punish Defendants for Their Speech–X v. CCDH

Eric Goldman

This well-publicized lawsuit is an example of Musk waging lawfare over a critic’s speech. He calls out Twitter for its bad choice: This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech…X Corp. As a result, the court finds that much of the lawsuit is a SLAPP.

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4 Strategies for Preventing and Handling Frivolous Lawsuits

Lawmatics

There are more than 40 million lawsuits in the United states alone every year. And only 2% of those will ultimately proceed with a lawsuit. Contract and small claims cases comprise the bulk of the civil caseload, and unfortunately, most of these lawsuits are baseless claims, also known as frivolous lawsuits.

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Section 230 Helps Amazon Defeat False Advertising Lawsuit Over Printer Ink Cartridges–Planet Green v. Amazon

Eric Goldman

.” For reasons unclear to me, the plaintiff thought it would be a good idea to sue Amazon over its competitors’ alleged misdeeds, going so far to breathlessly issue a press release that it had “filed a $500 million lawsuit against tech giant Amazon.” They have raised a total of $150 of their $500k goal. ccBill , LW v.

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The SAD Scheme as an Institutional Failure

Eric Goldman

The SAD Scheme involves a trademark owner suing dozens/hundreds of defendants using a sealed complaint, getting an ex parte TRO, and then having the online marketplaces freeze the defendants’ accounts and money. [These are my rough-draft talk notes from a recent workshop of trademark law professors.]

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Snapchat Isn’t Liable for Offline Sexual Abuse–VV v. Meta

Eric Goldman

Snapchat successfully defends on Section 230 grounds. Similarly, allegations of failure to warn of an application’s potential danger do not remove the “publisher” status. Similarly, allegations of failure to warn of an application’s potential danger do not remove the “publisher” status. cite to LW v. Cite to Doe v.

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

Eric Goldman

“Duffer seeks to hold Nextdoor, a service provider, liable for its failure to remove material posted by users of its website. . “Duffer seeks to hold Nextdoor, a service provider, liable for its failure to remove material posted by users of its website. Nextdoor appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Internet Access Providers Can Be Contributorily Liable for Subscribers’ Infringements–Sony Music v. Cox

Eric Goldman

The court recaps past cases: the crux of the financial benefit inquiry is whether a causal relationship exists between the infringing activity and a financial benefit to the defendant. But in every case, the financial benefit to the defendant must flow directly from the third party’s acts of infringement to establish vicarious liability.

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