MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Legal assistants may perform tasks such as sorting or filing documents, preparing appointments and calendars, including trail schedules, and contacting clients and all other parties to lawsuits. A legal assistant may also help with legal research , writing legal papers, and more, not whatever is required.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2025

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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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

” (The court also bizarrely says in a single sentence that the defendant isn’t a service provider, which is surely incorrect because the definition is a “provider of online services”). The post Copyright Owner Prevails in Lawsuit Over Form Contracts–Equine Legal v.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 21, 2025

Without exceptions for some publishers, any definition of social media is overbroad because it will functionally apply to the full universe of UGC. Bonta Section 230 Defeats Underage Users Lawsuit Against GrindrDoll v. That is plainly a content-based exception deserving of strict scrutiny.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. If any of those lawsuits succeed, they pose a potential existential threat to the entire industry. These cases definitely will be appealed, and I’m waiting to see how the appeals fare before drawing any conclusions. FOLLOW ME THERE!

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 15, 2025

Due to the various entities that are excluded from the definition of social media platforms, the court says the ban is content-based. Nevertheless, the definitions of social media platform undermine the laws efficacy. Bonta Section 230 Defeats Underage Users Lawsuit Against GrindrDoll v. Causality is complicated).

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 12, 2025

This is a rare attack on the capacious definition of a service provider, and it did not succeed. Shockingly, the plaintiff didnt contest any of the other 512 elements, so Joybuy defeats the lawsuit. March 14, 2025) This is a lawsuit against an IAP for subscriber-caused copyright infringement. After II Movie, LLC v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 22, 2025

Online addiction lawsuits are proliferating across the country, a trend that will continue so long as plaintiffs think they can win. What happens at the end of these lawsuits remains to be seen. That is literally the definition of “speech”–stringing together words. ” Say what? Case Citation : Garcia v.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 14, 2025

The laws are hard to inventory or track because they are multitudinous and have heterogeneous structures and definitions. Bonta Section 230 Defeats Underage Users Lawsuit Against GrindrDoll v. I don’t have a complete census of U.S. laws that now mandate online age authentication, but it’s in the dozens.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Spam Adware and spyware cases Lawsuits over teenagers making teen mistakes online Readers’ Favorite Posts A professor writes: “I’ve been using this for teaching for 15 years… ” A lawyer writes: “In my role I spend a lot of time thinking about arbitration and ToS. You can definitely do better than this!

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JULY 15, 2025

Its definition of “disability” extends more broadly than the conditions described by IDEA.) In some cases, you also may be able to file a lawsuit in federal court.) A child who isn’t covered by IDEA won’t get an IEP, but they usually still have protections under other federal laws. Can a Child Waive Their Miranda Rights?

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

JUNE 29, 2025

20] In the case of self-driving cars, there is no clear definition of who the driver is, which makes it difficult to determine the responsible party for an accident and its associated consequences. [21] Tesla Autopilot Lawsuit (2024 Update) , [link] (last updated: Feb. 10] In October 2023, Tesla won the first U.S. 8, 2024, 7:18AM). [8]

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 20, 2023

We used to see lawsuits like this 15+ years ago, but we don’t see them any more because they are so obviously doomed by Section 230. The post Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Whoa, what a flashback. This case involves a shooting of police officers. ” Information from Another ICP. The complaint.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2024

Also, the court says: “Any feature that makes a service easier for all of its users will, by definition, also make the service easier for bad actors. March 5, 2024) The post Twitter Narrows, But Doesn’t Completely Avoid, a Dangerous Copyright Lawsuit–Concord Music v. Case Citation : Concord Music Group, Inc.

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CaseFox

AUGUST 6, 2023

We will go through commingling funds’ definition and how to avoid it further in the blog. Legal Liability Commingling of funds can lead to lawsuits and legal malpractice claims. Clients can file a lawsuit against the concerned lawyer or firm. Commingling of funds is a serious issue. How To Avoid Commingling Funds?

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Justice Gorsuch said that everything turns on the definition in (f)(4) of “access software provider,” an interpretation that would clearly collapse when pressed. No publisher ever wants to use “neutral” tools because the mere act of publication is, by definition, not a neutral act.

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Lawmatics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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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Eric Goldman

JULY 1, 2024

While the decision today doesn’t definitively resolve the future of the Florida and Texas laws, a majority bloc of justices–led by Justice Kagan–articulated some important principles that represent a major victory for the First Amendment freedoms of social media services.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 6, 2024

If that rings a bell, it’s because just yesterday I blogged on a DIFFERENT fish painter, DeYoung, who also brought an IP lawsuit against a print-on-demand service (Pixels). This judge is vexed by the definition of volitional conduct. Pixels * Atari’s Lawsuit Against a Print-on-Demand Service Fizzles Out–Atari v.

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Legal IT Group

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Attorney General has the right to file an administrative lawsuit against brokers who fail to register or violate the requirements of applicable personal information protection laws and to order them to pay appropriate fines and other costs. What to prepare for now?

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

APRIL 20, 2022

The answer should be simple, but it most definitely is not. This definition clearly deviates from the American concept of antitrust law, whose main goal is to “ensure that private agreements and actions do not interfere with free competition.” By Caio Nunes, LL.M. Cellular Telephone Co.,

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Is the attorneys’ fee shift motivating some or all of this lawsuit? Last year, ShutterStock won a very similar lawsuit in Steinmetz v. The court responds that image metadata isn’t subject to the broad industry consensus required by the statutory definition. Otherwise, this case appears to be economically irrational.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2024

eBay defeats the lawsuit. Presumably the downplayed language was designed to discourage class action lawsuits). For example, the EPA identified over 300k aftermarket “defeat device” listings, 5k+ listings for products containing methylene chloride , and 23k listings for violative pesticides.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 18, 2023

Also, the definition of “malware” itself includes vague terms, like “disruptive” and “damaging”–and an “etc.” The lawsuit’s lengthy duration and high defense cost has significant substantive implications. ” NOT HELPFUL. We should not presume that we are.”

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 31, 2024

This lawsuit relates to a property foreclosure contested by the then-property owner, Choudhuri, who sued pro se. Zillow clearly meets the definition of an internet service provider.” ” This leads to an easy Section 230 dismissal. ICS Provider. ” Claim for Publishing Third-Party Content.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 11, 2023

However, besides Dinerstein , this space has not seen many other lawsuits. Entities whose primary business is not related to healthcare are not included within either of the definitions. Due to the high risk of data re-identification, we might expect litigation against companies innovating in the healthcare realm to be common.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 11, 2023

However, besides Dinerstein, this space has not seen many other lawsuits. Entities whose primary business is not related to healthcare are not included within either of the definitions. Due to the high risk of data re-identification, we might expect litigation against companies innovating in the healthcare realm to be common.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The court credits the following claims by Kelly Toys: “the Alibaba Defendants were “made specifically aware of many defendants,” including “several Merchant Defendants named in this action, and their specific infringing and counterfeiting activities,” through orders in six separate lawsuits against sellers on Alibaba and AliExpress.”

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 17, 2023

is one of the first major class-action lawsuits to dive into questions of online collection of “public data” and generative AI training data sets. Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. GitHub, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 21, 2023

This is one of several ideologically motivated lawsuits against YouTube for allegedly engaging in “discriminatory” content moderation. After 5 tries, the Divino LGBTQ lawsuit finally failed last month. And after a remarkable 6 tries, the Newman race-based lawsuit has now failed too ( prior blog post ).

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 27, 2023

I think CA AB 587 is clearly unconstitutional (start here ), but this particular lawsuit is hampered by the fact that none of the plaintiffs meet the statutory definition of “social media platforms.”

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Eric Goldman

MAY 18, 2023

The rulings should put a decisive end to the genre of lawsuits over social media supporting terrorists; and the Twitter ruling will cast a negative shadow over other cases alleging that social media services facilitate illegal activity. By definition, recommendations are never “passive” or “neutral.”

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here’s everything you need to know about the pending lawsuit: Shein’s ‘egregious intellectual property infringement’ is ‘baked into its business model’ The Plaintiffs’ Claims Designer Krista Perry is accusing Shein of selling wall art and phone cases emblazoned with “mechanical cop[ies]” of her original artwork.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 12, 2024

Once we qualify the copies as “electronic,” it becomes unmistakable that this case deals with intangible items, not traditional “chattel” that are, by definition, tangible items. That lawsuit also failed. ” The court says “there is no single way to display a website copy.”

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Here we will cover the definition of an indemnity clause, its benefits, different types of indemnity clauses, and other background facts that legal professionals should understand. Here some definitions are in order: The specific event or circumstance triggering indemnification is the “indemnification event” or “trigger event.”

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Eric Goldman

JULY 25, 2023

The panel reaffirms the Luvdarts’ definition of willful blindness from the copyright context (cleaned up): Willful blindness requires (1) subjective belief that infringement was likely occurring and (2) deliberate actions to avoid learning about the infringement… the defendant must have taken active steps to avoid acquiring knowledge.

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LawSites

APRIL 19, 2022

Hospitals … were definitely not closed. An enterprising law firm seeking to file a class-action lawsuit took up Amazon on their arbitration clause offer and generated thousands of responses to that clause, requesting arbitration. It all started with my wife and a pandemic. It was sometime around April 2020. Schools were silent.

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