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In Case of ‘Real Lawyers Against A Robot Lawyer,’ Federal Court Dismisses Law Firm’s Suit Against DoNotPay for Unauthorized Law Practice

Above the Law - Technology

“While the complaint asserts that DNP has provided poor customer service at times, leading to adverse legal consequences for DNP’s customers, the complaint fails to cite any instance where DNP’s failures were imputed to MK specifically or lawyers generally.” District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel.

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Misidentified Person Loses Defamation Claim Against Tabloid–Bloom v. A360

Eric Goldman

But that is insufficient to raise an inference of actual malice, as all that those allegations plausibly suggest is a negligent failure to uncover the truth rather than a subjective awareness of falsity Nor can defendant’s alleged failure to investigate whether the photograph was of Zilis save plaintiff’s claim from dismissal.

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Section 230 Preempts Two More Harassment Lawsuits

Eric Goldman

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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Clyde & Co and former partner referred to UK disciplinary tribunal over alleged AML failures

Legal Tech Monitor

Clyde & Co and former partner referred to UK disciplinary tribunal over alleged AML failures Read More » The post Clyde & Co and former partner referred to UK disciplinary tribunal over alleged AML failures appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Section 230 Helps Substack Defeat a Defamation Claim–Smith v. Substack

Eric Goldman

Finally, Smith claimed that Substack’s “sheer failure to respond to [his] multiple reports, queries, and complaints was negligence.” Substack appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” In July 2023, it made a post entitled “ Oliver D. In response, Smith sued Substack pro se for defamation and more.

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Guest post: How GCs can support the CFO in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank failure

Legal Tech Monitor

Guest post: How GCs can support the CFO in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank failure Read More » The post Guest post: How GCs can support the CFO in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank failure appeared first on Legal IT Insider. Even during a monumental crisis – such.

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Section 230 Preempts Product Design Claims–Lama v. Meta

Eric Goldman

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. Facebook , Herrick v. Grindr , Cohen v. Third-Party Content.