Martindale-Avvo

JUNE 18, 2025

Social media Several lawsuits claim social media companies, such as Meta, Google, and ByteDance, enabled teen addiction to the platforms and caused numerous mental health issues. Despite the settling of about two-thirds of lawsuits , there are more than 54,000 cases still pending.

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Brett Trout

JULY 25, 2025

Because of that, and the fact that summary judgment on likelihood of confusion grounds is generally disfavored, the court remanded the case back to the lower court, ordering a full hearing of the facts before a legal determination could be made on the issue of likelihood of confusion. Key Takeaways NFTs are still goods under the Lanham Act.

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Brett Trout

JUNE 25, 2025

Startup IYO, spun out of Google’s moonshot X lab, just won a major victory in its lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Ive’s design studio LoveFrom. The lawsuit alleges this wasn’t just a coincidence. A federal judge stepping in to put the brakes on OpenAI and its new venture with famed Apple designer Jony Ive. On Friday, U.S.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 20, 2025

Third, the court is correct that a blog post without any promotion can be the tree that falls in the forest that no one hears. So I guess my blog so obscure that even my mom wouldn’t read it. The court only acknowledges search as a form of blog distribution, which is true but incomplete.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 23, 2024

” Ugh, seriously, nooooo… Keyword metatags are the trees that fall in the forest that no one hears. The court is telling trademark owners, as plain as it can, to stop bringing competitive keyword advertising lawsuits. Google was a major player in this lawsuit by proxy. They should be legally irrelevant.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

While true that many defendants default in Schedule A cases, there are times when multiple defendants appear, seek different relief, require multiple hearings on varying motions, have different dates, and so on. In addition to evaluating the plaintiff’s evidence as to each defendant, the Court must keep track of each defendant’s filings.

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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. They also regularly have contact with external organizations, clients, and courthouse representation for the setting of court dates and hearings.

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Martindale-Avvo

MAY 13, 2025

Jurisdiction of Clean Air Act lawsuits: Some parties would rather hear these cases in local circuit courts, of which some are more favorable to those arguing against the EPA. Standing: The court might issue rulings that help clarify who has standing to sue in environmental law cases.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Even though the legal system punished the wrongdoers, the lawsuits continue. 18, 2025) Prior Blog Posts About Grindr Section 230 Defeats Underage Users Lawsuit Against GrindrDoll v. Salesforce * Omegle Defeats Lawsuit Over Users CappingMH v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves ForwardML v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear the TikTok ban, and Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Free Speech Coalition v. If any of those lawsuits succeed, they pose a potential existential threat to the entire industry. Emoji Law Cases Are.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MARCH 21, 2025

9] Hearing the case on appeal, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of anti-monopolistic requirements, ordering the divestment of these major studios from their cinemas to ensure more widespread competition. [10] Paramount Pictures, Inc. 8] Functionally, this alleged conspiracy amounted to vertical integration across the film industry. [9]

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2025

Based on this ruling, Viral DRM’s earlier SAD Scheme lawsuit also may have been deficient on copyright standing grounds. However, a court would almost never independently spot the standing problem at an ex parte TRO hearing. However, it highlights another problem with SAD Scheme cases. Emoji GmbH v.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The court also says it wouldn’t exercise its discretion to hear the dispute even if it had such discretion: were Professor Zuckerman to prevail, the Court would have to cabin a declaratory relief order based on contingent facts—such as, whether Unfollow Everything 2.0 This is a kind of 4D chess move. Case Citation : Zuckerman 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. ” Again, we’ll hear more about this narrative on summary judgment. It is a heartbreaking set of facts. May 21, 2025).

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lennyesq

JUNE 13, 2025

The Ninth Circuit set a hearing on June 17, 2025, before Judges Bennett, Sung, and Miller. See Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Application For Temporary Restraining Order. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an administrative stay of Judge Bryer’s order. Order Granting Administrative Stay.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2025

This is a confusing lawsuit that has been through several names, including “Sarah v. Salesforce * Omegle Defeats Lawsuit Over User’s “Capping”–MH v. WebGroup Czech Republic * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a “Breeding Ground” for Sex Traffickers–Doe v. [Note: my blogging hiatus is due to a trip to China.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 19, 2025

But this type of remedy isn’t ordered ex parte and before there is even any evidence that the defendant has sought to move assets; and to grant such relief, there usually has to be discovery and a hearing, so that the asset freeze is narrowly tailored to the amount needed to satisfy a disgorgement award.” Emoji GmbH v.

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lennyesq

MARCH 31, 2025

On March 11, the courageous and skillful law firm Williams & Connolly filed a lawsuit on Perkins Coies behalf, seeking to enjoin the presidents order on constitutional grounds. At a hearing the next day, Judge Beryl A.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JULY 15, 2025

Some of the qualifying disabilities include hearing impairments, speech or language impairments, visual impairments, autism, and specific learning disabilities. In some cases, you also may be able to file a lawsuit in federal court.) How Can I Prepare for an IEP Meeting? There’s generally a 180-day deadline for these complaints. (In

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Senate Commerce Committee expressly modified FOSTA to add the higher scienter after its emotionally-wrenching SESTA hearing (one of my least favorite professional moments of my career). For those who sat through or reviewed the hearing, there is no doubt what the Senate Commerce Committee was trying to do–i.e.,

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 26, 2024

This is another lawsuit against Grindr claiming that Grindr made it too easy for underage users to sign up and meet other users for sex. Grindr Online Dating App Grindr Isn’t Liable For Underage ‘Threesome’ The post Section 230 Defeats Underage User’s Lawsuit Against Grindr–Doll v. A commendation to Judge Jerry D.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 12, 2025

[Note: lawsuits over takedown notice attacks occur occasionally. Focus claimed that GM was “counterfeiting,” and a judge hearing an ex parte TRO wouldn’t have had any reason to doubt that–until it heard GM’s grey market goods explanation, in which case Focus’ story would fall apart.

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Above the Law - Technology

APRIL 5, 2024

Also, everyone magically became experts in reading body language and facial expressions. […] The post Supreme Court To Nick Sandmann: ‘Lol, No’ To Hearing His Omnibus Defamation Lawsuit Against News Orgs appeared first on Above the Law.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

Already, lawsuits involving AI-generated works have been filed in federal courts from coast to coast. This free database provides public records of lawsuits in federal trial and appellate courts. A pending lawsuit in the U.S. If it does not grant either motion, the lawsuit will continue toward trial.

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Trellis.Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an antitrust investigation into Live Nation Entertainment, the owner of Ticketmaster, and on January 24th, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing to investigate the case. In 2010, Ticketmaster merged with Live Nation to become Live Nation Entertainment.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 14, 2023

This long-running lawsuit started in 2019. When I first blogged this case in January 2021, I wrote: This lawsuit, like many others before it, claims that UGC services like YouTube commit illegal discrimination based on how they moderate content. Vague aspirational statements in YouTube’s mission statement are puffery.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 24, 2023

The lawsuit claims the BPOs were TikTok’s proxies. The court also allows an exception to the general rule due to the supply of unsafe equipment, i.e., the faulty sorting software for reviewer queues. * * * Similar lawsuits by content moderators have failed, including Garrett-Alfred v. Facebook and Aguilo v. Cognizant.

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 1, 2023

On November 22, 2023, the lawsuit against Lizzo by three of her previous backup dancers had its first court hearing. Continue reading → The post Behind the Bench: Unpacking Judge Epstein’s Inquiries in Lizzo Lawsuit Hearing first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an antitrust investigation into Live Nation Entertainment, the owner of Ticketmaster, and on January 24th, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing to investigate the case. In 2010, Ticketmaster merged with Live Nation to become Live Nation Entertainment.

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lennyesq

AUGUST 29, 2023

By Jordan Valinsky , CNN New York CNN — 3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing company supplied faulty combat earplugs to the military that resulted in significant injuries, such as hearing loss.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 11, 2024

If the publishers find any smoking guns, we’ll hear more about them. March 5, 2024) The post Twitter Narrows, But Doesn’t Completely Avoid, a Dangerous Copyright Lawsuit–Concord Music v. Second, by getting past the motion to dismiss, the publishers now can engage in discovery. I imagine they will be thorough.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 1, 2021

They supplemented that review with an analysis of court approaches to virtual hearings, e-filing, and digital notarization, focusing on how these tools affected litigants in three of the most common types of civil cases: debt claims, evictions and child support. million remote proceedings (civil and criminal) from March 2020 to February 2021.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

My takeaways: I did not hear 5 votes in favor of the plaintiffs’ position. The justices frequently crossed over to discuss the ATA prima facie case, the subject of tomorrow’s hearing in Taamneh v. Two that jump out at me: How often will plaintiffs bring lawsuits if 230 is lifted?

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In my previous post , I summarized: This lawsuit involves troubling allegations that Facebook executives ( allegedly , Nick Clegg, Nicola Mendelsohn, and Cristian Perrella) took bribes from OnlyFans-related entities to spike Facebook and Instagram posts that promoted competitors of OnlyFans. The plaintiffs’ allegations were sizzling.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Indeed, they are already filing lawsuits despite the pending Supreme Court appeal hanging over the law. Plaintiffs CAN’T WAIT to sue Internet services using the Texas social media censorship law. But surprise! The plaintiffs may have to sue in California if the law survives Constitutional scrutiny.

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