Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Corporations are legally independent entities, so a creditor or a person filing a lawsuit against a corporation usually cant reach your personal assets, although there are some exceptions. Some people also may find it a hassle to comply with the strict requirements under state law for starting and operating a corporation.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 13, 2023

State Law Claims. July 11, 2023) The post Reddit Defeats Lawsuit Over Removal of r/WallStreetBets Moderator’s Privileges–Rogozinski v. Reddit appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Undisputed. Publisher/Speaker Claim. Case citation : Rogozinski v. Reddit, Inc. 2023 WL 4475581 (N.D.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They can bring a civil lawsuit against whoever was responsible for the improper practice, seeking the damages that they sustained as a result. The federal government has not yet enacted a comprehensive data privacy law, although various federal laws protect certain types of people or information.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

The past year was marked by many more filed cases than decisions, and those decisions that were issued largely demonstrated how well-known pitfalls will also hamper this new wave of AI lawsuits. 6] Despite these challenges, plaintiffs are not slowing down, and new lawsuits were filed at a steady clip over the course of 2024.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Work-Related Requirement To get workers’ compensation benefits, a worker must be an employee rather than an independent contractor, and they must not work in a profession that is exempt under state law. Certain agricultural and domestic workers may be exempt, for example.) Working with a lawyer can help overcome these obstacles.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 6, 2025

The lawsuit boils down to two key allegations, (1) OpenAI uses copyrighted content to train their LLMs, and (2) occasionally spews out copyrighted content in its answers to customer queries. 1125(c) and are widely recognized by the general consuming public of the United States.” Opinion at 17.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2023

He brought a state court class action lawsuit against Ripoff Report, alleging violations of CA B&P 17200 and the implied covenant of good faith. The plaintiff successfully remanded the case back to state court and got some of its attorneys’ fees covered. Ripoff Report removed the case to federal court.

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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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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

violations; but I also think it’s clear this lawsuit is going to fail eventually. Amazon’s TOS would have benefited from a critical reread to think of how plaintiffs’ lawyers could minsterpret the contract to claim 1670.8 ” (As I mentioned, this is an obvious misreading of the provision).

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Eric Goldman

JULY 1, 2024

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s delay in definitively resolving this case will leave a vacuum for reviewing many other pending and imminent constitutional challenges to state laws.

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lennyesq

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA Six major book publishers Friday sued the Florida Department of Education, challenging a 2023 state law used to restrict books in school libraries. The six book publishers filed the lawsuit along with the Authors Guild, several prominent authors, two students and two parents.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 20, 2025

” Remember this perspective when the Ninth Circuit analyzes the various censorial state laws designed to control or strip away “platforms'” curatorial or discovery efforts. Note how the court seems to be validating the editorial curation and discovery functions of “platforms.”

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Because the removal of content is a traditional editorial function, Section 230(c)(1) bars plaintiff’s lawsuit.” The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I ” The court cites Force v.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

A reminder: this lawsuit is a battle royale. Combined with prior rulings, in the October 24, 2024 ruling, the court summarizes where the various claims stand: It’s even more complicated, because several of the plaintiffs’ claims are based on state laws. They will need to clear their calendar.

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LLRX

JULY 15, 2023

Four highlights from this week: The potential healthcare privacy risks of ChatGPT; “Shadow libraries” at heart of mounting copyright lawsuits against OpenAI; Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data; and Cooper Davis Act Would Force Tech Companies to Flag Users for Drugs.

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CaseFox

APRIL 13, 2023

Personal injury claims are lawsuits filed by individuals who have been injured due to the negligence or intentional actions of another person or entity. This can occur if the plaintiff does not have sufficient evidence to prove the extent of their damages, or if the damages are capped by state law.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 8, 2025

Instead, the court awards nominal damages of $1 per “bogus” counternoticeacross the 8 lawsuits, this comes to $16 TOTAL. Im no math expert, but Im pretty sure Viral DRM did not come out as an economic winner from these lawsuits. Longarzo * DMCAs Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law ClaimsStevens v.

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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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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In March, the Illinois law firm, MillerKing brought the putative class action against DoNotPay on behalf of “all law firms in the United States,” alleging false association and false advertising under the federal Lanham Act and Illinois state law. A second California lawsuit, Lee v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2025

I did a fairly lengthy blog post on the intersection of copyright law and city council videos a decade ago; and see this piece by Frank LoMonte about the intersection between copyright law and FOIA laws for government records. In the last month, two more copyright lawsuits over city council videos have triggered my alerts.

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Brett Trout

MAY 24, 2024

Whereas your freedom of speech is protected by the Constitution, your right of publicity is protected by a mix of different state laws. Depending on which state you bring your right of publicity lawsuit, you may have a lot or only a little protection.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In my Internet Law course, I still teach the Pharmatrak case from 2003, where an analytics service provider used a pixel and other tracking technology. There are hundreds of pixel lawsuits in the courts right now (and surely more to come after a ruling like this). 20 years later, we’re still fighting over pixels and cookies.

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The Barrister

MARCH 18, 2024

7] Microsoft stock image The NCAA halted its investigations into third parties creating NIL deals with collegiate Division I athletes after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia. More than 10,000 of the 1,390 FBS players have agreed. [7]

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CaseFox

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The legal proceedings can be broadly categorised into civil and criminal litigation, each governed by distinct laws and procedures. Understanding the key differences between these two types of lawsuits could be extremely helpful if you ever find yourself in a difficult circumstance.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 18, 2023

That section states that rights under state laws that are “equivalent” to rights under copyright law are preempted. Many of those contractual anti-scraping lawsuits were successful. However, even in the United States, other ways exist to scrutinize contracts over information goods. ML Genius v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Where the motion to dismiss concerns questions of law, additional discovery is not required. .” Google defeats lawsuit from a public school student using Google edtech that he claims was hacked and used to send inappropriate material. * ” * M.K. Google LLC, 2023 WL 2671381 (N.D. March 27, 2023).

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Brett Trout

MARCH 15, 2024

Unlike the right of privacy, which is protected by the Constitution and specific federal statutes, the right of publicity is a patchwork of state and common law. This means your rights to your name, image, and likeness vary depending on which state law applies. No tags for this post. Related posts No related posts.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Section 301(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State.” With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted. Taco Bell Corp. , 3d 446 (6th Cir.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 24, 2023

has filed multiple lawsuits against web scrapers, including against Bright Data , which is perhaps the biggest web-scraping company in the world. Ten years ago, in web-scraping cases, you’d typically see plaintiffs in scraping cases file 10-15 legal claims, with law firms exploring any legal theory that might stick.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 12, 2024

.” The Kremen test is so obviously ill-fitting to this inquiry, but the court gets to the right place: “there is no cognizable property interest in website copies that may serve as the basis for a trespass to chattels claim under California law.” That lawsuit also failed.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This lawsuit seeks to hold Letgo liable for the murders. Since we affirm the district court’s rulings on the state law claims, we need not resolve the federal law cross appeal.” 1, 2024) The post Online Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Murder–Roland v. Negligence. Case Citation : Roland v. Letgo, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

WebGroup Czech Republic * Instagram Defeats Lawsuit Claiming It Was a Breeding Ground for Sex TraffickersDoe v. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves ForwardML v. Salesforce * Latest Linkwrap on FOSTAs Aftermath * Section 230 Doesnt End Lawsuit Claiming Facebook Facilitated Sex TraffickingDoe v.

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lennyesq

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech ( The Hill ) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor alleging she violated state law by prescribing abortion medication to Texans via telehealth appointments.

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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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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

APRIL 12, 2025

Unbeknownst to most, however, is that 167 law enforcement agencies across Virginia are now using public-facing surveillance technology such as Automatic License Plate Readers (“ALPR”) and gunshot listening devices. [1] 3] The city of Norfolk has deployed 172 ‘Flock Safety’ ALPRs, resulting in numerous lawsuits. [4] Roberson, 113 Va.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

Section 230 preempts her lawsuit against Facebook: “Ninth Circuit precedent interpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

This is another lawsuit involving the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs. (Q: In this lawsuit, BAYC sued an “appropriation artist,” Ripps, who sought to comment on anti-Semitic aspects of the BAYC NFTs. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v.

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