Above the Law - Technology

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.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

moved to dismiss the third count of the complaint brought by the plaintiff, Brendan Baker, who accused CVS of violating a state law known as the “Lie Detector Statute.” Attorneys with Seyfarth Shaw, on behalf of CVS Health Corp.,

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Practical Guidance Artificial Intelligence Legislation Tracker alerts you to new federal and state laws regulating AI across practice areas. The post Stay Current On Artificial Intelligence Legislation In 2024 appeared first on Above the Law. Stay ahead of rapidly evolving AI legislation.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Last Friday, in a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court held that embryos are considered people under Alabama state law. As such, those who destroy embryos could be held liable for wrongful death. The decision has concerned reproductive rights advocates.

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MARCH 13, 2024

(AP) — Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Data privacy professionals are keeping an eye on the set of state laws primed to go into effect in 2024. While some laws are similar to their predecessors’, others are breaking from the mold.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Note that the data localization prohibition in this Regulation applies to individual EU Member States’ laws; it does not preclude the EU from implementing data localization requirements.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2023

Section 230 Ripoff Report claimed that removal was justified because Section 230 completely preempted the state law claims. Cites to Zeran v. AOL (the district court opinion!)

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Inside Privacy

MAY 3, 2023

He opined that Member States’ law may not stipulate conditions going beyond those set out in the GDPR that make it more difficult to impute GDPR infringements to companies. Member States laws may not require this to be a pre-condition to impose a GDPR administrative fine. (2) companies).

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 4, 2023

” The court summarizes: “Google has immunity from her state law claims, as it cannot be held liable for search engine results showing a third party’s statement.” Pennsylvania State Law Enforcement, 2023 WL 3767745 (E.D. PA Law Enforcement appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Kathy Hochul tweaked state law earlier this year to increase the potential fines for unlicensed cannabis sales and bolster enforcement against shops that flout the law. By Caroline Lewis Gov.

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Martindale-Avvo

APRIL 18, 2024

states has served as a stark example of how federal and state laws might be in conflict. There is some commentary that asserts federal authorities might be reluctant to prosecute for activities that are legal at the state level, unless there is a connection to large-scale trafficking, organized crime, or gang activity.

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lennyesq

AUGUST 28, 2023

It was set to take effect three years later, in November 2022, but the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets ordered the city to foie greddaboudit. The city couldn’t implement the ban since it “ unreasonably restricts ” two foie gras farms’ “operations and on-farm practices” under state law , the agency ruled.

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LLRX

JULY 3, 2022

Four highlights from this week : Vendors prep for new cyber rules of the road; USPS: It's Up to Mailers to Comply With State Laws on Abortion Pills; Facial Recognition Technology: Federal Agencies' Use and Related Privacy Protections; and Google Asks for Permission to Flood Inboxes With Campaign Spam.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 16, 2023

“Courts in the Ninth Circuit have regularly held that the DMCA preempts state law claims arising out of submission of takedown notices.” ” 512(f) once again wipes out state law claims, even if 512(f) doesn’t apply. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v.

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JUNE 19, 2023

But police are allowed to fly them for ‘public safety’ missions Thomas Claburn Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Friday signed HB 3902, which allows the US state’s law enforcement agencies to use drones at some public events – but prohibits equipping them with facial recognition software or weaponry, with some exceptions.

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Technically Legal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Brandon explains that most data privacy laws, like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU and U.S. Brandon’s company is a privacy platform that helps legal and compliance teams automate data compliance tasks.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

What is less known is that many of these states also impose substantive cybersecurity requirements. In this Debevoise Data Blog post, we examine the general cybersecurity obligations under state law, including common themes and recent developments. Emerging Themes of State Law Cybersecurity Requirements Taking all these U.S.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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. Facebook , but it could have cited to any of literally hundreds of cases. I think that’s a sanctionable argument–literally hundreds of cases have said otherwise).

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LawSites

APRIL 27, 2022

Before starting Filevine, Anderson was a founding partner at a western-states law firm focused on personal injury, mass torts and employment class-actions. Filevine’s cofounder and CEO Ryan Anderson is this week’s guest on LawNext, in an episode recorded the day the company announced this latest raise.

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LawSites

AUGUST 17, 2021

Osofsky took office as dean of Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law , after four years as dean of Penn State Law School and nearly two decades of teaching law. 1, Hari M.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Along those same lines, parties to a prenup should understand what rights they have to inherit property under relevant state law once they are a spouse and if their partner predeceases them. They may want to contract around those mandated rights by way of the prenup as well. Once the education part is complete, the drafting begins.

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Percipient

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Brandon explains that most data privacy laws , like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU and U.S. Brandon Wiebe , GC and Head of Privacy at Transcend offers a good overview of various privacy regulations, tips on how to start thinking about a data plan and how software can help automate certain parts of the process.

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lennyesq

APRIL 23, 2023

But these efforts have been undermined by a number of issues — most notably that the state law that legalized cannabis doesn’t include significant enforcement provisions for unlicensed sellers. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has put 400 landlords on notice that they could be evicted.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 13, 2023

State Law Claims. Instead, Rogozinski alleged (as part of enumerating the prima facie elements of trademark infringement) that Reddit made a use in commerce of the mark, which the court does credit–essentially as an admission that Reddit is the rightful owner of the trademark. Undisputed. Publisher/Speaker Claim.

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Inside Privacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The key proposals would: expand the material scope of the ADR Directive requiring Member States to facilitate access by consumers to ADR procedures where they think that a trader has breached its pre-contractual obligations (e.g.,

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Inside Privacy

MAY 12, 2023

. * * * The Covington team continues to monitor and advise on developments relating to data spaces, including the implementation of the Data Governance Act and developments relating to emerging EU and Member State laws regulating data spaces, such as the Data Act and the European Health Data Space.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Even if not enacted, its provisions are likely to influence a future federal privacy law. And, in many ways, the ADPPA may set a new minimum standard that will shape any state laws passed to fill the void left by the lack of a federal privacy law. We’ve previously written about the development of U.S. ADPPA § 302(a).

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CaseFox

APRIL 13, 2023

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. In some cases, the damages awarded may be less than the cost of pursuing the claim in court, making it financially impractical to pursue the case.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v. Canning * 17 USC 512(f) Preempts State Law Claims Over Bogus Copyright Takedown Notices–Amaretto v. (Spoiler: Not Well) * Another Section 512(f) Case Fails–ISE v. Longarzo * Another 512(f) Case Fails–Handshoe v.

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Dennis Kennedy

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Michigan State Law Review Forum has published my article titled “ Displaying and Evidencing Contract Terms in a Post-Visual Era.” In this article, I explore the challenges that come with the increasing use of non-visual transactions, interfaces, and devices in today’s contracting landscape.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

state to introduce a new pathway for attorney licensing , allowing law school graduates to become licensed lawyers without the need for the traditional bar exam or graduating from an in-state law school. Oregon made history this week by becoming the first U.S.

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Inside Privacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The key proposals would: expand the material scope of the ADR Directive requiring Member States to facilitate access by consumers to ADR procedures where they think that a trader has breached its pre-contractual obligations (e.g.,

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Dewey B Strategic

JUNE 26, 2023

After uploading a document to the dashboard the analyser will extract results which include: s pertinent deal parameters, and a breakdown of the available alternative language for the most highly negotiated clauses, links to source documents, elated Practical Guidance content and tools, including Market Standards and the State Law Comparison Tool.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Since we affirm the district court’s rulings on the state law claims, we need not resolve the federal law cross appeal.” That was an obviously problematic conclusion. Nevertheless, the Tenth Circuit dodges it: “We need not reach this issue.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 28, 2022

Practice Notes provide how-to guidance with clear explanations of current law and practice, ranging from basic overviews to detailed analysis. State Q&A helps you find answers to state law questions and compare laws across multiple jurisdictions.

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The Barrister

MARCH 18, 2024

Cruz is a strong supporter of Congress passing NIL legislation and introduced a bill last summer that would preempt state law and bar student athletes from attaining employee status. [10] 10] To discover journal articles on recent developments in sports and the law, go to the Sol Blatt, Jr.

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