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Technology & Marketing Law Blog by Eric Goldman provides readers with information on different laws related to technology and marketing. Key Topics covered are Adware/Spyware, Content Regulation, Copyright, Derivative Liability, Evidence/Discovery, and Trade Secrets.
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A prior ruling summarized the facts the court describes as “harrowing”: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. Charles and Romelus filmed each other while they raped Plaintiff. Romelus subsequently uploaded video footage of Romelus and...
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
2d ago
I’m going to classify this ruling as a “big deal,” with the crucial caveat that Section 230 is still doomed and this ruling doesn’t reverse that. Given how judges have turned against Section 230, at this point any appellate ruling...
The post Section 230 Still Works in the Fourth Circuit (For Now)–M.P. v. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog ..read more
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
1w ago
Here’s a twist. The plaintiff in this case, Jonathan Affleck, was the plaintiff in Martillo v. Twitter, but he sued then under a nom de plume. The court issues him a chastising warning against using unauthorized pseudonyms. In this case,...
The post Section 230 Protects Newspaper’s Removal of User Comments–Affleck v. Harvard Crimson appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog ..read more
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
2w ago
This is a long-running litigation battle over Google’s advertising practices. In 2021, many individual advertiser claims were consolidated into an MDL in SDNY. Four years and 900+ docket entries later, the SNDY court holds that two plaintiffs’ claims must go...
The post Court Upholds Google’s Ad TOS Amendment to Add an Arbitration Clause–In re Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog ..read more
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
2w ago
This case involves two interrelated companies in the private jet industry. One entity (Nicholas Air) was the public brand. The other entity (Corr Flight) provided all of the staffing to the public brand. Employees from the staffing company posted negative...
The post Glassdoor Partially Fixes a Bad Section 230 Ruling–Nicholas Services v. Glassdoor appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog ..read more
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
3w ago
I thought the legality of embedding was definitively resolved when the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the “server test” in the Hunley v. Instagram case (note: the 9th Circuit has reaffirmed Hunley twice). Not so. Plaintiffs are still regularly bringing lawsuits over...
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
3w ago
In 2024, Congress enacted, and President Biden signed, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which bans “foreign adversary” ownership of certain types of Internet services. The bill specifically bans Bytedance/TikTok by name. TikTok and its users challenged...
The post Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, and Domestic and Foreign Censors Rejoice–TikTok v. Garland appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog ..read more
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
3w ago
[A much longer post is forthcoming. A few initial remarks] [Update: the longer post is live, and it includes these remarks and 4,000 other words. I recommend you read that instead of this] The Supreme Court’s ruling will foster more...
The post Initial Comments on the Supreme Court’s TikTok Ban Opinion–TikTok v. Garland appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog ..read more
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
3w ago
Zaful is an online retailer with a trademark that seemingly rhymes with…awful? It claims copyright in 1,800+ product shot photos and says TEMU merchants are infringing those product shots in their listings. (Longtime readers know how I feel about copyright...
The post Another N.D. Ill. Judge Balks at SAD Scheme Joinder–Zaful v. Schedule A Defendants appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog ..read more
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
3w ago
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, regarding a Texas law that requires adult-oriented websites to age-authenticate all users–minors and adults alike–before they can enter their “virtual” premises. If this sounds familiar, that’s because...
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