Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Between the two decisions, we get a powerful opinion on the topic of “aiding and abetting” online, while Section 230 dodged its first SCOTUS review. The Supreme Court says that the term “aiding and abetting” in the statute should be interpreted using the common law. Supreme Court [FN].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

The plaintiffs are parents of Snapchat users who purchased fentanyl from other Snapchat users and suffered overdoses. They sued Snapchat for a wide ranges of tort claims. To get around the clear Section 230 barrier to those claims, the plaintiffs attempted the now-standard Lemmon v. ”) as a defective product. The venerable Barrett v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Although the number of published cases reporting factual information about emoji was in the single digits until just recently, and German courts have yet to develop a standard method of dealing with them, the topic is growing rapidly even though courts have some trepidation about it. Introduction. Hesitation to display emoji in opinions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Students: this post surfaces numerous potential paper topics. The number #1 question I get whenever I discuss FOSTA with folks who aren’t familiar with it: did Congress know what it was doing? Well, the answer is complicated. For more background, read my primer about FOSTA and 230. THE MINDGEEK LITIGATION. Ruling #1: Doe v. Section 230.

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