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Texas Supreme Court Says Amazon Isn’t the Seller of Marketplace Items It Fulfills–Amazon v McMillan

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The Fifth Circuit certified the following question to the Texas Supreme Court: Under Texas products-liability law, is Amazon a “seller” of third-party products sold on Amazon’s website when Amazon does not hold title to the product but controls the process of the transaction and delivery through Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon program?

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2021 IP Year in Review

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Though still in its infancy, the College has been criticized for requiring agents to reside in Canada and its proposed mandatory liability insurance coverage , which may impose an additional fee on lawyer agents. This development marks a key milestone for the profession and for Canada’s Intellectual Property Strategy.

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Australian High Court Says Facebook Accountholders “Publish” Third-Party Defamatory Comments–Fairfax Media v. Voller

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It legally equates ordinary social media users with traditional media publishers, broadcasters, and other for-profit enterprises who likely have training in defamation law, the staff to affirmative manage defamation risk, and insurance coverage for defamation claims. Everyone agrees that defamation is a strict liability tort (i.e.,

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Registration is Open: Southwest Florida Legal Summit

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Topics and speakers. 12:30 PM Lunch (sponsored by Insurance Management Consultancy Group). Tritt (President and Co-founder of Insurance Management Consultancy Group). Timely investigation of reported work accidents limits the liability of the employer and carrier. Insurance Management Consultancy Group , Lunch Sponsor.

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HHS Seeks to Strengthen Protections of Reproductive Health Information with Proposed Changes to HIPAA

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Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that seeks to enhance safeguards of reproductive health care information through changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. This post is also being shared on our Health Law Diagnosis blog.

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HuffPost Contributor Isn’t an “Agent,” So Their Content Qualifies for Section 230–KGS v. Huffington Post

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The ruling I’m blogging today involves Huffington Post’s alleged liability for Riben’s stories posted to HuffPost’s “Voices” (contributor) section. This scenario implicates the quarter-century-old classic 230 case on the topic, Blumenthal v.