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Court Dismisses School Districts’ Lawsuits Over Social Media “Addiction”–In re Social Media Cases

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There are two critically important cases over “social media addiction” pending in California state court and as an MDL in the federal Northern District of California. Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts.

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Reusing Social Media Photos for Ads? Be Careful!–Khachatryan v. 1 Hotel

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1 Hotel West Hollywood LLC , 2024 WL 3015504 (C.D. June 14, 2024) The post Reusing Social Media Photos for Ads? 1 Hotel appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case Citation : Khachatryan v. Be Careful!–Khachatryan –Khachatryan v.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

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The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM. What does a 200+ year old fox have to say about who owns social media accounts?). ” (Cite to Pierson v.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

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However, those arguments were more theoretical than empirical; there weren’t a lot of high-profile examples of a mass-market consumer service deploying this strategy. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. Musk has bridged that gap. StopTheSADScheme. It’s not a tax.

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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

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2024 WL 1285631, C.A. 26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Ins. Cranston Entertainment Inc.; 21-63-JJM-PAS (D.R.I.

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Court Enjoins Ohio’s Law Requiring Parental Approval for Children’s Social Media Accounts–NetChoice v. Yost

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Ohio enacted a law, the “ Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act ,” Ohio Rev. Obviously, these definitions reach most user-generated content (UGC) services, not just “social media” in the classic sense. Recall the term “social media” is literally in the bill title).

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Court Says Twitter Misused Litigation to Punish Defendants for Their Speech–X v. CCDH

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“Although social media platforms do not like it, scraping, for various ends, is commonplace.” March 25, 2024) The post Court Says Twitter Misused Litigation to Punish Defendants for Their Speech–X v. CCDH appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case Citation : X Corp.