February 2024
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Nvidia forces consumer lawsuit into arbitration
Plaintiffs filed a class action suit against Nvidia alleging that Nvidia falsely advertised a game streaming feature for its Shield line of devices which was . . .
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ChatGPT was “utterly and unusually unpersuasive” in case involving recovery of attorney’s fees
In a recent federal case in New York under the Individuals with Disabilities Act, plaintiff prevailed on her claims and sought an award of attorney's . . .
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Section 230 protects Snapchat against lawsuit brought by assault victim
A young girl named C.O. found much misfortune using Snapchat. Her parents (the plaintiffs in this lawsuit) alleged that the app's features caused her to . . .
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Fourth Circuit overturns massive jury verdict in copyright case against internet service provider
Plaintiff copyright holders sued defendant internet service provider alleging both vicarious and contributory copyright infringement liability arising from defendant’s customers downloading or distributing songs using . . .
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Peloton did not infringe trademark rights of fitness app maker
Plaintiff used the mark BIKE+ in connection with a fitness tracking app and obtained a federal registration for the mark. It sued defendant Peloton for . . .
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Software reseller not entitled to preliminary injunction to protect customer relationships
Plaintiff CD appointed defendant SST to be the exclusive reseller to certain customers of CD’s software development platform. CD sued SST for breach, and SST . . .
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Kids Online Safety Act: Quick Facts
What is KOSA? Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal have introduced a new version of KOSA - the Kids Online Safety Act, which seeks to protect minors . . .
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How did Ohio’s efforts to regulate children’s access to social media violate the constitution?
Ohio passed a law called the Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act which sought to require certain categories of online services to obtain parental . . .
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Using AI generated fake cases in court brief gets pro se litigant fined $10K
Plaintiff sued defendant and won on summary judgment. Defendant sought review with the Missouri Court of Appeals. On appeal, the court dismissed the appeal and . . .
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GenAI and copyright: Court dismisses almost all claims against OpenAI in authors’ suit
Plaintiff authors sued large language model provider OpenAI and related entities for copyright infringement, alleging that plaintiffs’ books were used to train ChatGPT. Plaintiffs asserted . . .