March 2024

  1. PrivacySection 230

    CCPA claim against Apple thrown out on Section 230 grounds

    March 28, 2024 - Plaintiffs sued Apple after downloading a malicious app from the App Store. The claims included violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), the . . .

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  2. Social Media

    Negligence claim against Roblox for minors’ gambling moves forward

    March 27, 2024 - Plaintiffs sued defendant Roblox asserting various claims, including under RICO and California unfair competition law. Plaintiffs also claimed that Roblox was negligent by providing a . . .

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  3. Artificial Intelligence

    VIDEO: AI and Voice Clones – Tennessee enacts the ELVIS Act

    March 26, 2024 -   Generative AI enables people to clone other peoples' voices. And that can lead to fraud, identity theft, or intellectual property infringement. On March 21, . . .

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  4. Section 230

    Section 230 immunity protected provider of ringless voicemail services to telemarketers

    March 26, 2024 - Defendant telecommunication services provider provided ringless voicemail services and VoIP services to telemarketers. These services enabled telemarketers to mass deliver prerecorded messages directly to recipients' . . .

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  5. Artificial IntelligenceLitigation

    New Jersey judiciary taking steps to better understand Generative AI in the practice of law

    March 25, 2024 - We are seeing the state of New Jersey take strides to make “safe and effective use of Generative AI” in the practice of law. The . . .

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  6. Artificial IntelligenceLitigation

    Lawyer gets called out a second time for using ChatGPT in court brief

    March 25, 2024 - You may recall the case of Park v. Kim, wherein the Second Circuit excoriated an attorney for using ChatGPT to generate a brief that contained . . .

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  7. Artificial IntelligenceRight of Publicity

    AI and voice clones: Three things to know about Tennessee’s ELVIS Act

    March 23, 2024 - On March 21, 2024, the governor of Tennessee signed the ELVIS Act (the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act of 2024) which is aimed . . .

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  8. Artificial Intelligence

    Great time earlier this week on AI Inside

    March 22, 2024 - Had a great time earlier this week being on Episode 9 of Jason Howell's and Jeff Jarvis's (relatively) new podcast AI Inside. We talked about . . .

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  9. Antitrust

    VIDEO: What is the Apple antitrust lawsuit about?

    March 22, 2024 - On March 21, 2024, the U.S. government, 15 states and the District of Columbia filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. What is the case about? . . .

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  10. BlockchainContracts

    Bitcoin miner denied injunction against colocation service provider accused of removing rigs

    March 21, 2024 - Plaintiff Bitcoin miner sued defendant colocation hosting provider for  breach of contract, conversion, and trespass to chattels under Washington law. After filing suit, plaintiff filed . . .

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