March 2024

  1. PrivacySection 230

    CCPA claim against Apple thrown out on Section 230 grounds

    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

    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

      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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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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