1. LitigationTrade Secrets

    Online marketer’s misappropriation claims against publicly traded former suitor move forward

    May 21, 2018 -

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  2. Fraud/Misrepresentation

    No fraud claim against VRBO over bogus listing because website terms did not guarantee prescreening

    May 17, 2018 -

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  3. Privacy

    No privacy violation for disclosing information otherwise available on member-only website

    May 15, 2018 -

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  4. First AmendmentTrademarks

    Can YouTube be sued for censorship? A court weighs in.

    March 27, 2018 - Prager University sued Google LLC and YouTube, LLC, alleging that defendants discriminated against plaintiff’s conservative political viewpoints by restricting its videos on YouTube. Plaintiff asked . . .

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  5. CopyrightDMCA

    Adult content website owner wins on DMCA safe harbor copyright issue

    March 16, 2018 - Plaintiff, an adult film producer, discovered on defendant's user-upload website, Motherless.com, 33 clips from movies plaintiff had created and for which it held the copyright. . . .

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  6. DefamationSection 230

    Section 230 protected Google in lawsuit over blog post

    February 24, 2018 -

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  7. Section 230Social Media

    Ninth Circuit upholds decision in favor of Twitter in terrorism case

    January 31, 2018 - Tamara Fields and Heather Creach, representing the estates of their late husbands and joined by Creach’s two minor children, sued Twitter, Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that . . .

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  8. First AmendmentSocial Media

    Pastor’s First Amendment rights affected parole conditions barring social media use

    December 15, 2017 - Plaintiff - a Baptist minister on parole in California - sued several parole officials, arguing that conditions placed on his parole violated plaintiff’s First Amendment . . .

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