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9th Circuit Drills Down on Venue Issue in Privacy Suit Against E-Commerce Platform

"An electronic signal is sent over [and] something is implanted on a device that is in California," Judge Daniel Collins said. "It takes data in California from a device in California and ships it out of California. The claim is that the collection and transmission of the data violates California statutes. How does that conduct not occur in California?"
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Law.com

Hyperlinked Documents: The Latest E-Discovery Challenge

As courts and discovery experts debate whether hyperlinked content should be treated the same as traditional attachments, legal practitioners are grappling with the technical and legal complexities of collecting, analyzing and reviewing these documents in real-world cases.
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Law.com

In Social Media-Related Suits, Courts Must Apply Discovery Rule on Case-by-Case Basis, Mass. Justices Say

"Given how 'vast' the social media universe is on the Internet, and how access to, and the ability to search for, social media posts may vary from platform to platform and even from post to post, that determination requires consideration of the totality of the circumstances regarding the social media posting, including the extent of its distribution, and the accessibility and searchability of the posting," Chief Justice Scott L. Kafker said.
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The Recorder

Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That an Online Archive's Book Sharing Violated Copyright Law

In a statement Wednesday, the president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, Maria Pallante, called the decision a victory for the publishing community.
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The Recorder

9th Circuit Lifts Portions of Injunction Blocking California's Kids Online Safety Law

A three-judge panel agreed that some reporting language in the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is unconstitutional. But the district court should not have blocked other provisions, the judges said.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Should Internet Service Providers Be on Hook for Copyright Infringment? ISP Asks Justices Billion-Dollar Question

Only the U.S. Supreme Court can resolve the sharp division among federal circuit courts regarding standards of online liability, Cox Communications says.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ's Lawsuit Against TikTok Signals Warning to Other Online Platforms on Child Privacy, Lawyers Say

"We've seen a lot of action from the FTC on privacy recently, and COPPA [the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act] is one of the areas where they have the clearest authority," said Eric Null, of the Center for Democracy & Technology.
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National Law Journal

Judge Rules Google Violated Federal Antitrust Law

"Importantly, the court also finds that Google has exercised its monopoly power by offering supracompetitive prices for general search text ads. That conduct has allowed Google to earn monopoly profits," wrote U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta of Washington, D.C.
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National Law Journal

Children's Online Safety Bills Raise Concerns About Censorship, First Amendment Rights

"[T]he last thing students and parents need is another act of government censorship deciding which educational resources are appropriate for their families," Jenna Leventoff, the ACLU's senior policy counsel, said in a statement.
5 minute read

The Recorder

California Appellate Court Opens 'New World of Possibilities' With Social Media Subpoena Decision

The Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the Stored Communications Act does not shield Facebook and Snap from subpoenas for posts related to a homicide case.
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