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Daily Business Review

No Lift-Off for Lawsuit Alleging Trick Pricing on American Airlines' Website

This putative class action lawsuit accused American Airlines Inc. of using website cookies and algorithms to systematically trick customers into accepting contracts at lower prices before hiking them up at the last minute, but the court found the claims didn't hold up to scrutiny.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices to Tackle Venue Rules for Internet Defamation Cases

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that poses a potential conundrum: How do you determine the proper venue for a defamation claim over information that was published only on the internet?
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court OKs Deletion of Others' Threatening Comments Left On Defendants' Facebook Posts

The finding troubles First Amendment attorney Tom Leatherbury of Dallas, who noted that courts nationwide have been grappling with legal questions about reader comments, but this case is the first one he's seen in this context.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

2020 Outlook: How Technological Advances Are Changing the Legal Landscape

Now we're discussing the effects of "smart" technology and social media. While it has always influenced our profession, technological progress is having a greater impact now than ever before.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Political Consequences of Suit Involving Facebook, Israeli Tech Companies

On Oct. 29, Facebook and WhatsApp filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against NSO Group Technologies, Inc. (NSO) and its majority shareholder, Q Cyber Technologies, both Israeli companies.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Dept. OLC Memos Have No 'Force of Law,' Feds Tell Appeals Court

DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel "simply renders legal advice and has no power to determine the 'rights or obligations' of, or impose 'legal consequences' on, plaintiffs or anyone else," the Justice Department asserted in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Dawn of the Digital Workforce: Implications for the Legal Industry

Will digital workers be considered in-scope for unionization? This may not be as far-fetched as you might think. Could a business replace or supplement unionized jobs with digital workers and maintain compliance with the union contracts?
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

FTC Acts on Online Privacy, With State Laws Looming

Over the past month or so, the FTC took a number of notable privacy-related actions against a host of companies regarding what it considered to be their problematic online activities. Many states have passed or carried over a patchwork of privacy legislation for consideration in their next legislative session, including 25 pieces of privacy legislation that are pending in New York state alone. In her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis discusses these recent developments.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Vintage Car Case Doesn't End Jurisdiction Query

We agree with the rationale in Jardim, but do not feel complacent that sales of items posted on the internet may not in other factual settings create jurisdiction here.
3 minute read

Law.com

OK, Boomer. Here's What You Need To Know About Legal Tech Trends

Time waits for no one. So in this episode we're exploring the changes in legal tech that developed this year and what we can expect in 2020.
1 minute read

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