Supreme Court Addresses When Government Employees’ Social Media Accounts are State Action (Lindke & Garnier)
…his Facebook page: “Pursuant to Municipal Ordinance 22.1, I am temporarily suspending enforcement of alternate-side parking rules.” The post’s express invocation of state authority, its immediate legal effect, and the…
Trump’s Retweets Are Criminal Contempt of a Gag Order–People v. Trump
…these protected individuals necessarily causes some harm or intimidation–whether those contacts are done directly or by third parties spurred to act by the restrained individual. Thus, it’s typically a violation…
Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Sending Non-Consensual Pornography by Postal Mail–Doe v. Spencer
…the Internet enabled the distribution of images or videos), and several cases were very similar to this case (postal mail to relatives, friends, and business contacts). Second, Doe made a…
Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman
…PhoneDog v. Kravitz An Update on PhoneDog v. Kravitz, the Employee Twitter Account Case Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts — Eagle v. Sawabeh Employee’s Claims Against…
2023 Quick Links: Social Media
…events that occurred entirely in St. Lucia, and the court cannot agree that defendants’ proffered contacts with Massachusetts “relate to” those claims. The contacts are not sufficiently meaningful, important, or…
Internal Search Results Aren’t Trademark Infringing–PEM v. Peninsula
…Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit…
Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)
…156 (citation omitted)”). Nope, the Supreme Court didn’t say that. Rather, the quoted language came from an SDNY decision (Tommy Hilfiger Licensing, Inc. v. Nature Labs, LLC, 221 F. Supp….
Section 230 Protects Gmail’s Spam Filter–RNC v. Google
[My blogging queue has gotten backlogged. I’m slowly catching up. I hope you enjoy these 2,800 words on legal topics you assumed were definitively resolved over a dozen years ago.]…
When Do Inbound Call Logs Show Consumer Confusion?–Adler v McNeil
…Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit Over Its Keyword…
Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri
…Tidbits From FTC’s Antitrust Win Against 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Restrictions * 1-800 Contacts Charges Higher Prices Than Its Online Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts…