Geotagged Social Media Posts Didn’t Support Personal Jurisdiction–Court of Master Sommeliers v. Pilkey
…subject to personal jurisdiction here. This expansive notion of jurisdiction cuts against the scope of the contacts that courts have traditionally required to justify the exertion of judicial power…. Personal…
Running Geotargeted Advertising Confers Personal Jurisdiction–UMG Recordings v. Kurbanov
…collecting IP addresses and presenting a TOS in the footer, no? But in a switcheroo, the court says Zippo is antiquated, Instead, the court evaluates the websites’ contacts with Virginia….
My Galley by CJR Interview on Trump’s Anti-Section 230 Executive Order
At Galley by CJR, I did a one-hour real-time virtual “interview” with Mathew Ingram on the topic of “Trump vs. Social Media.” For background, you may want to review my…
Trump’s “Preventing Online Censorship” Executive Order Is Pro-Censorship Political Theater
Introduction We all knew the day would come when the Trump Administration would try to censor the Internet. This was inevitable because of Trump’s dictatorial lust, his antipathy towards independent…
New Paper Explains How FOSTA Devastated Male Sex Workers
…in cases where regular contacts had not shared an alternative contact method…before websites were taken down.” Also, “very few participants reported feeling unsafe with a client they met online” due…
Top Internet Law Developments of 2019
…petition for rehearing at the Ninth Circuit (amicus brief supporting rehearing on behalf of 7 cybersecurity law professors), November 2019 (with Venkat Balasubramani) 1-800 Contacts v. Federal Trade Commission, appeal…
Review Services Aren’t Liable for Removing Business Profiles (and Associated Reviews)–PCS v. HomeAdvisor
…site operators’ ability to manage the contacts and reviews on their own Web sites[,]’ as ‘[r]easonable management of online reviews is necessary to ensure that they convey useful information as…
Court Partially Enforces Amazon’s Non-Compete Against Employee Who Joined Google–Amazon v. Moyer
…contacts in the financial service industry, but you don’t get the sense that moves the needle. Note: Washington recently passed non-compete legislation that made it more difficult to enforce non-competes…
“Copyright Troll” Lawyer Gets Sanctioned (Again)–Sands v. Bauer Media
Attorney Richard Liebowitz has filed more than 1,100 lawsuits since the beginning of 2016, a campaign this judge calls a “downpour.” This initiative has not gone smoothly. The court recaps:…
Competitor Gets Pyrrhic Victory in False Advertising Suit Over Search Ads–Harbor Breeze v. Newport Fishing
…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 * FTC Explains Why It Thinks…