Social Media Services Aren’t Liable for Buffalo Mass-Shooting–Patterson v. Meta
The New York state intermediate appeals court has issued a significant ruling dismissing four lawsuits that sought to hold many social media services (Facebook, Instagram, Snap, Google, YouTube, Discord, Reddit,…
Trump Lost the Trump Tapes Ruling, But Could He Still Prevail? (Guest Blog Post)
…complaint stand a chance? This question is why I’ve accepted Eric’s gracious invitation to chime in on a case that Tyler Ochoa has already expertly covered twice on this blog…
Trump’s Lawsuit Over The Trump Tapes is Dismissed (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) — Guest Blog Post
…by or under the authority of the author.” Eric expressed the opinion that Trump could not be an author, because for Eric, “the statutory requirement of ‘authority’ connotes something more…
The Second Circuit Is Done With Meta Pixels VPPA Cases–Hughes v. NFL
In May 2025, the Second Circuit rejected a Meta Pixels case based on the VPPA. See Solomon v. Flipps. Another VPPA Meta Pixels case came back to the Second Circuit,…
Rounding Up Three Recent Section 230 Decisions
I’m trying to clear my blogging queue that backlogged during my China trip. Here are three Section 230 decisions from the last few weeks. Geegieh v. Unknown Parties, 2025 WL…
Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Proceeds Against TikTok and Instagram–Nazario v. Bytedance
This case involves the deadly practice of “subway surfing.” The plaintiff in this case claims her son died doing subway surfing that he tried only because he was encouraged by…
Judge Ranjan Cracks Down on SAD Scheme Cases
Judge Nicholas Ranjan of the Western District of Pennsylvania has issued a standing order titled “‘SCHEDULE A’ CASE STANDING ORDER.” I couldn’t find the order on Judge Ranjan’s website or…
Read the Published Version of My Paper Against Mandatory Online Age Authentication
…maybe do not deserve our votes… Blog Posts on Segregate-and-Suppress Obligations Prof. Goldman’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Demolition of the Internet in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Court Permanently…
Facebook and Twitter Defeat Account Termination Lawsuit–Castronuova v. Meta
Per Wikipedia, Cara Castronuova is “an American champion boxer, a professional sports announcer, political activist and celebrity fitness trainer.” This topline summary understates her #MAGA bona fides. The Wikipedia entry…
Catching Up on the Bogus “Yelp Law” Litigation Campaign–Tao v. Uniqlo
[Personal note: the Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton ruling took a lot of wind out of my blogging sails. First, the opinion is pure Calvinball. It makes me question everything…