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
…Comm. of the ACM 22 (Sept. 2019) Internet Law: Cases & Materials (2019 edition) The Complicated Story of FOSTA and Section 230, 17 First Amendment L. Rev. 279 (2019) Want…
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…
IP/Internet/Antitrust Professor Amicus Brief in 1-800 Contacts v. FTC
…It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Complaint from Aug. 2016. Blog post: FTC Sues 1-800 Contacts For Restricting Competitive Keyword Advertising More…
New Jersey Attorney Ethics Opinion Blesses Competitive Keyword Advertising (…or Does It?)
…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…