J. Alexander Lawrence

Ninth Circuit’s LinkedIn Decision Does Not Greenlight the Unauthorized Webscraping of Public Websites

USA - September 16 2019 A recent decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a dispute between LinkedIn and hiQ Labs has spotlighted the thorny legal issues involved...

Michael A. Jacobs.

CDA Section 230 Immunizes Platform From Liability for Friend and Content Suggestion Algorithms

USA - September 5 2019 A recent Second Circuit decision makes clear that the safe harbor that social media and other Internet companies enjoy under Section 230 of the...

Lawsuit Against Online Dating App Grindr Dismissed Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

USA - March 15 2018 Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act continues to act as one of the strongest legal protections that social media companies have to avoid...

All Eyes on Fair Use: The Second Circuit Delivers a Victory for Copyright Owners

USA - March 5 2018 In July 2013, Fox sued TVEyes for copyright infringement and, in August 2015, Judge Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District...

John F. Delaney.

Major Copyright Victory for the Music Industry Against P2P File Sharing

USA - February 9 2018 The music industry came out on top in one of its first attempts to hold an internet service provider liable for its subscribers’ unauthorized...