1. Social MediaTrademarks

    Can influencer executives claim company trademarks as their own?

    May 18, 2026 - Virogex sued ResolvX and ResolvX's founder Leonidov for trademark infringement and false advertising following a bitter split between Virogex and Leonidov, who had served as . . .

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  2. Artificial IntelligenceContracts

    Negotiating technology and AI agreements: “We have all been here before”

    May 14, 2026 - When it comes to AI issues in technology contracts, both vendors and customers are tending to over-negotiate because the frameworks for understanding and allocating risk . . .

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  3. First AmendmentSocial Media

    Court dismisses First Amendment suit over city supervisor’s X account and account suspension

    May 13, 2026 - A federal court in California dismissed a pro se attorney's Section 1983 lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco, a San Francisco supervisor, . . .

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  4. LitigationSection 230

    Ninth Circuit shuts down Section 230 argument that would have provided an end-run around immunity

    April 29, 2026 - Two members of the Rohingya community, a persecuted ethnic minority in Myanmar, sued Meta in California federal court, alleging that Facebook's algorithmic design amplified anti-Rohingya . . .

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  5. CopyrightSocial Media

    Embedding video may not be copyright fair use

    April 27, 2026 - Plaintiff, a professional videographer, sued defendant, an operator of an online hip-hop news publication, for copyright infringement. Plaintiff had recorded two videos: a short clip . . .

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  6. Right of PublicityTrademarks

    Keyword advertising as trademark infringement: court declines to rule it out

    April 20, 2026 - A Washington psychiatrist sued a competing nurse practitioner and her clinic for trademark infringement and misappropriation of his name and identity. Plaintiff David Penner, owner . . .

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  7. Artificial IntelligenceDMCA

    AI model training case raising DMCA anticircumvention issues moves forward

    April 16, 2026 - Plaintiff record companies sued defendant Udio, an AI music generation platform that allows users to create songs from text prompts and audio inputs. Plaintiffs alleged . . .

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  8. Section 230Social Media

    Social media addiction claims against Meta not barred by Section 230

    April 14, 2026 - Since the mid-90s, Section 230 (47 U.S.C. §230) has functioned as a kind of legal safety net for internet platforms, shielding them from lawsuits and . . .

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