1. Defamation

    Defendant’s obvious bias helped her win a defamation case

    July 29, 2026 - Plaintiff Lichfield sued defendants Kubler and Netflix for defamation after Kubler released a three-part Netflix documentary about her experience at a troubled-teen boarding school. The . . .

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  2. Social MediaUnfair Competition

    Social media use of competitor product photos supported unfair competition claim

    July 27, 2026 - Plaintiff sued defendant for trademark infringement after defendant terminated a manufacturing agreement and began selling inflatable paint booths that allegedly copied plaintiff's distinctive design. Defendant . . .

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  3. Privacy

    Court allows privacy lawsuit against adult products retailer to proceed

    July 19, 2026 -   Plaintiff sued the operator of the online adult-products retailer Adam & Eve, claiming the company violated Pennsylvania's wiretapping law by allowing Google Analytics to . . .

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  4. First Amendment

    Anti-Trump judge blocks visa policy designed to protect Americans from foreign censorship

    July 14, 2026 - Obama-appointed Chief Judge James Boasberg has blocked a Trump administration visa policy aimed at noncitizens deeply embedded in the content moderation, fact-checking, and Big Tech . . .

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  5. AnonymityCopyright

    Court will not allow TikTok creator to identify anonymous Redditor

    June 29, 2026 - Plaintiff, a TikTok creator with roughly one million followers, makes his living livestreaming on the platform. After an anonymous Reddit user posted a 27-second clip . . .

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  6. First AmendmentSocial Media

    Ohio children’s social media law upheld on appeal

    June 24, 2026 - Plaintiff NetChoice, a trade association whose members operate many of the largest social media platforms, sued defendant Yost in his capacity as Ohio's Attorney General. . . .

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  7. Fraud/MisrepresentationSection 230

    OnlyFans “chatter” fraud case survives in part

    June 3, 2026 - Plaintiffs were OnlyFans subscribers who paid to communicate directly with content creators on the platform. They sued OnlyFans operator Fenix International and a collection of . . .

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  8. Computer Crime

    Microsoft secures court order disrupting malware code-signing operation

    May 26, 2026 - Relief included order directing domain name registrar to bar access to offending domain name. Microsoft sued four John Doe defendants, alleging they ran a sophisticated . . .

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