January 05, 2024
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling addressing states' jurisdiction over out-of-state companies and a key ruling in sprawling multidistrict litigation against Silicon Valley's biggest companies over social media addiction are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for 2023.
July 05, 2023
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sidestepped a potential landmine for internet companies over liability exposure for injury suits and an unprecedented sexual abuse verdict against former President Donald Trump are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for the first six months of 2023.
May 18, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court's much-hyped chance to decide the scope of the immunity tech giants like Google and Twitter enjoy under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act fizzled out unceremoniously Thursday as the court decided not to address the question at all, restoring the status quo of broad protection for social media platforms.
May 18, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit saying Twitter violated the Anti-Terrorism Act by aiding and abetting the Islamic State group, saying the terrorism-related claim was not plausible, but did not decide the closely watched question of immunity for big tech companies under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
February 21, 2023
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed reluctant to scale back the broad immunity that internet companies have enjoyed for decades under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, worrying openly about a tidal wave of lawsuits that could threaten jobs and innovation in the tech industry.
February 17, 2023
This coming week, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider for the first time the broad legal protections that have shielded giant internet companies like Google and Facebook from lawsuits for years. Here, Law360 discusses the arguments and the high-powered attorneys that will square off in a pair of cases with massive implications for the future of the internet.
January 26, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to let a top Biden administration attorney argue in favor of narrowing immunity for internet platforms like Google and Twitter in next month's blockbuster hearing on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, according to a Thursday order.
January 19, 2023
A group of retired U.S. Army generals urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's ruling allowing liability claims related to a terrorist attack to proceed against Twitter, Facebook and Google, arguing that the companies should be held responsible for playing a central role in the Islamic State group's recruiting success.
January 18, 2023
The Washington Legal Foundation has warned the U.S. Supreme Court that the internet's marketplace of ideas would "shut down" if the court refuses to back a Ninth Circuit ruling that shielded Google from a family's Anti-Terrorism Act claims.
January 12, 2023
Google LLC warned the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that limiting the Communication Decency Act's broad legal immunity for tech companies, as the family of a Paris terrorist attack victim believes is needed to hold YouTube accountable for recommending ISIS propaganda videos to susceptible users, would "upend the internet."