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The Ninth Circuit continued the pause on California's SB 976 (Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act) as of late January 2025.

Hoteles City Express sought an order granting it permission to issue a subpoena to obtain documents from non-party Facebook, Inc. to show the subscriber identity for a Facebook page allegedly

California has enacted a comprehensive package of four bills that fundamentally reshape online safety protections for minors, targeting addictive design features, data privacy practices, age verification systems, and platform liability. These new laws establish strict requirements for social media companies, including mandatory stripped-down interfaces for users under 16, enhanced privacy defaults, and potential damages up to $1 million for negligent harm to children. The legislation represents one of the m

This week, the Center for Industry Self-Regulations launched the Institute for Responsible Influence, an entity whose first key initiative will be a certification program designed...

If you've been on social media lately, depending on your algorithm, you may have witnessed tween influencers touting expensive skincare routines, or commentators lamenting the rise of the Sephora Kid.

Two men – we'll call them Mario and Alin – purchased Blue Ice Vodka based, in part, on social media posts in which various influencers suggested that the vodka...

While the law relating to screen scraping is unclear, a recent landmark decision from the Northern District of California, hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn, Corp., 2017 WL 3473663 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 14, 2017), appears to limit the applicability of the CFAA as a tool against scraping.

Partner Robert J. deBrauwere will be speaking at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts' webinar titled, "Cracking the Code: Legal Issues for Artists in the Digital Age.

On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint and settlement agreement in federal court alleging that a social media company is in violation...

Scott Vernick was quoted in the Business Insurance article "Draft Social Media Policies, Train Workers on Avoiding Pitfalls."

There are literally thousands of lawyers who have a LinkedIn profile but most of them are probably not using the platform as effectively as possible.

As we have recently reported, in May of this year Facebook announced a new policy on political advertising on the platform.

Facebook said that it will begin enforcing the ban within the next few days.

I recently attended a CLE that had a panel of social media experts who were discussing the role of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace in litigation.

Last week, as a result of Michael Bloomberg's meme-based advertising campaign, Facebook said that it will permit politicians to run sponsored content on its platform, so long as they use Facebook's disclosure tools ...

Facebook said that it pulled several ads for the Trump campaign on the grounds that they falsely claimed that accepting refugees would create additional COVID-19 related health risks to Americans.

Facebook announced yesterday that, notwithstanding "much debate in recent months about political advertising online and the different ...