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July’s Litigation Landscape: An important ruling on generative AI voice cloning, a mixed bag of Section 230 decisions, and some “closure” on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal
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This month’s Roundup covers updates in the following cases:
- Lehrman et al. v. Lovo, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. Case No. 1:24-cv-03770-JPO) – A federal court alloweda lawsuit brought by voice actors to proceed against a company’s generative AI voice-over product, dismissing their trademark and copyright claims while upholding their consumer protection and novel “digital replica” claims.
- New Hampshire v. TikTok, Inc. (New Hampshire Superior Court, Merrimack County Case No. 217-2024-CV-0039) – A New Hampshire trial court allowed a lawsuit brought by the state AG to proceed against TikTok on defective design claims, finding Section 230 did not bar them, dismissing only one claim alleging TikTok deceived users about the geographic origin of its products (i.e., China).
- Patterson v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (N.Y. App. Div. 4th Dept. 2025 Slip. Op. 04447) – A New York appeals court in a 3-2 decision, held that Section 230 blocks products liability claims concerning social media platforms’ content-recommendation algorithms, which allegedly amplified white supremacist content to the 2022 Buffalo shooter who killed 13 people.
- Doe v. Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. (N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:25-cv-05753-LB) – A new suit was filed against Roblox and Discord, raising several products liability claims after the products facilitated a teenager’s sexual assault by a man posing as a teenager on Roblox.
- Frank et al. v. Google LLC (Uganda Personal Data Protection Office [PDPO] Complaint No: 08/11/24/6683) – The Uganda PDPO issued a decision finding Google violated Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act by failing to register as a data controller or processor and transferring Ugandan personal data abroad without meeting the law’s required safeguards.
- Kentucky v. PDD Holdings, Inc. F/K/A Pinduoduo Inc et al. (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Woodford Circuit Court Case No. 25-CI-00232) – The Kentucky AG filed a lawsuit against Chinese online retailer Temu for various alleged data theft and consumer fraud violations.
- Custom Communications, Inc. d/b/a Custom Alarm v. FTC (8th Cir. No. 24-3137) – The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s Click to Cancel Rule after finding the rulemaking process was procedurally deficient.
- In re: Facebook, Inc. Securities Litigation (N.D. Cal. Case No. 5:18-cv-01725-EJD) – Meta Shareholders settled their lawsuit against Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and Dave Wehner for $8 billion, one day after the trial started (and before several high-profile figures were set to testify, including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen).
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