Intellectual Property,
Civil Rights,
California Supreme Court
Aug. 27, 2018
California courts will be vigilant about attempts to dodge the CDA
The California Supreme Court's Hassell v. Bird ruling suggests courts will see through litigation tactics that attempt to avoid the protections of the Communications Decency Act.
Armen N. Nercessian
Associate
Fenwick & West LLP
Phone: (650) 335-7281
Email: anercessian@fenwick.com
New York Univ SOL; New York NY
Earlier this summer, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Hassell v. Bird, 2018 DJDAR 6525 (July 2, 2018). The case considers whether a court can properly order a nonparty service provider (in this case, the review aggregator site Yelp) to remove a post based upon a default judgment and injunction against the service provider's customer who uploaded the post. The Hassell court decided ...
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