Jonathan H. Blavin

Google in obtaining the denial of a preliminary injunction, affirmed on appeal and dismissal with prejudice in action alleging Google violated RFK Jr.’s First Amendment rights by removing his YouTube videos containing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine during his campaign for the presidency.

Snap in federal multi-district litigation and coordinated state court proceedings alleging that social media applications cause addiction and mental health harms to minors.

Character AI in litigation asserting products liability and negligence claims for harms allegedly caused by AI chatbots. 

Electronic Arts in nationwide products-liability cases regarding the design of video games, in which the defendants defeated a petition to consolidate the cases before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

An NFT marketplace, in obtaining dismissal of claims in one of the first of its kind cases seeking several million dollars in damages arising from stolen NFTs.

A social media platform in obtaining denial of a temporary restraining order and dismissal of an action seeking to enjoin it from applying its “Russia-state controlled media” label to a media entity’s pages and posts.

Snap in obtaining dismissal on personal jurisdiction and Communications Decency Act grounds of action seeking to hold Snap liable for the sharing of images of an attack on Snapchat app.

A toy manufacturer in obtaining dismissal with prejudice in putative class action alleging its YouTube channel utilized minors’ collected data for targeted advertising purposes.  

Disney in putative class action regarding the collection of minor data for alleged advertising purposes on apps; case settled with no monetary payment to class and modest changes to apps.

A social media platform in obtaining dismissal of First Amendment and state law claims in action brought by Russian news agency concerning the platform’s removal of its content following the Special Counsel’s investigation of foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Block in obtaining dismissals of cases challenging under the Unruh Act Block’s prohibitions on transactions on its platform involving the sale of firearms and bankruptcy-related services.

Airbnb in obtaining dismissal under the Communications Decency Act of lawsuit brought by real estate investment trust company alleging that Airbnb interfered with its lease agreements and aided and abetted trespass.

Airbnb in obtaining dismissal of putative class action asserting claims that Airbnb facilitated the violation of San Francisco short-term rental laws; affirmed on appeal.

An online service provider in matters before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging government restrictions on disclosure of government requests for member data. This representation led the government to alter its rules on Jan. 27, 2014, to permit greater transparency of the number of such requests.

An online service provider in action against website scraping the provider’s site data and reposting the data on its site. Representation led to a consent judgment in the provider’s favor that permanently bars the defendant from scraping the provider’s site and orders it to destroy all the data it obtained.

An online service provider in putative nationwide class action challenging the importation and use of email addresses from members’ external email accounts as violating California’s right of publicity and Unfair Competition Law, as well as the Federal Wiretap Act and Stored Communications Act.

HTC in nationwide class actions concerning alleged installation of data collection software on smartphone devices, asserting claims under the Wiretap Act, Stored Communications Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and related state law causes of action.

Emeco Industries, Inc. in pursuing trade dress and trademark infringement claims against Restoration Hardware, Inc. for copying the design of its iconic aluminum chair, “The Navy Chair.” The action settled with Restoration Hardware agreeing to permanently cease sales of its chairs and having its existing inventory of chairs recycled.

Microsoft against device manufacturer Datel, alleging copyright infringement of the Xbox 360’s source code and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act stemming from Datel’s circumvention of the Xbox 360’s technological protection measures.

Electronic Arts in copyright litigation against Zynga in which EA alleged that Zynga’s online social game “The Ville” infringes EA’s copyrighted game “Sims Social.”