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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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Legal Staffing Lessons for Today’s Marketplace

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Law firms didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of profitability or performance in 2020. The PMI reached 69 — its highest mark since 2006 and second-highest mark ever. Corporate law departments made structural shifts as well. Corporate law departments made structural shifts as well. Profits per equity partner rose 11.5%

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You Subpoenaed My Documents, Shouldn’t You Pay for Them?

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If the subpoena issued is in federal litigation, your company is likely responsible for the cost of compliance, especially if it has a connection to the litigation. The law firm produced the documents but sought reimbursement for over $44,000 spent complying with the subpoena. Who covers the expense in responding to it?

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. LinkedIn and Facebook, most notably, have done as much as anyone to shape the law of web scraping. But the content that they’re trying to protect isn’t theirs—it belongs to their users. It’s user-generated content.

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Illinois Supreme Court Names Lea Gutierrez as New ARDC Administrator

Legal Tech Monitor

Dedicated public servant Gutierrez worked as the ARDC’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Litigation Group Manager, and Senior Litigation Counsel from 2006 until 2021. Beasley School of Law. She is a graduate of Temple University’s James E.

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New Director Named to Lead Illinois Commission on Professionalism, As Jayne Reardon Retires

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A commercial litigation attorney with the firm Meyer Capel P.C. legal system as part of the Lawyers in the Classroom program, coached students in city-wide mock trial competitions and served on the teaching faculty of Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop. Champaign, Ill., She was Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003.

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Illinois Supreme Court Increases Compensation for Attorneys Representing Indigent Parties

Legal Tech Monitor

Rule 299 was last updated in 2006. This commitment to “ensuring accessible justice and equal protection under the law through programs and services that meet current and changing needs,” is outlined as Strategic Goal 1 in its 2022-2025 Strategic Agenda. Subscribe here to get the Commission’s weekly news delivered to your inbox.

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