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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

The year 2008 saw the launches of the first two cloud-based law practice management platforms, Clio and Rocket Matter, followed in 2009 by the launch of MyCase. Yet even though the company is no longer operating, it continues to fight the lawsuit, with its defense and counterclaims funded by insurance coverage. LexisNexis Firm Manager.

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Iraqi survivors of Abu Ghraib torture to get day in court as landmark suit against contractor goes to trial –Center For Constitutional Rights

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On June 30th, 2008, four years after images of torture at Abu Ghraib horrified people all over the world, a group of victims filed suit against CACI, the Virginia-based private security company hired by the U.S. post-9/11 torture will get their day in court. government to conduct interrogations at the prison.

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Uh-Oh, the Ninth Circuit Is Messing Again With Its Roommates Ruling–Vargas v. Facebook

Eric Goldman

Some possible reasons why: The 2008 en banc ruling functionally became dicta in 2012 when the Ninth Circuit held that Roommates.com never touched illegal content at all. The court responds that Facebook inferred other protected attributes through data-mining. However, it has not benefited plaintiffs as much as I initially expected.

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LexisNexis Bets Big on AI Transforming the Legal Industry: Jeff Pfeifer on the Launch of Lexis+ AI (TGIR Ep. 203)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

He also sees opportunities to use the tools to help pro se litigants and courts. And so it’s I think it’s just a matter of, you know, we started seriously talking about killing the billable hour in 2008. And how do you advance things like access to legal services through the public through the courts and other public organizations?

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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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Two More Cases Compel Arbitration for Dubious Online Contracts (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

And even though the creators of popular services know, and you know, and I know, and the Supreme Court knows , and every judge that decides every opinion on these issues knows, that no one is reading these documents, the legal system has collectively decided this system sufficient to bind everyone to a legal agreement. . See Bruni v.

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What If I Don’t Want to Litigate? Law Degree Alternatives: Exploring Unconventional Career Paths

The Barrister

9 Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) : For those uninterested in litigation, ADR roles such as mediation and arbitration offer opportunities to resolve conflicts outside of court. 10 Legal Technology and Innovation : The rise of legal tech has created roles for lawyers in product management, legal operations, and tech.