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On LawNext: How The Free Law Project Works to Expand Access to Legal Information, with Cofounder Michael Lissner

Above the Law - Technology

Since 2010, the nonprofit Free Law Project has been working to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive using technology, data and advocacy.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

When it launched, I questioned in an Above the Law column whether it was a case of Clearspire déjà vu, recalling the demise of the strikingly similar dual-entity firm Clearspire, which opened in 2010 and shut down four years later. There is, however, a somewhat happy ending to the story of Gavelytics.

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Three Ways AI-Assisted Court Reporting Helps Improve Client Experience 

Attorney at Work

Dean Whalen, Chief Legal Officer of Readback, a new AI-assisted deposition court reporting platform, explains how AI-assisted court reporting addresses the stenographer talent crunch — with added benefits. By 2010, however, the video rental giant would accrue over $1 billion in losses and file for bankruptcy.

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After WSJ’s Explosive Exposé on Judges’ Financial Conflicts, Free Law Project Posts the Data For All to See

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To uncover those violations, reporters reviewed the financial holdings of some 700 federal judges and compared them against tens of thousands of court cases. The data the Journal used was compiled by the Free Law Project , a non-profit that works to provide free and open public access to court data, opinions, filings and other information.

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Federal appeals court finds US consumer protection agency’s funding is constitutional–JURIST

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Pittsburgh School of Law, US The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Thursday upheld the funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as constitutional. The court found the CFPB is funded by Title X of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Sean Beeghly | U.

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4 Hispanic Lawyers Who Are Leading Historic Change in Law

Legal Talk Network

This landmark case was the first and only Mexican-American civil rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court. Her talent and grit were noticed, and she received a recommendation by the Texas congressional delegation for nomination by the White House to a United States District Court seat in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 2010.

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Facebook Faces Contributory Trademark Liability for Marketplace Listings–Car-Freshner v. Meta

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The court summarizes: “Meta claims that it raised issues with Plaintiffs, including “nominative fair use,” “commentary,” and “the un-likelihood of confusion based on the appearance of the marks in the actual marketplace, as they will be encountered by consumers.”” eBay , but in a confusing way.