The Barrister

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Supreme Court ruled that admissions programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC”) and Harvard College violated the equal protection clause on the grounds that the consideration of race as a stand-alone criteria in admissions is a form of racial discrimination. M94 2011] What if I say the wrong thing? 181, 143 S.

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Clio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there has been one constant about the qualifications to own an American law firm, it has been this–you must be a lawyer. jurisdictions for decades has been that non-lawyers cannot own law firms. Whether or not you are an attorney, running a law firm is a huge challenge, but the right software can help. Once Rule 5.4

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LawSites

MAY 31, 2022

It may be one of the least heralded yet most critical jobs in many law firms – that of the docketing professional – and it is one that calls for a unique combination of technical, data-management, organizational and communication skills. We were also joined by Gavin McGrane , founder and CEO of PacerPro. Impact of Technological Changes.

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Cyber Crime Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It will be interesting to see how the law develops with regard to services like PhotoDNA. On the other hand, courts have held that there is no property right in child pornography so the Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply ( United States v. Hicks, 438 Fed. 216 (4th Cir.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

In the realms of legal technology and innovation, the pandemic had yielded silver linings – greater adoption of technology, more flexible workplaces, hybrid courts – that promised a future in which the legal profession and justice system would better serve those who need them. Do courts fully reopen or not?

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Ron Friedmann

JUNE 25, 2020

The practice of law has, over the last five years, has shrunk. What had been thought of as law practice is now work done by other professionals or technology. Law firms will no longer be the sole provider of legal services In parallel with these changes, the role of law schools will shift.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 12, 2023

The defendants filed an anti-SLAPP motion pursuant to Texas’ anti-SLAPP law (the Texas Citizens’ Participation Act (TCPA)). The district court didn’t act on the motions, which acted as a pocket denial. The appeals court says that the contract damages allegation was conclusory and insufficient, so that claim fails too.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

They are releasing a new book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better later this year. Benjamin Alarie is a tax law professor at the University of Toronto and has been in the tax law profession since 2004.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 18, 2024

This includes big and small law firms, bar associations, government offices, court districts, corporations, and law schools. Visit our website to see if your employer, law school, or bar association uses our curriculum and for information on how to get involved. How has the mentoring program benefited UIC Law?

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

QUESTION: I’m a solo practitioner with a general practice handling everything from real estate transactions to family law. The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Laws, rules, regulations, and opinions vary by jurisdiction. Are Fees Refundable?

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Delaware court stayed proceedings pending the California action. First, the court found that there was no evidence of logged-in scraping in the record. 4, 2011)) (emphasis in original). The court’s reasoning was that the survival clause did not have a reasonable restriction or termination date. signif[ies] that you.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 13, 2021

Supreme Court TransUnion decision. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a significant opinion on standing in the context of consumer class actions in TransUnion LLC v. The Supreme Court affirmed that certain members of a class action lacked standing—and therefore could not be members of the class. The Opinion.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 3, 2023

Today vLex and Fastcase , two of the fastest-growing legal technology companies, announced that they are merging to form the world’s largest digital law library. The combined company will also have the world’s largest law firm subscriber base and resources containing more than one billion legal documents from more than 100 countries.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Overview In a much anticipated decision, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that a mass claim brought against Google by Mr Richard Lloyd, on behalf of a class that could include as many as 4.4 million iPhone users (the “iPhone Users”), cannot proceed, as currently constituted, as a ‘representative action’ in the English courts.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Last January, Aderant , a global provider of business management software for law firms, acquired American LegalNet (ALN), the docketing technology and rules-based calendaring company. . Features of Milana include: CompuLaw’s court rules with matter-level exclusions, covering more than 2,000 jurisdictions across all 50 states.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The MyJr product works as a browser extension and identifies Canadian and US case law citations on any web page. We keep about this, you know, a roundabout but a logical way when we will get it historically, I’ve been working in legal information and tech since 2011. I was CEO at kami Canadian legal information Institute.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This statute has been interpreted by the courts to mean that (1) written description and (2) enablement are, “two separate requirements that valid patents must fulfill,” to satisfy the specification of a patent application. [4] In 2011, Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. Abbott Laboratories narrowed the antibody exception. [19]

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The changes includes clarification on which areas of the law must be memorized for the exam and which will be tested with the help of resources, a change from the current Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), Reuters reported. The UBE will continue to be available to jurisdictions through the February 2028 bar exam.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that Chief Counsel Mark C. Created in 2011, the Fastcase 50 highlights the contributions of “the top 50 most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the legal industry.” from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 19, 2023

Since 2011, Fastcase has released an annual list of the Fastcase 50, honoring 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” I was honored to be in the inaugural Fastcase 50 class in 2011. Joe Breda , President, Bloomberg Law. Gordan Glover , Founder, Glover Law Firm.

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LawSites

APRIL 19, 2022

I built a document automation app online to help people fight their tickets for free using a recent court decision that had come down in Manhattan. There were two other court decisions from just outside of the city that were persuasive as well. Download: The Complete Guide of Document Automation Software for Law Firms.

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Ikigai Law

JUNE 30, 2023

This blog post gives an overview of the copyright issues surrounding use of generative AI and their current position under India’s copyright law. 3] Arguably, the position under Indian law may be different from the US Copyright office’s view (for reasons discussed below). Few of the cases are discussed below.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In the realms of legal technology and innovation, the pandemic had yielded silver linings – greater adoption of technology, more flexible workplaces, hybrid courts – that promised a future in which the legal profession and justice system would better serve those who need them. Do courts fully reopen or not?

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Criminal enforcement action for unlawfully accessing personal data: A former employee of Enterprise Rent-A-Car was fined £10,000 by a UK criminal court for unlawfully accessing personal data. Businesses might consider using this case as a reminder to employees of the potential criminal sanctions for data protection-related misconduct.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 21, 2023

So we create real barriers to access by the choices we make to operate in a certain way or, more likely, due to the costs and laws associated with employing people to support access. Once we get past the general barriers, though, we may not consider the impact of the details that follow.

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ABA TECHSHOW

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The first and most awarded ODR platform – used by courts, corporations, law firms and more. Jus Mundi Building the global rule of law is everyone’s responsibility. Law should be easily accessible. Built by lawyers for lawyers. Built by a trial lawyer, Immediation natively looks and feels like home to a lawyer.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 9, 2023

They are releasing a new book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better later this year. Benjamin Alarie is a tax law professor at the University of Toronto and has been in the tax law profession since 2004.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 30, 2023

The court denies a preliminary injunction. Though the court says it’s a close question, the court says that the plaintiff does not have a likelihood of success on the merits. To analyze this, the court applies the standard likelihood of consumer confusion factors. ” Product line expansion. Not relevant.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 16, 2024

I’m pleased to announce the 2024 edition (15th edition) of my Internet Law casebook, Internet Law: Cases & Materials. Blockbuster with the North Carolina Supreme Court decision in Canteen v. I added a summary of contributory and vicarious copyright law principles from the Frontier Communications case. The Harris v.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2022

If you are looking for a scorecard naming those who are leading the charge on innovation in law, you can do no better than the Fastcase 50 , the annual listing by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Fifteen years ago, courts generally avoided categorical pronouncements about the legitimacy of competitive keyword advertising. Courts almost never found trademark infringement in those cases, but it was only in the last decade that we started to get opinions saying this bluntly and clearly. Google (2d Circuit) and Rosetta Stone v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2023

I hope this post makes clear why I get so irritated whenever I see the phrases referenced in a court opinion or invoked by a grandstanding politician. The reference makes no sense because, if anything, there is too much law governing the Internet, not too little. 2011 WL 1675043 (N.C. 28, 2011) Hare v. 3d 1157 (9th Cir.

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The Barrister

MARCH 6, 2025

7 Within years of the advisory, cigarette sales declined significantly, largely due to the new regulations and laws implemented to combat the crisis. 7 Within years of the advisory, cigarette sales declined significantly, largely due to the new regulations and laws implemented to combat the crisis. Cottrol, Call Number: KF3941.A7

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Wisblawg

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The UW Law School Digital Repository collection, Bhopal: Law, Accidents, and Disasters in India explores the aftermath of this tragedy. The collection was compiled over many years by UW Law Professor Emeritus Marc Galanter , who was actively involved in the legal proceedings that followed the disaster.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The second most popular post was a test of the BriefCatch legal editing software using the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Breaking: National Group of Professional Responsibility Lawyers Calls on ABA to Eliminate Geographic Restrictions on Law Practice. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2021

If you are wondering where the innovators are in law, look no farther than the Fastcase 50, the annual award doled out by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”. Disclosure: I was listed in the inaugural group in 2011.).

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