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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. While ROSS vehemently denied the allegations, the lawsuit crippled its ability to raise new financing or explore potential acquisition opportunities.

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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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Breaking: Aderant Acquires American LegalNet

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Aderant , a global provider of business management software for law firms, has acquired docketing technology and rules-based calendaring company American LegalNet (ALN). . Aderant has its own rules-based calendaring product, CompuLaw, which it acquired in 2011, and which originally was introduced to the legal market some 40 years ago.

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Another Doctor Learns Why It’s Unwise to Sue Patients

Eric Goldman

The defendants filed an anti-SLAPP motion pursuant to Texas’ anti-SLAPP law (the Texas Citizens’ Participation Act (TCPA)). The appeals court reverses, dismisses Hah’s lawsuits, and orders Hah to pay the defendants’ attorneys’ fees. Matter of Public Concern. ” This is an easy call. What’s Next?

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Eric Goldman

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. This reiterates how those laws put employers in the impossible position of making the ownership determination without any guidance from the courts. Spartz, Inc.

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Breaking: Aderant Acquires American LegalNet

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Aderant , a global provider of business management software for law firms, has acquired docketing technology and rules-based calendaring company American LegalNet (ALN). . Aderant has its own rules-based calendaring product, CompuLaw, which it acquired in 2011, and which originally was introduced to the legal market some 40 years ago.

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Win More Clients by Using Document Automation Differently

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This decision was limited to the facts of that case, but it was extremely persuasive about the law in general and its applicability to how the tickets were issued within the entire city of New York. Download: The Complete Guide of Document Automation Software for Law Firms. Here’s another use: the subscription law firm.