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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. Following my report, QuickLegal quickly shut down. ROSS Intelligence. Gavelytics.

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ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns

Above the Law - Technology

” Lawyers tend to use traditional legal analytics products at the front end of a litigation, to help their clients determine whether it is worth investing in going forward with the case, he said. The lawsuit forced ROSS to shut down its operations , which it did effective Jan. They’re descriptive rather than explanatory.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Eric Goldman

In 2014, the defendant launched a website called “The Texas Tamales Warehouse” but was driven off of that. ” That prompted this litigation. ” That prompted this litigation. Adler v McNeil * Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. ” Uh oh.

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Courts Are Rejecting Attempts to Weaponize Laws That Protect Consumer Reviews

Eric Goldman

In 2014, California enacted AB2365 , sometimes called the “Yelp law,” codified at Cal. In the last year, a team of California litigators (from Singleton Schreiber in Sacramento and Law Offices of Thomas Leary from San Diego) has launched 1670.8 Civil Code 1670.8. After a decade of relative dormancy, 1670.8

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Patents over Patients: How Pharmaceutical Companies use the Patent System to Keep Drug Costs High

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

16] Companies accomplish this by first suing generic-manufacturing companies for patent infringement, and then settling the lawsuit by paying them to stay out of the market in what is known as a reverse-payment settlement. [17] 19] The lawsuit ended in a settlement with Gilead agreeing to pay Teva, the supposed infringer, $1.5

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ROSS Cofounder Returns To Legal Tech with Startup Using AI To Surface Judges’ Decision-Making Patterns

Legal Tech Monitor

Lawyers tend to use traditional legal analytics products at the front end of a litigation, to help their clients determine whether it is worth investing in going forward with the case, he said. The lawsuit forced ROSS to shut down its operations , which it did effective Jan. See all my coverage of the Thomson Reuters-ROSS litigation.

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Ill-Advised Attempt to Blow Up the DMCA Online Safe Harbors Unsurprisingly Fails–Athos v. YouTube

Eric Goldman

These uploads have irritated Athos since 2014. This does make me wonder about Athos’ choice to double-down on the old-fashioned takedown notices, costing lots of time and money, to preserve the lawsuit option. And wouldn’t getting on the fast-lane later still been better than bringing a doomed lawsuit like this?

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