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eDiscovery and Technology

Discovery Advocate

This 2015 opinion is one of the most extensive regarding ESI. Of note, California adopted a formal opinion on Duty of Technology Competence for lawyers that is nonbinding, but is very useful for guidance on proper professional conduct. California Formal Opinion No.

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Civil Procedure AND Star Wars?

Joshua Gilliland

23, 2015, No. C14-1443RAJ) 2015 U.S. The Court addressed the Plaintiff’s argument in footnote 4, stating: In addressing this argument, the Court is tempted to simply invoke Occam’s razor — “that in explaining anything, no more assumptions should be made than necessary.” Cedar Grove Composting, Inc.

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Swapping Bots for Lawyers Via App: DoNotPay

Advocate's Studio

Browder taught himself to code at the age of 12, and his efforts certainly haven’t been wasted – the first version of the bot in 2015 reportedly saved UK drivers approximately 2 million pounds in two months time. Does DoNotPay violate state laws on the unauthorized practice of law?

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Justia Legal Guides: LGBTQ+ Legal Resource Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The Center covers areas such as family law, employment, health care, education, and more. Family Law Issues for LGBTQ+ Individuals After a series of hard-fought court battles, the LGBTQ+ community won a landmark victory in 2015 with Obergefell v. Hodges , which established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

I did a deep dive on this topic in December , but the general gist of it is that copyright law preempts state law claims if the state-law claims come within the general scope of copyright. 2015) (emphasis added). 3d 754, 760 (9th Cir.

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Lex Machina Adds Analytics for ADA Cases

LawSites

The legal analytics platform Lex Machina , which is owned by LexisNexis, has added a module for litigation involving claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as claims under related state laws. . It also includes practice-area specific analytics for damages, remedies, and findings.

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The Rise of “Post-Truth” Litigation: ALM’s Isha Marathe on How Deep Fakes Threaten the Legal System (TGIR Ep. 209)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

And I think, to me, this really like this technology really dragged the legal industry into, like a similar post truth era that we found politics to be in 2015 2016. But it’s, I don’t know, it’s really a challenge to deal with evidence that just is not what it looks like, or sounds like upon first instance. That’s scary to me.

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