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Justia Legal Guides: Medical Malpractice Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

as of 2016, behind heart disease and cancer. While medical malpractice generally does not lead to criminal charges, it can result in a lawsuit against a healthcare provider. The Medical Malpractice Law Center in the Justia Legal Guides describes many of the forms that malpractice can take.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. Two months later, in November 2016, she registered her copyright in the photograph with the U.S.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

In 2016, Time “embedded” one of Brauer’s Instagram posts, featuring one of his photos of Hilary Clinton, in its entirety (preserving his username or “handle”, his caption, and his links and hashtags). As a result, a rich body of case law has developed distinguishing direct liability from secondary liability. 94-1476, at 159-60.

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Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers

Clio

That’s really empowering for my clients, that they feel that they can participate and take charge in managing their own cases.” Law firms would also be well-advised to grow comfortable with the use of cloud computing, while familiarizing themselves with the applicable ethics rules for the cloud.

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Ninth Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Ads–Lerner & Rowe v. Brown Engstrand

Eric Goldman

Here’s an example: Competitive keyword advertising by law firms has been a source of trouble for years. I wrote a whole paper just about that in 2016–we’re still discussing it 8 years later. The court is telling trademark owners, as plain as it can, to stop bringing competitive keyword advertising lawsuits.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Automated License Plate Readers with ACLU Attorney Matt Cagle

Berkley Technology Law Journal

That increases the government’s ability, and specifically, in many cases, law enforcement ability to watch people, to watch list people, to bring the light weight of the criminal justice system and the carceral system down on people. There is a great law in California. The law was passed around 2016.