LawSites

MARCH 19, 2024

You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts. and then in 2016 to the U.S. On the latest LawNext podcast, our guest Ed Watts , CEO of InfoTrack in the U.S.,

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 26, 2023

At issue are two versions of the TOS from 2016 and 2019. The named plaintiff, Jackson, agreed to the 2016 TOS. The 2016 TOS provided an opt-out for the arbitration provision, but Jackson didn’t exercise it. Nor did the court have other evidence that might allow it to assess notice, such as a description of the email.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

Ochoa’s definitive analysis of the Supreme Court’s Warhol opinion. For nearly 30 years, the framework for judging fair use cases has been remarkably stable, based on Justice Souter’s masterful opinion for a unanimous Court in Campbell v. [Eric’s note: this is the post you’ve been waiting for: Prof. 569 (1994).

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LawSites

JUNE 3, 2021

Launched in 2019, Quick Check was Westlaw’s answer to other brief-checking products on the market, all of which followed the 2016 introduction by Casetext of the original case-checking tool, CARA. The new feature flags cases that may run counter to an opponent’s arguments.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

In 2016, the defendant licensed the plaintiff’s Equine Boarding Forms Package, consisting of form releases for adults and minors. Distribution The court says “the Forms were accessible at the URLs that plaintiff located. ” The court also rejects an implied license defense using an overly restrictive test.

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LawSites

AUGUST 23, 2021

Judy Perry Martinez , past president of the ABA and former chair of the ABA’s Presidential Commission on the Future of Legal Services, whose 2016 Report on the Future of Legal Services influenced many of the reform initiatives now underway. . Joseph Gartner , director and counsel, ABA Center for Innovation.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 4, 2023

The court easily dismisses per Section 230: ICS Provider. Numerous courts have held Google is one. ” The court summarizes: “Google has immunity from her state law claims, as it cannot be held liable for search engine results showing a third party’s statement.” This court repeatedly cites the Kabbaj case.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In August 2020, InfoTrack acquired a majority stake in the court calendaring company LawToolBox , also based in Denver. In March 2020, it acquired One Legal , a California provider of online litigation support services such as court filing, service of process, and document retrieval.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The low grade the court earned is a consequence of it losing many points by misstating the law, misapplying the law, and especially skipping over the part where it was supposed to share its analysis and instead just stated its conclusion. Nope, the Supreme Court didn’t say that. 2016), aff’d , 674 F. MSCHF Prod. Studio, Inc.

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lennyesq

JANUARY 21, 2024

That includes the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which said in 2016 that “available scientific evidence strongly suggests that examiners not only cannot identify the source of bitemark with reasonable accuracy, they cannot even consistently agree on whether an injury is a human bitemark.”

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This news follows Clio’s July 28 announcement that it acquired CalendarRules, an automated court calendaring product. It is Clio’s third acquisition ever, including its 2018 , acquisition of Lexicata , the client relationship management platform that formed the basis of Clio Grow. . ”

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

We’ve blogged some of his cases before ( 1 , 2 ), including the lower court ruling in this case. In 2016, the defendant IJR published an article/listicle titled “15 Signs Your Daddy Was a Conservative.” ” The district court granted summary judgment to IJR. The appeals court doesn’t see it. Nature of Use.

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Percipient

APRIL 22, 2023

” In Federal Court Responding Party Presumed to Bear Subpoena Costs, but Requesting Party Must Avoid Imposition of Undue Burden and Expense A case from the Northern District of Illinois provides a good analysis of when costs responding to subpoenas may be shifted to the party seeking the documents. Cardinal Growth, L.P. ,

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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. May 31, 2016) Fields v. 10, 2016) Fields v. 18, 2016) Gonzalez v. 2016) Airbnb, Inc. 2016) Daniel v. Village Voice Media Holdings, L.L.C. , 2d 95 (Wash.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 28, 2023

After two trips to the 9th Circuit, a remand from the Supreme Court, and nearly six years of motions and posturing, the outcome of the litigation was a permanent injunction against hiQ, a win for LinkedIn, and insolvency for scraper hiQ Labs. The court dismissed the market division argument on the grounds that it was time barred.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 16, 2023

The first is the 2016 Second Circuit FTC v. LeadClick decision , which said: “Courts typically have held that internet service providers, website exchange systems , online message boards, and search engines fall within this definition.” I searched for the phrase in Westlaw and found 12 opinions using the term.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 15, 2023

That linked to a document that said: “You heard testimony about the controlled buys involving this methamphetamine from that East Selah Road stash house in December 2015 and in January 2016. The first controlled buy took place at that stash house.” million seed round.

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MARCH 2, 2023

In 2016, Congress enacted the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which bans businesses from trying to contractually restrict their customers’ reviews. The court is unmoved: “This provision clearly prohibits or restricts the ability of a Solar Titan customer to engage in a covered communication in violation of the CRFA.”

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Eric Goldman

MAY 13, 2024

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. Do courts fully reopen or not? Also last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court approved a pilot project to permit “legal paraprofessionals” to provide legal services in certain matters.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 18, 2023

In 2016, Malwarebytes classified Enigma’s software as “malicious,” a “threat,” and a “potentially unwanted program” (or PUP), because the programs allegedly were “scareware.” ” Enigma challenged Malwarebytes’ classifications in court. ” NOT HELPFUL.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It started as a court reporting agency that also offered non-recourse financing of deposition costs, and then in 2020 launched Steno Connect , its own web-based video conferencing technology specifically built for remote depositions and exhibit handling. Ever since its founding in 2018, Steno has been on a mission to disrupt depositions.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 28, 2023

In 2016, Congress enacted the Defend Trade Secret Act (DTSA). However, as we know, courts routinely and predictably make errors when ruling on ex parte motions, so any additional legislative embrace of ex parte procedures is always fraught with peril. Fortunately, the district court rejected the DTSA ex parte seizure request.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2024

She played the game virtually every day from 2016-19–over 10,000 hours worth–and spent over $9,000 on in-game transactions. The court dismisses them all. The 9th Circuit reverses the district court on the Section 230 dismissal, but it proves inconsequential because all of the claims fail for lack of merit.

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Trial Technology

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This means fewer trials in the courts, followed by fewer attorneys with trial experience. Ted Brooks Litigation-Tech LLC Los Angeles, San Francisco 888-907-4434 Toll-free [link] 2016 Best Courtroom Presentation Providers Award All materials Copyright Ted Brooks. In the ongoing Oracle v. Google matter, U.S.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 2, 2024

Tortious Interference with a Business Model Before getting into the details of the court ruling, I always think it’s good to zoom out when we talk about CFAA cases to remember what’s happening from a legal and strategic perspective. According to this court, it is. By the conclusion of trial, only Booking.com B.V., 1030(e)(11).

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

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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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 11, 2023

The district court said that the buyers who made their purchases on the website had to go to arbitration, but the buyers who made their purchases on their mobile devices could stay in court. The court says it’s immaterial that there is a potentially long time delay between user registration and the purchases. Sadlock v.

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LawNext podcast

JUNE 29, 2020

and Kristina Jones founded Court Buddy , a service that matches consumers with vetted lawyers at affordable prices. In 2015, the husband-and-wife team of James Jones Jr. Last November, the couple stepped aside from the business to pursue other interests. In their time running the company, they had raised $7.1 of founders were Black and 3.1%

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2021

For somewhat of a time capsule of the past decade in legal technology, see my prior years’ lists of my most-popular posts: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 ). Ontario Court Lays Down the Law on Technology Competence and Video Proceedings (Dec. Top 15 of 2021 – First Published in 2021.

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Joshua Gilliland

MARCH 7, 2016

This type or analysis is a mainstay in many motions over discovery requests, but likely will be more common as Federal Courts conduct proportionality analysis. The Court first summarized that Plaintiff’s Request for Production number 18, which sought all documents “regarding the acquisition of AT&T Language Line Services.”

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 15, 2024

(Long-time readers may recall that this blog had a several-year arrangement with ShutterStock to use their stock photos to illustrate blog posts; that arrangement ended in 2016). The court’s discussion of the topic: Offensive images can contribute to a hostile work environment. See Banks v.

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LawSites

MAY 23, 2023

Financing Deposition Costs As I wrote about Steno in 2020 , Los Angeles lawyer Dylan Ruga , a former Steptoe & Johnson partner who founded his own plaintiffs’ litigation firm in 2016, first conceived of the company as a vehicle for financing deposition costs. Along the way, the company has grown to over 100 employees. . ”

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 27, 2022

Family Law Software helps divorce professionals calculate child support, prepare financial forms for the court, value defined benefit pensions, divide assets, and do financial projections. Field of law: Family. Headquarters: Newton Center, Mass. Website: familylawsoftware.com. Headquarters: Dallas. Website: fastvisa.us.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Table of contents What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? The Reasonableness of a Fee When Are Legal Fees Earned? Are Fees Refundable? What Are Lawyer Flat Fees?

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Joshua Gilliland

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Producing Party agreed to produce the ESI during a teleconference and a Court ordered was then entered. 18, 2016, No. 1:13-CV-1932) 2016 U.S. The Producing Party sought a modification of the Court order to not include metadata, claiming the Requesting Party did not originally request the associated metadata. McSparran v.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The feature uses ChatGPT to deliver one-paragraph summaries of court decisions, with the goal of enabling legal professionals to more quickly gauge the relevance and implications of a decision. “By This ensures users get precise insights into relevant court decisions,” Twigger said.

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