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In Bid to Disrupt PI, Legal Tech Company Pivots, Launches Legal Service to Compete with the Very Firms It Has Long Served

LawSites

For the last seven years, Mighty has been a legal technology company operating a portal that helps personal injury law firms interface more seamlessly with the lienholders, such as medical providers, who have claims against their clients’ recoveries. Tackling PI Law’s ‘Incentive Problem’. Faustian Bargain. Joshua Schwadron.

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Surprise! Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Bored Ape Yacht Club v. Ripps

Eric Goldman

With that framing, trademark law protects against the unwanted competition, and the court treats this as an easy rightsowner win. I’ve documented dozens of ways that 512(f) claims have failed, so the failure of this claim isn’t surprising. See this ruling for another example of the same parlor trick).

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Searing Lessons From a State Bar Complaint: A Lawyer’s Story

Attorney at Work

On January 27, 2017, five years from the filing of the complaint and 11 years after my failure to get the conflict waivers signed, I got a 60-day suspension from practicing law in the state of Iowa, effective immediately. Unfortunately, that’s something I know from personal experience. That would prove to be a very costly error.

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Lawyer Tech Tips: Things That Go Bump in Legal Tech!

Attorney at Work

Anne worked as a patent paralegal at a Chicago IP firm before arriving at the CBA in 2017 as the Law Practice Management and Technology department’s trainer/coordinator. But danger lurks behind certain tech when working from home. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. As a result, our security practices tend to get more casual as well.

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Eric Goldman

Koerner Endowed Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School [See part 1 about defendant opt-outs and part 2 about defendant defaults.] By guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard , John E. Eight months after filing, the first two Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Final Determinations have been handed down. Let’s take a look.

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Journalists’ Lack of Harm Fatal to DMCA Claims Against AI Developer

Debevoise Data Blog

In response to widespread concern among rights holders about the ease with which consumers could make inexpensive copies of music and movies, in 1998, Congress enacted the DMCA to bring copyright law into the Internet age. Raw Story Media, Inc. OpenAI Inc. , 24 CV 01514-CM, 2024 WL 4711729 (S.D.N.Y. See 17 U.S.C.

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An Updated Look at Preserving Social Media Evidence for Lawyers

Legal Tech Monitor

Failure to do so may result in a range of unwanted consequences from the exclusion of evidence to disciplinary action. Failure to do so may result in a range of unwanted consequences from the exclusion of evidence to disciplinary action. Lawyers have an ethical duty under Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct (ILRPC) 1.6 Id., ¶ 119.

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