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After WSJ’s Explosive Exposé on Judges’ Financial Conflicts, Free Law Project Posts the Data For All to See

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In an explosive exposé last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that 131 federal judges broke the law by hearing cases where they had a financial interest. Until 2017, federal judges’ financial disclosures could be obtained only by requesting them individually by fax. The result is a database of roughly 1.5

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Why Legal Tech Fans Should Attend AALL in July

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Often, when I hear people rattle off the names of the leading legal technology conferences in the United States, this one is not even on their radar. Back in 2017, after returning from that year’s AALL conference, I wrote that I would now put it among the top legal tech conferences. That is a huge mistake.

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Trying Out My Trial Skills In A New Virtual Reality Courtroom

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I again hear the judge asking me to begin, and this time I hear my tentative voice, “May it please the court …” I realize I must do better next time, must keep my face focused on the judge and jury, must move my hands more smoothly, must stand more confidently. These are 360-degree courtroom videos of specific types of hearings.

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Paradigm, Parent to Three Practice Management Platforms, Acquired By Francisco Partners

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It began by acquiring Bill4Time in 2017, followed by PracticePanther in 2018, MerusCase in 2019, and Headnote in 2020. When people hear the word paradigm, they typically think of paradigm shift. .” Francisco Partners is also the largest shareholder in LegalZoom , which it helped take public earlier this year.

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Meet Marilyn Mulero, the Innocent Woman Who Was Wrongly Sentenced to the Death Penalty

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Justin Brooks, Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project and Exoneree Marilyn Mulero A 2017 study published by the American Psychological Association found that approximately 90% of people would prefer to not be informed of when and how they will die if a crystal ball or all-knowing source could reveal it.

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More Thoughts about the SCOTUS Twitter and Google Rulings

Eric Goldman

On Thursday, SCOTUS sided with Twitter on a content liability claim, ruling that Twitter was not culpable for the 2017 Istanbul shooting by connecting ISIS-affiliated accounts. Will the courts strike down those regulations? If not, the Internet is doomed. What were you expecting?

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Cybersecurity Trends: 25% of Law Firms Have Been Breached

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There are currently three opinions from the ABA (and others from state bars) that you should be familiar with, including: ABA Formal Opinion 477R, “Securing Communication of Protected Client Information” (May 2017). We hear many lawyers say that developing an IRP is expensive and time-consuming.

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