Trellis.Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

In April, Tesla will be back in court over allegations that the company’s autopilot driver-assist software is defective and led to a fatal 2018 car accident that took the life of a former Apple employee in California.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Trellis Research , an AI-powered state court research and analytics platform, has raised $14.1 Launched in 2018 as a judicial analytics platform for California state courts, Trellis has now broadened into a searchable database of state trial court data, covering courts in 12 states.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I’ve had an idea to write a piece about true crime authors and their findings (are they admissible in court, what’s legal, etc.), Additionally, the information provided by true crime authors is not always admissible as evidence in court, and must be verified through proper legal channels.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Reynen Court , the so-called app store for legal technology, today launched a general solicitation stock offering in order to bring on individual lawyers and “legal technology enthusiasts” as investors in the company. . The offering, which is described at invest.reynencourt. million raised earlier this year.

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Inside Privacy

MARCH 8, 2024

On March 7, 2024, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) rendered its judgment in an appeal against a decision of the EU General Court ( C-479/22P ). The CJEU overturned the decision of the General Court. The Court did not decide that the data were personal data simply because OLAF knew who the scientist was.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

After hearing this allegation at least twice, the Court instructed plaintiffs’ counsel to go present proof of such a bribe and to specifically subpoena the banks that were allegedly involved in laundering the bribe. This was, in a way, to “monopolize” the adult entertainment market. Case Citation : Dangaard v.

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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. . Note: I oversee the Startup Alley.].

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MAY 25, 2021

Not according to a recent survey by the court reporting company Esquire Deposition Solutions , which found that 78% of attorneys plan to continue conducting up to half their depositions virtually in a post-pandemic world. The court reporter can mark and manage the exhibit. People and Process Meet Technology.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 7, 2024

The court denied the motion. In our 2018 study, we found seven cases involving male victims. Spencer (proceeding pro se) filed a motion to dismiss on several grounds, including Section 230. ” Indeed, it does not. While this opinion isn’t a surprising outcome, it reinforces three points of note.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2024

In so holding, however, the Court declined to resolve the logically antecedent question of whether the discovery rule applies to the three-year copyright statute of limitations, finding “that issue is not properly presented here, because Warner Chappell never challenged the Eleventh Circuit’s use of the discovery rule below.” Nealy , No.

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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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LawSites

MARCH 7, 2024

Back in 2018, something remarkable happened. court decisions freely available to the public in a standardized digital format. Green of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals. The 20 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2018. case law — some 6.4 million cases dating all the way back to 1658, a span of 360 years.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

“Along the way, she found that by innovating in the area of remote testimony she could help increase access to justice and empower court reporters,” the website says. She has two cofounders in the company: Scott Graff , a software engineer, and Dineen Squillante , a stenographer.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

To uncover those violations, reporters reviewed the financial holdings of some 700 federal judges and compared them against tens of thousands of court cases. The data the Journal used was compiled by the Free Law Project , a non-profit that works to provide free and open public access to court data, opinions, filings and other information.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ever since its founding in 2018, Steno has been on a mission to disrupt depositions. 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.

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Trial Technology

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

At just over halfway through February, we’ve had twenty cases on our 2018 trial calendar, and nine have settled. Even the Court benefits when technology is properly utilized in trial, shortening the length of a matter significantly. Uber, Lyft and Taxi Cabs).

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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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AUGUST 1, 2023

Guberman said that BriefCatch has tens of thousands of customers, including several Supreme Court justices, most of the federal circuit courts, large government agencies, and law firms of every size and specialty. Gorsuch, whom Slate had pronounced “ a terrible writer.”

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In 2018, Jason Fyk sued Facebook for removing and blocking his content. My previous summary of this litigation campaign: His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The Supreme Court denied cert. Having exhausted his arguments in court twice, he launched a third expedition against Section 230.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2023

I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018 ?). He brought a state court class action lawsuit against Ripoff Report, alleging violations of CA B&P 17200 and the implied covenant of good faith. Ripoff Report removed the case to federal court.

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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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JANUARY 6, 2022

As a litigator in Los Angeles, Nicole Clark saw that state court data could be a secret weapon for winning, but she also saw how difficult it was for her and other lawyers to access that data. Eventually, Clark hopes to see the use of court analytics become the industry standard, commonplace among litigators and expected by clients. .

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LawSites

APRIL 12, 2022

The last time I wrote about BriefCatch , it was in 2018, when I put it and two other legal editing programs to the test of editing four opinions authored by Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, pronounced by Slate a terrible writer.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court announced today that it has appointed Lea S. As Administrator of the ARDC, Gutierrez will serve as an ex-officio member of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, replacing Larkin. Gutierrez’s appointment is effective October 23, 2023. She is a graduate of Temple University’s James E.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Court Opinion Greer was a target of one of Kiwi Farms’ attacks. The district court dismissed the contributory claim because the defendants didn’t materially contribute to the infringement. The appellate court revives the claim. The court says the defendants waived any fair use defense by briefing it inadequately.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Trellis Research , an AI-powered state court research and analytics platform, has raised $14.1 Launched in 2018 as a judicial analytics platform for California state courts, Trellis has now broadened into a searchable database of state trial court data, covering courts in 12 states.

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Legal Talk Network

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This landmark case was the first and only Mexican-American civil rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court. Her talent and grit were noticed, and she received a recommendation by the Texas congressional delegation for nomination by the White House to a United States District Court seat in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 2010.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 27, 2024

The district court initially dismissed all of the claims for their lack of merit, after discussing Snap’s Section 230 defense irresolutely. Assuming the court is right the move isn’t pretextual, it’s still a Pyrrhic victory for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs tried again, with the same result. ” UCL/FAL/CRLA.

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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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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) recently issued a report documenting the cost and time savings of remote court appearances in southern Illinois’ First Judicial Circuit. Both agreed to provide the ATJ Commission with data on the impact of remote court appearances during the pilot program.

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LawSites

JULY 29, 2021

started Hello Divorce in 2017 as part of her law firm and spun it off in 2018 as a platform for do-it-yourself divorces. Founder Erin Levine “That put us in a unique position raising at the seed round in that we were already profitable and revenue generating,” Levine said. “We We were already growing at a pretty good clip.”.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 17, 2023

On May 11th, the court ruled on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss , granting in part and denying in part. The court also held that the coders did not have standing to seek damages, but they did have standing to pursue injunctive relief. The court also held that plaintiffs were permitted to proceed pseudonymously.

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LawSites

JANUARY 3, 2023

Since the company’s launch in 2018, LAWCLERK has offered the ability to hire freelance attorneys on a discrete project basis for a flat fee, such as to write an appellate brief or draft a contract. Learn more about LAWCLERK on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. Garman said the use cases for a law firm are endless.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2023

She sought housing from August 2018 through April 2019 and was ready, willing, and able to move. The court responds that Facebook inferred other protected attributes through data-mining. For these and perhaps other reasons, the Roommates.com has been fading in importance. ” Uh oh.

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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. April 19, 2018) Gonzalez v. 15, 2018) HomeAway.com, Inc. 2018) Doe v. 18, 2016) Gonzalez v. Google, Inc. , 282 F.Supp.3d 3d 1150 (N.D. 23, 2017) Daniel v. 2d 241 (Wis.

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to announce that the Illinois Supreme Court has appointed John K. In addition, the Court has reappointed Justice Mary Ellen Coghlan as a Commissioner and appointed two new Commissioners: Amanda J. Johnson serves on the Illinois Appellate Court First District.

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LawSites

JUNE 29, 2022

We invented the category of state court analytics. In 2018, the company raised $3.2 Despite our fast start and many accomplishments, I have been unable to grow the business fast enough to secure sufficient financing to continue. “I am very proud of our team and the value we have delivered to our clients. in funding.

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