Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 15, 2023

Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, he told an audience of law school advisors , “I want BYU to be known as, if not the most innovative law school in the country, then one of the most innovative law schools in the country.” BYU Law Dean Gordon Smith on Law School Innovation (March 2019.

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

(AP) A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing harmful materials to minors. District Judge Timothy Brooks found that elements of the law are unconstitutional. The measure was signed by Republican Gov.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2023, I logged 225 such cases (this number will grow a bit due to lags with the electronic databases). The 2023 count represented a 17% increase over the 2022 count. 2023 marked a significant milestone: my census now counts over 1,000 total U.S. View the 1,017 cases as a tip of the iceberg when it comes to courts and emojis.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 24, 2025

District Court for the Southern District of New York suggests that CISOs might be outside of point-blank range. In October 2023, the SEC filed a complaint alleging that SolarWinds and Brown had failed to establish adequate cybersecurity measures before and after the SUNBURST attack. However, a recent decision from the U.S.

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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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Trellis.Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Trellis Law Wins New World Report 2023 Legal Elite Award for our State Trial Court Research & Analytics Platform ? ” We are truly honored… Continue reading → The post Trellis State Court Data Platform Wins 2023 Legal Elite Award first appeared on Trellis.Law Blog. .”

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Above the Law - Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the U.S. District Court in Delaware, issued a memorandum substantially denying both parties’ motions for summary judgment and sending the case to trial for contested issues of copyright infringement to be decided by a jury. See all stories about this lawsuit.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 9, 2025

Extensively citing Chabolla , the court rejects the arbitration request. The court says Plex’s relationship context cuts against TOS formation. The court’s treatment of the sign-up screen’s call-to-action is perplexing (no pun intended). Plex offers free video streaming.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

The evolution of generative AI (artificial intelligence) has captured the attention of many Americans during the first few months of 2023. As exciting as generative AI can be, it raises certain questions involving copyright law. Federal statutes do not provide clear answers to these questions, so courts will need to confront them.

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 7, 2024

Who would have anticipated that Chief Justice John Roberts’ 2023 Year-End Report would affirm the advantages of AI on our legal system? At the same time, Roberts expresses optimism about AI in the law. At the same time, Roberts expresses optimism about AI in the law.

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Trellis.Law Blog

MAY 18, 2023

The following article was written by Cynthia Barnes, Reference Librarian @ Barry University Law School, for the Southeastern Law Librarian Spring 2023 Newsletter. The publication is put out by the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL).…

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc. some creative spark.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

29, 2023, AT 11:45 P.M. Demo video: [link] Founded: 5/1/2023, Columbus, Ohio Target customer: Solo, small firm, and legal Aid organizations that are engaged in litigation. Traction: We are adding about 25 people a day as registrants, having fully launched in late October 2023, and have begun demos with attorneys.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2023

Do you want to help transform justice across state, local, territorial and tribal courts? As the JIF website explains: “Our goals are to build capacity in courts, train cross-sector leaders—who can understand the challenges of government and technology — and improve the transparency, equity, and efficiency of justice in America.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

MARCH 21, 2024

The term “quiet luxury,” which rose to prominence in the fashion industry in 2023, refers to the trend of logo-less branding. For consumers, the primary purpose of trademark law is to act as a guarantee of the product’s quality. Ruling on trademark rights over colors, the Supreme Court in Qualitex v. By Devangini Rai LL.M.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The court says that the merchant made a descriptive “fair use” of the “emoji” term, but the court didn’t actually say that “emoji” qualifies as a descriptive trademark, instead of an arbitrary mark, for stickers. ” Trademark law does not restrict that usage.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 11, 2025

Nike vs. Lululemon: The Lawsuit Nike filed its lawsuit against Lululemon in January 2023, claiming that Lululemons Blissfeel, Chargefeel Mid, Chargefeel Low, and Strongfeel shoes incorporate elements of Nikes Flyknit patents without permission. Since its creation, Nike has obtained hundreds of patents covering its Flyknit technology.

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Above the Law - Technology

MAY 30, 2023

In a first for an e-discovery technology company, Chicago-based Nextpoint is launching an Arizona law firm June 1 under that state’s liberalized law practice rules that allow non-lawyers to own law practices. Its lawyers will not appear in court. ” Leading the firm as managing partner is Andrew R.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 26, 2023

2023 WL 5017711 (D. Where the motion to dismiss concerns questions of law, additional discovery is not required. Therefore, as MindGeek’s motion to dismiss concerns only questions of law, no discovery is required to rule on the motion to dismiss. July 28, 2023). Platkin, 2023 WL 6389744 (D.N.J. Superior Ct.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 9, 2023

As the American Association of Law Libraries wrapped up its annual conference in Boston last month, I checked out of my hotel and made my way through the Prudential Center shopping mall that connects the Hynes Convention Center to the various hotels that hosted the conference’s attendees.

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Trellis.Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2024

Last week, the Supreme Court of Louisiana issued a letter on the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the legal community.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 8, 2023

But, are face scans really an option for age verification, or will it conflict with other privacy laws? In particular, face scanning seemingly directly conflict with biometric privacy laws, such as Illinois’ BIPA, which provide substantial restrictions on the collection, use, and retention of biometric information.

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Clio

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As we bid farewell to another remarkable year, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the events that have shaped Clio’s journey in 2023. We have weathered economic downturns, empowered legal professionals to meet evolving client demands, and made running a law firm easier than ever imagined. Clio launches in Australia!

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Eric Goldman

MAY 24, 2023

” The court says this may have happened here: According to the complaint, TikTok required all content moderators to use its proprietary TCS software. The court also cites the allegation that “TikTok promised its moderators that they could opt out of child pornography by using the queue system, but that system is allegedly faulty.”

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Geek in Review podcast hosts Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert interviewed ⁠ Nicole Clark ⁠ , CEO of ⁠ Trellis ⁠ , about their new Law Firm Intelligence tool (LFI). This tool allows law firms to analyze aggregated and normalized state trial court data to gain competitive intelligence across cases, practice areas, and performance.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Jocelyn Stilwell-Tong , Law Librarian, California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, has determined that although free AI online is useful, the developing products from major legal research platforms show great promise.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023). 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.” . Hoffmann Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC, 2023 WL 2681994 (E.D. March 29, 2023).

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Clio

APRIL 15, 2025

We’ve analyzed the latest family law statistics to uncover key trends in divorce outcomes, custody arrangements, and court decisions that impact your daily practice. Heres what the data reveals about today’s family law landscapeand how you can use these lawyer statistics to strengthen your practice.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Indeed, laws like this are very likely to HURT children MANY different ways, and the Utah legislature and governor couldn’t care less about those pernicious effects. In my prior post on this case , I covered how the court denied efforts to enjoin the Utah law on Section 230 and dormant commerce clause grounds.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 13, 2023

The court says this interpretation of the policy may violate the prisoner’s First Amendment rights. Dortch, 2023 U.S. April 12, 2023) The post Prison Warden Says: ‘Lock The Emojis Up.’ ’ Court Replies: ‘Free the Emojis’–Taliani v. FreeTheEmojis. Case citation : Taliani v.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 14, 2023

The latest ruling addresses YouTube’s motion to dismiss the fourth amended complaint, which the court grants with prejudice. The court asked the plaintiffs to point to the relevant contract provisions that shape the implied covenant. Elenis Supreme Court ruling, but I wonder how it might apply to this case.

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lennyesq

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Talk about court red-handed Thomas Claburn Demonstrating yet again that uncritically trusting the output of generative AI is dangerous, attorneys involved in a product liability lawsuit have apologized to the presiding judge for submitting documents that cite non-existent legal cases.

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Martindale-Avvo

JUNE 6, 2023

To help, we’ve highlighted several of the best legal podcasts to stream in 2023: Bloomberg Law As one of the most respected resources in legal media, Bloomberg Law explores today’s most critical issues with an eye for detail. Each episode includes an interview with a highly knowledgeable attorney or legal reporter.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In 2023, the justice tech ecosystem continued to grow rapidly, with a significant increase in solutions addressing access to justice-related challenges for consumers. featured in ABA Journal , Pulse 2.0 , Bob Ambrogi’s LawNext podcast , and Accelerator Insider , and its executive director, Maya Markovich, was named to the 2023 Fastcase 50.

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LawSites

MAY 1, 2023

Nominations are now open for the 2023 American Legal Technology Awards , which honor exceptional achievement in various aspects of legal technology. Law Department. In addition to Martin, who in his day job is founder of LawDroid , the other two founders of the awards are Patrick Palace , founder of Palace Law in Tacoma, Wash.,

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 21, 2023

The initial cohort of plaintiffs were conservatives (Prager); but then as a purported “gotcha,” the law firm added LGBTQ (Divino) and people of color (Newman) plaintiff cohorts. But courts don’t always use facts like that for petard-hoisting, instead grounding their rulings in legal doctrines and admissible evidence.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

PacerPro , a company that provides federal court data automation and experience capture for law firms, today launched a service focused on state court data, StatePro, offering access to 32 state courts initially and more to be added throughout this year and next.

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