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Four Tips for Writing Legal Blog Posts that People Will Actually Read

Attorney at Work

Legal blog posts follow one of three formats: the case law breakdown, evergreen analysis or future forecast. Here’s how to write a well-structured case law breakdown post. The case law breakdown is the most common type of blog post, so we’ll use it as our example. Let’s face it. Conclusion.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

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.

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Ill-Advised Attempt to Blow Up the DMCA Online Safe Harbors Unsurprisingly Fails–Athos v. YouTube

Eric Goldman

The court outlines the plaintiff’s legal theory: because YouTube has automated software that scans videos to help users identify potentially infringing clips, Plaintiff’s DMCA notices imputed on YouTube knowledge of each and every single clip that infringed on a noticed film. Its complaint covers about 7,000 clips from 570 films.

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Justia Legal Resources: What Was New in 2023

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Our projects in 2023 included a brand-new dictionary with thousands of legal and business terms, as well as numerous 50-state surveys on topics extending from family law, personal injury, and criminal law to employment law and consumer protection. Supreme Court Center by adding biographies of each Justice.

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Who Owns Social Media Accounts?–In re Bang Energy Drinks

Eric Goldman

(The professional/personal distinction remains hot for politicians using social media–that issue is headed to the Supreme Court). The employee-protection social media laws have mostly faded from memory, but they did not resolve when a social media account was the employer’s or employee’s.

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How to Write a Case Brief: The Ultimate Cheatsheet

Clio

These are often used as a study aid in law school, but they can be used by practicing attorneys to better understand the implications of case law. Remember: The most important element of a case brief is the thought you put into it, so do not expect to be using AI for this purpose.

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Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

There are more than 300 opinions by federal courts dealing with the express preemption of contracts, and within them two main approaches have emerged. Until recently, the Sixth Circuit was the most prominent court that endorsed this approach. However, it was sometimes not as clear as the case law of other circuits.

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