Legal Talk Network

DECEMBER 6, 2024

You may be able to file an extension when things go awry in court, but Santa doesn’t get the same leniency and neither do his trusty elves. Smells Like the Best Lawyer Ever Candle Both candles and lawyers have been known to melt under a little heat though lawyers are better at keeping their cool in court!

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. Hammering away at the problem with the same tools is Einstein’s definition of insanity, he said. It hasn’t worked.”.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

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. And as expected, the court indeed enjoined the law on First Amendment grounds. The court rejects the state’s evidence about the purported harms of social media usage.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

This tool allows law firms to analyze aggregated and normalized state trial court data to gain competitive intelligence across cases, practice areas, and performance. Collecting this unstructured data from county courts is very challenging, but provides valuable business insights. Was it 110 or 112? Go Red Raiders. Go Red Raiders.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 17, 2025

As the judge says resignedly, “Taking these provisions directly from a law enacted in the United Kingdom, the California Legislature left it to the courts to pass the CAADCA through the filter of our First Amendment.” Unsurprisingly, on remand, the district court declared the rest unconstitutional.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 10, 2024

4, 2021), the Massachusetts Supreme Court struck down Uber’s TOS because it wasn’t properly formed. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court blessed the TOS formation re-do in a 6-1 vote, so Uber’s patch worked from a legal standpoint and it gets to send this case to arbitration. In Kauders v. Uber Techs. ,

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 21, 2023

But courts don’t always use facts like that for petard-hoisting, instead grounding their rulings in legal doctrines and admissible evidence. As the Newman court summarized, “this case has shed its intentional discrimination and constitutional claims, becoming—first and foremost—a breach of contract dispute.”

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Martindale-Avvo

APRIL 30, 2025

Supreme Court rulings have found that the First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth amendments of the Constitution contain a right to privacy. Know the definitions. The laws can change the definition of sensitive data with new amendments. For lawyers, this is an opportunity to provide more complex legal services in 2025.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I remain unclear why the court granted cert in this case. The court’s exact reasoning will make a huge difference, and there are many ways it could go sideways. No publisher ever wants to use “neutral” tools because the mere act of publication is, by definition, not a neutral act.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 24, 2025

JustAnswers’ TOS formation process was rejected in the California state courts. It fares no better in federal court. Second, the word “advisal” is not being used for its dictionary definition. Important nomenclature note: the panel repeatedly refers to the call-to-action as an “ advisal.”

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Clio

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If continuous learning is important for attorneys—and it most definitely is—then it is equally important for paralegals. Staying up-to-date with rules and regulations Court rules and regulations are the bread and butter of paralegal practice, especially since paralegals often need to know these in more detail than attorneys.

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Brett Trout

APRIL 10, 2025

Why Litigation Experience Matters in a Patent Attorney One of the most overlooked but highly valuable assets in a patent attorney is litigation experience specifically, experience arguing patent cases in federal court. It could be the difference between owning IP that looks good on paper and IP that actually protects your market.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 1, 2024

On appeal to the Supreme Court, the laws baffled the justices due to their sprawling nature, confusing provisions, and misguided policy assumptions. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed to send the cases back to the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits for more careful review of the plaintiffs’ facial challenges to the laws.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 2, 2023

The court summarizes: Mr. Mickleborough had a contract drafted for Achter to sell SWT 86 metric tonnes of flax to SWT at a price of $17.00 ” The judge then says that definition “comport[s] with my understanding from my everyday use – even as a late comer to the world of technology.”

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 16, 2023

There is definitely demand for the AI Insider Program with over 3,000 law firms already signed up. He also sees opportunities to use the tools to help pro se litigants and courts. Jeff Pfeifer 16:06 Definitely. Do you have a plan for how you’re going to interact with these agencies and courts?

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 22, 2023

district court granted summary judgment for the Copyright Office in Thaler v. The much harder question of “how much human input is necessary to qualify the user of an AI system as the ‘author’ of a generated work” was not before the court. As one example of this, the district court pointed to Urantia Found. Perlmutter , No.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While we are happy to lead an industry disruption, we welcome new competition, which we believe will help accelerate adoption of new AI-powered eDiscovery technologies by courts, law firms, and other stakeholders. We securely give fiduciaries access to assets when required with no password-sharing, no court orders, and correct titling.

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lennyesq

MARCH 23, 2024

As the court explained, the zoning board had determined that short-term rentals were not a permitted use in the single family residential district because it had concluded that a group of transient or temporary tenants did not qualify under the zoning code’s definition of a “family.” Town of Dunkirk , 221 A.D.3d

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

VAILL is prioritizing partnerships across sectors – courts, law firms, legal aid organizations, alternative providers, and others – to test ideas and develop prototype AI applications that solve real legal needs. Although we definitely are a scrappy startup. They’re same thing with some courts. So so much opportunity.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

APRIL 20, 2022

The answer should be simple, but it most definitely is not. This definition clearly deviates from the American concept of antitrust law, whose main goal is to “ensure that private agreements and actions do not interfere with free competition.” District Court for the Northern District of California in Epic Games, Inc.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 18, 2023

” Enigma challenged Malwarebytes’ classifications in court. ” Malwarebytes appealed the 9th Circuit’s ruling, first to the 9th Circuit en banc, and then to the US Supreme Court. ” Malwarebytes appealed the 9th Circuit’s ruling, first to the 9th Circuit en banc, and then to the US Supreme Court. (I

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 12, 2025

The court is unclear about how Joybuy operates, but it appears that Joybuy (via the entity JD) runs its own online marketplace. This is a rare attack on the capacious definition of a service provider, and it did not succeed. March 31, 2025) This case involves the service Joybuy, which listed items for sale in Walmart.coms marketplace.

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Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Last and definitely not least, we had the opportunity to catch up with my legal hero Erwin Chemerinsky, the Dean of Berkeley Law, as we discussed his topic presented at the Alexander F. If you own rental property, you should definitely tune in. Morrison lecture series entitled Closing the Courthouse Doors. Peterson and Anna Liu}.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

” A New York federal district court preliminarily enjoined the law on constitutional grounds, and the case is now on appeal to the Second Circuit. It is definitely counterintuitive to oppose transparency requirements due to our strong regulatory and social norms in favor of transparency.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 1, 2024

The court dismisses the claims on their prima facie elements as well as Section 230. “There can be no dispute that Google (and YouTube) fit within this definition. Moreover, other courts have reached the same conclusion.” ICS Provider. ” Publisher/Speaker Claim.

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CloudNine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Privacy concerns require forensic teams to limit collections to court-ordered data only, fostering trust in both the legal team and custodians. Key Insights: Definition and Context: Koehler began by defining linked files as paths or URLs in documents that point to other files stored on various platforms.

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Legal Tech Monitor

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court recently announced amendments aimed at improving accessibility and fostering access to justice in Illinois courts for people with disabilities. The Supreme Court’s “significant amendments” to M.R. All Illinois courts must “report compliance with M.R.

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Legal Talk Network

MARCH 8, 2019

If you’re an aspiring author, you should definitely tune in. Judge Scott Schlegel from the 24th Judicial District Court in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana stops by to discuss his Smart On Crime Initiative which inventively implements technology to substantially reduce recidivism among criminal offenders.

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Debevoise Data Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Defining AI for Internal Policies A Few Considerations and Tips (July 29, 2024) Companies developing internal AI policies often face challenges deciding how to define AI and, relatedly, deciding when AI governance and compliance programs should apply to models outside their chosen definition.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 2, 2024

Tortious Interference with a Business Model Before getting into the details of the court ruling, I always think it’s good to zoom out when we talk about CFAA cases to remember what’s happening from a legal and strategic perspective. According to this court, it is. Here, there was no loss that meets that definition. 1030(e)(11).

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Eric Goldman

MAY 18, 2023

Supreme Court [FN]. Twitter won its decision unanimously, and the Supreme Court per curiam punted the Google case back to the 9th Circuit with the clear message that the plaintiffs should lose. The Supreme Court says that the term “aiding and abetting” in the statute should be interpreted using the common law.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 21, 2024

I wrote up a 4,000 word draft about the state court ruling, but the federal ruling came out before I finished it. I couldn’t blog just the state case without discussing the new development, so I planned to modify my blog post on the state court ruling to compare/contrast the federal ruling. It doesn’t work.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The definition offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ( SAMHSA ) is a good starting pointan event or circumstance resulting in physical, emotional, and/or life-threatening harm. This will lead to better outcomes for both the trauma-affected and the court systems by making it easier to dispense justice.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Greg Lambert 0:52 Yes, apparently this time in Los Angeles, we in our home, or at least an attorney related to a firm that had to explain why there was a brief submitted to the court that had multiple made up citations in there. But we’re limiting it to just the information that the court can actually consider.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 7, 2024

The court denied the motion. The statutory definitions say that the immunity applies only with respect to “information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service.” Spencer (proceeding pro se) filed a motion to dismiss on several grounds, including Section 230. ” Indeed, it does not.

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Clio

JANUARY 20, 2025

On the other hand, you definitely want to be able to call out your opponent when they use this tactic. Note: These objections apply to most jurisdictions, and many can also be used in a deposition setting or in court. However, it is important to remember that each state has different discovery rules, as does federal court.

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