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Voting Is Closed and Here Are the Results: The 15 Finalists You Chose To Be In the 2024 Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW

Above the Law - Technology

From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed the applications down to 25, which we posted on Dec. BriefCatch BriefCatch empowers lawyers and judges to edit legal documents to the highest standards while helping their clients win, boosting their writing skills, and enjoying expert explanations, models, and examples.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

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.”

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Why the Avianca ‘Bogus Cases’ News Is Not About Either Generative AI or Lawyers’ Tech Competence

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It was bound to happen sooner or later: Two lawyers face sanctions for filing a brief laden with bogus cases hallucinated by ChatGPT. We may know more after June 8, the date on which the judge in the case, Mata v. In an affidavit filed in the case , Steven A. I have not found presence in the cybernetic revolution.

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How to Write a Motion for Court

Clio

courts, they will be dealing with motions filed in court. While arguing the motions before the judge may be more dramatic and made-for-TV, the actual writing of the motions is likely more important. Here we explore the essential aspects of writing court motions, including research, analysis, drafting, and filing.

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No, You Don’t Have to Read Everything

Joshua Gilliland

I have met lawyers who have a crazy idea: They HAVE to read EVERY email, document, Excel file, video, and every other bit of ESI produced in discovery. Lawyers have a duty of competency to their client, and candor to the court, to look at what is relevant to their case and responsive to discovery requests. Judge James P.

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Don’t Be Late and Ineffective with Litigation Holds

Joshua Gilliland

The City did not issue a litigation hold until three years AFTER the complaint had been filed. Judge Robert Sweet granted the Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions. The City further argued that since the Plaintiff’s had overly broad discovery requests, they should not be sanctioned for failing to preserve relevant ESI.

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Proportionality and Labeling ESI Productions

Joshua Gilliland

Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Judge Wang also made it a point to highlight the Chief Justice’s note that Rule 1 gives both lawyers and the Court an affirmative duty to work together to resolve disputes efficiently. Many courts have treated (E)(i) and (E)(ii) as “supplementary rather than alternative.” LEXIS 7668.