Trellis.Law Blog

MAY 31, 2023

DeSantis’s Motion Against Judge Walker Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed a motion to recuse the Hon.

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LawSites

MAY 30, 2023

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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FindLaw

MARCH 7, 2023

In addition to inconsistencies you might see or hear, the background data attached to a digital file can reveal if it's been manipulated. When you load an audio file into an editing program like Audacity, for example, the recording's metadata will look different than the raw file recorded on your phone.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

Often, it comes down to what the judge is reading alone in their chambers. It was the final hearing, and I could tell that the judge was very skeptical toward me, the case and my client. But there was a moment where I was able to point the judge to a sentence in my brief referring to a piece of evidence in the case.

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 16, 2023

Anyone who has had to manage the internal redistribution and filing of daily docket updates from dozens of courts for hundreds of cases in a large law firm, celebrated on the day that automated docket management tools from companies such as PacerPro and ECFX hit the market. The order does not mention the company ECFX.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2024

Combining these two holdings, it concluded: “we must apply the discovery rule to determine when a copyright infringement claim accrues, but a three-year lookback period from the time a suit is filed to determine the extent of the relief available.” By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Last week, the U.S. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 2, 2024

Maybe this was just the jury’s way of telling the judge and the parties, “This case is dumb. This has been a hard case to follow online, because many of the key rulings have been filed under seal. I wrote about this case back in 2022 when the judge made his initial decisions on the motion to dismiss pleadings. 1030(e)(11).

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Eric Goldman

JULY 10, 2024

In the mid-2010s, plaintiffs filed about 20 lawsuits filed around the country seeking to hold social media services liable for allegedly facilitating terrorist attacks. In filing the proposed FAC, the plaintiffs explain why they didn’t allege these claims before: they “reasonably believed” that the ATA, 18 U.S.C.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MAY 31, 2023

DeSantis’s Motion Against Judge Walker Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed a motion to recuse the Hon. Walker, a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, from presiding over Disney’s lawsuit.

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LawSites

JUNE 15, 2021

Among the leading technologies in which legal departments plan to invest are collaboration tools for document and contract drafting/reviewing, automation of document and contract creation, corporate e-meeting and e-voting management, workflow management and process automation, and document and contract workflow management.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In a November ruling, a magistrate judge notes that the lawsuit appears to be the first of its kindone in which a social media influencer accuses another influencer of (among other things) copyright infringement based on the similarities between their posts that promote the same products. Sydney Nicole LLC v.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Karlen , the unwitting litigant filed an appellate brief in which 22 of 24 cases were fictitious. Farwell , the lawyer filed three separate legal memoranda that cited and relied on fictitious cases. Karlen Jonathan Karlen, who is not an attorney, filed a pro se appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals. XYZ Corporation.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Rhode Center on the Legal Profession , where he helps lead the Filing Fairness Project , and Jess Lu , a third year law student at Stanford and a civil justice fellow at the Rhode Center, who was formerly a senior associate consultant at Bain & Co. If courts move to standardize the collection of “data” (i.e.,

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 14, 2024

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about two more cases of AI-hallucinated citations in court filings leading to sanctions , and now comes the case of a Florida lawyer suspended from practice after filing cases that were “completely fabricated.” District Judge John E. On March 8, the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. Which is probably a big part of the reason that many judges have been eager to distance themselves from it. Zeidenberg , 86 F.3d 3d 1447, 1454-55 (7th Cir.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 29, 2023

By guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard , John E. Eight months after filing, the first two Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Final Determinations have been handed down. Step Two: The CCB does a compliance review of the filed claim to determine if the claim qualifies for the CCB. The respondent files a response to the claim.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A law clerk is a legal professional who supports attorneys, judges, or legal departments by conducting legal research, analyzing cases, and preparing legal documents. A court clerk generally engages in specialized legal tasks, such as assisting judges in managing court proceedings, maintaining records, and handling legal documents.

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Clio

APRIL 1, 2024

Clerks meticulously organize and manage documents and records for a case, ensuring they are properly filed, stored, and readily accessible when needed. Assisting judges and attorneys. Clerks support judges and attorneys by conducting comprehensive legal research. Scheduling legal proceedings. Researching complex legal issues.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 11, 2023

Two top-line takeaways you might get from this post: A two-click formation process avoids the risk of judges moving the goalposts about formation, and If you are amending your TOS, have an airtight plan for building a credible evidentiary record. And I guess pink is overly distracting to this judge? HELLO UETA and E-SIGN.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MAY 30, 2023

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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Law Technology Today

APRIL 13, 2023

To address the housing crisis in South Carolina, the NAACP’s Housing Navigator Program sought to scrape online housing court records, so it could uncover tenants with eviction actions filed against them and further assist them with fighting those eviction actions. District Court Judge Henry E. In Courthouse News Service v.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 11, 2022

Trellis lets you search state court dockets to better understand your judge, opposing counsel and the opposing party by analyzing their historical record. These applications function like the macOS Finder and Windows Explorer but with advanced DMS features such as document check in/out, secure file sharing, and a client portal.

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Joshua Gilliland

JANUARY 7, 2016

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. This case did not apply the new Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 37(e), because the motion was submitted prior to the December 1, 2015, the day the Rule went into effect.

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Joshua Gilliland

DECEMBER 10, 2015

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. Judge James P. Counsel for the defendants can use e-discovery software to aid in their review and can enlist the assistance of additional attorneys if necessary.

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Joshua Gilliland

JANUARY 30, 2016

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.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

In past years, the judges narrowed the ballot to 25 semifinalists. This year, out of the 55 applications we received, the judges felt that so many deserved the opportunity to compete that we eliminated only 15 and we are putting the rest out for your votes. Easily export the summary to MS Word for the case file.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 3, 2024

From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed the applications down to 25, which we posted on Dec. 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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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Recently a judge in my state shared that she presided over a video court appearance where an attorney had his image set to horizontal and apparently couldn’t figure out how to change it. A past ABA TECHSHOW chair, h e blogs at J im Calloway’s Law Practice Tips and co-produces the podcast The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Is it advice, if I decide, yes, I’m going to get a patent, then I file it with a patent or trademark office, that’s the registration service. So this is currently been before the Thaler case where the Thaler had aI generated art, tried to file it with the copyright office saying, I’m not the author, the the robot is the author.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JANUARY 30, 2024

Lawyers and judges, whom I never imagined embracing technology, are now happily using Zoom, with iPads in hand and smartwatches on their wrists. E-filing will continue to gain traction and the number of law offices with paperless workflows in place will increase as well.

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 3, 2023

Professor Kenton Brice, director of the Donald E. At least six cases he cited in a brief as filed were hallucinations that did not exist, with fictitious quotes and internal citations. Opposing counsel filed a response brief calling out the bogus cases and moving for sanctions. SO WHY HALLUCINATIONS? China Southern Airlines Co.

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ABA TECHSHOW

JANUARY 24, 2024

Happening in Grand Ballroom EF, the 15 startups will face off in a bracketed pitch competition – judged by TECHSHOW attendees – to pick the most innovative startup. Recital automatically gathers files and messages from email and storage, to provide auto-organized in-flight and historical contracts and one-click comparisons from email.

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Clio

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Keynote highlights Judge Victoria Pratt With her extensive experience as Chief Judge of Newark Municipal Court in New Jersey, Judge Victoria Pratt offered Clio Con attendees profound insights into delivering justice. You will be able to track the progress of a form and be notified when it’s been completed.

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Percipient

JUNE 23, 2022

That is, how the use of AI can be defended if its use is challenged by a judge or opposing party. Models can be trained by a human reviewer who codes files to improve the accuracy of a model. In e-discovery, models can be tailored to a dataset such as Continuous Active Learning (CAL). CAL is typically used to identify relevancy.

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ABA TECHSHOW

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The investigations come just one month after a class action was filed in the English High Court against YouTube for allegedly processing children’s data without obtaining parental permission or providing appropriate disclosures (see our September Round Up ).

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