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Guest Post: The Year in Justice Tech: 2023 Report and News Roundup

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The startup has been featured on Fox Business News , Good Day LA and Good Day NY , Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and Forbes , and have ruffled quite a few feathers, receiving multiple lawsuit threats and at least one cease and desist from incumbent industry participants.

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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

The entire purpose of the discovery rule is to allow a plaintiff to recover damages that occurred more than three years before the date the lawsuit was filed. That company recorded and released one album and several singles, including the works at issue. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir. 4th 1325 (11th Cir.

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Judge Reconsiders SAD Scheme Ruling Against Online Marketplaces–Squishmallows v. Alibaba

Eric Goldman

You may have heard about Squishmallow’s recent lawsuit against Build-a-Bear over plushy knockoffs. I previously blogged about one such case, where Squishmallow sued 90 e-commerce merchants in a sealed complaint and got a TRO. But the motion record does not support that claim. Typical SAD Scheme stuff. Emoji GmbH v.

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A Judge Enumerates a SAD Scheme Plaintiff’s Multiple Abuses, But Still Won’t Award Sanctions–Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

5 at 4 (“[A]ddresses provided on the e-commerce stores indicate that the registrants are in China and other neighboring countries.”). Without access to any of the other records that had been sealed, Defendants could neither ensure their compliance with the TRO nor respond to Plaintiff’s arguments in opposing its extension.”

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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As reported by Cheryl Miller in The Recorder , Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, and Sen. In Australia, legal tech company Nuix went public in 2020 – an IPO that has been haunted by regulatory investigations and class-action lawsuits over claims that the company misrepresented its financial information.). Lee Partners.

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A South Carolina Legal Technology Case is Likely Headed to the Supreme Court – Why You Should Care

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Public access to court data through automated collection of online court records is a fundamental First Amendment right and it is critical to meaningful access to the United States legal system. District Court Judge Henry E. The recent ruling in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. While the developments in NAACP v.

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

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. July 31, 2023) This is a lawsuit over Blue Kai’s alleged keystroke logging on ESPN.com.