Legal Talk Network

JULY 2, 2021

Yet, they continue to be incredibly important for the marketing of law schools, law firms, etc. On Thinking Like a Lawyer , Joe Patrice, Kathryn Rubino, and Chris Williams review Above the Law’s law school rankings. As long as consumers and clients care about rankings, they will exist.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Some people also may find it a hassle to comply with the strict requirements under state law for starting and operating a corporation. When the stakes are high, theres no substitute for consulting a business lawyer near you. Should I Incorporate My Company in Delaware?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 7, 2024

State law may require a driver to report an accident to the police if it caused injuries or extensive damage. Justia provides a 50-state survey of dram shop laws and some key cases addressing this issue. Should I hire a car accident lawyer? Even if this is not required, getting the police involved can help.

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LLRX

MAY 24, 2023

In the next few years, legally trained generative AI will replace lawyer labour on a scale we’ve never seen before. An enormous amount of lawyer activity consists of researching, analyzing, writing, developing arguments, critiquing counter-claims, and drafting responses.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Several years ago, I published a piece here on Attorney at Work titled “ Solo Lawyers: Where Is Your Office?” Back then, lawyers working anywhere but a traditional bricks-and-mortar office with their firm name on the door typically glossed over their nontraditional working environment. Remember when working remotely was taboo?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A plaintiff may raise both theories if state law and the facts of the case permit. Thus, an injured person considering a lawsuit should consult a products liability lawyer about their potential next steps. In the meantime, the Products Liability Law Center offers a readable overview of some key concepts in this area.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

APRIL 23, 2024

A driver can refuse a chemical test , but they should know about implied consent laws. These provide that a driver automatically consents to chemical testing in certain situations defined by state law, such as a DUI arrest. Thus, it furthers Justia’s mission of making the law free and accessible for all.

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Legal Talk Network

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Alexandra Carter, a negotiation trainer and clinical law professor, tells Lawyerist Podcast host Sarah Briggs how to best frame negotiation and how for lawyers to use to improve and develop professional relationships. While some advice is specific to Michigan, most tips are applicable to lawyers throughout the United States.

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Martindale-Avvo

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Most critically, relationship contracts (where used to define respective roles of each party and not deal with purely financial or property matters) are not legally enforceable, whereas prenuptial agreements, provided they meet required criteria usually established by state law, are legally binding contracts which can be enforced by a court.

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Legal Talk Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

On Legal Talk Today , Ohio State Law Prof. Foley, author of “ Presidential Elections and Majority Rule ” and “ Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States ,” walks listeners through the history of contested elections and possibilities stemming from Election 2020. Wait, is there an election this week?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

APRIL 5, 2023

They also should be aware of their obligations under state laws for business taxes. If they operate in more than one state, they may need to pay taxes in each state. For situations that are less urgent, the Tax Law Center at Justia provides a readable introduction to the topic.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Work-Related Requirement To get workers’ compensation benefits, a worker must be an employee rather than an independent contractor, and they must not work in a profession that is exempt under state law. Working with a lawyer can help overcome these obstacles.

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Legal Talk Network

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Billed as a crowdsourced problem-solving gathering of lawyers, clients, and technologists, this meeting-of-the-minds was founded by our good friend Christian Lang. Christian is a self-proclaimed recovering corporate lawyer who travels in legal technology circles and also known for organizing the monthly NY Legal Tech Meetup.

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LawSites

JUNE 27, 2023

” The goal, she said, is to enable lawyers, after they review a contract, “to walk away with some confidence that they found all those places where opposing counsel might have snuck some language in, or places that they really need to edit in order to make sure that they represent the interests fo their client in the transaction.”

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While federal law governs people and businesses across the U.S., each state has developed its own set of laws in many areas. These range from employment and family law to personal injury and criminal law. State laws may resemble one another in some situations, but they may vary greatly in others.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay.

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The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

While many law graduates do indeed follow the path of practicing lawyers, the training and knowledge acquired during law school can lead to a wide range of non-traditional career opportunities, such as roles in public policy, legal technology, or social advocacy. What Can You Do with a Law Degree?: Z9 G74 2002.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Each side has phalanxes of lawyers, and no point is too picayune to spar over. Combined with prior rulings, in the October 24, 2024 ruling, the court summarizes where the various claims stand: It’s even more complicated, because several of the plaintiffs’ claims are based on state laws.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And when divorce lawyers think about marriage, they often think about prenuptial agreements. As lawyers, we find ourselves being asked to draft prenups and recommend what should and should not be included in the agreement. To many, February is the month to celebrate love. And when there is love, there are thoughts of marriage.

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CaseFox

JULY 16, 2023

If, as a lawyer or a legal professional. For lawyers and legal professionals, time is money and they can give all their crucial time in conducting legal research. Today in this blog we are going to talk about top 9 free legal research tools for lawyers. Wouldn’t it be nice to have all the legal research at your fingertips?

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Advocate's Studio

OCTOBER 15, 2018

DoNotPay, a robot lawyer Chatbot app, is now promising to help people file suits in small claims court, no JD required. That is a lot cheaper than the hourly rate charged by the average lawyer. Does DoNotPay violate state laws on the unauthorized practice of law? Good question and one that is not yet resolved.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 4, 2023

In June 2022, Nadia Metroka (a Florida lawyer , apparently) was arrested in Pennsylvania. ” The court summarizes: “Google has immunity from her state law claims, as it cannot be held liable for search engine results showing a third party’s statement.” ” (Is this the news release in question ?)

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I This ruling isn’t surprising at all, but I was surprised that a lawyer (Mark Ellis O’Brien of Lunenburg, MA) willing to bring this case in the face of the OBVIOUS Section 230 immunity.

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Dewey B Strategic

JUNE 26, 2023

LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional is announcing new document analysis tools for transactional lawyers. The feature allows a lawyer to drag and drop their document into the Agreement Analysis tool. The tools focuses on “highly negotiated clauses” and quickly compares and offers alternate language for clauses in their document.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 27, 2023

The goal, she said, is to enable lawyers, after they review a contract, “to walk away with some confidence that they found all those places where opposing counsel might have snuck some language in, or places that they really need to edit in order to make sure that they represent the interests fo their client in the transaction.”

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LLRX

AUGUST 27, 2024

LLRX is pleased to share what Colarusso states is not a traditional syllabus, because this class he is teaching is not a traditional class. He won't just ask you to "think like a lawyer," he will require that you act like one.

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LLRX

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Eric Smalley and Matt Willimas report that the outcome of the oral arguments presented by lawyers from the U.S. The court hearing is the latest development in a lengthy saga over the fate of an app that is widely popular, especially among young Americans, but that many politicians in Washington fear poses or is a security risk.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The result is that Judge Alsup’s “careful” approach at the motion to dismiss stage enriched the lawyers and disadvantaged everyone else. Still, don’t overlook the key takeaways. It would have been easy to save the list at the end of each day.

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Legal Tech Monitor

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

state to introduce a new pathway for attorney licensing , allowing law school graduates to become licensed lawyers without the need for the traditional bar exam or graduating from an in-state law school. Oregon made history this week by becoming the first U.S.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 26, 2023

LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional is announcing new document analysis tools for transactional lawyers. The feature allows a lawyer to drag and drop their document into the Agreement Analysis tool. The tools focuses on “highly negotiated clauses” and quickly compares and offers alternate language for clauses in their document.

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Legal Expert Connections

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The New York class action law firm Labaton Sucharow recently disclosed that it paid a Houston lawyer over $4 million for a referral fee in the $300 million State Street Bank & Trust case. The lawyer did not contribute to the case in anyway other than acting as a middleman between the law firm and the client.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 24, 2023

Ten years ago, in web-scraping cases, you’d typically see plaintiffs in scraping cases file 10-15 legal claims, with law firms exploring any legal theory that might stick. Now, in its case against Bright Data, Twitter’s lawyers filed three claims: breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, and unjust enrichment.

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Technically Legal

MARCH 31, 2022

Professor Henderson is also the moving force behind Legal Evolution , an online publication focusing on changes in the legal industry with the stated mission of providing lawyers, legal educators, and allied professionals with high-quality information to solve very difficult industry-specific problems.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s that every new case related to the law of copyright preemption of contracts leaves lawyers with a potential new set of arguments to defend or argue against with the law of copyright preemption. With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted.

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Martindale-Avvo

APRIL 18, 2024

states has served as a stark example of how federal and state laws might be in conflict. There is some commentary that asserts federal authorities might be reluctant to prosecute for activities that are legal at the state level, unless there is a connection to large-scale trafficking, organized crime, or gang activity.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 12, 2024

.” The Kremen test is so obviously ill-fitting to this inquiry, but the court gets to the right place: “there is no cognizable property interest in website copies that may serve as the basis for a trespass to chattels claim under California law.” That lawsuit also failed.

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The Barrister

MARCH 18, 2024

Cruz is a strong supporter of Congress passing NIL legislation and introduced a bill last summer that would preempt state law and bar student athletes from attaining employee status. [10] 10] To discover journal articles on recent developments in sports and the law, go to the Sol Blatt, Jr. 2022-2023 Division I Manual § 12.5.2.1(2022),

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