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Black History Month: 5 Trailblazing Lawyers

Bigfork Tech

Charlotte E. Ray During the 19th century, women were largely barred from the legal profession, but that didn’t stop Charlotte E. Leading up to her appointment, Motley maintained an impressive track record for cases argued before the Supreme Court. She died in 2007 (ABA Journal). Ray from trying to break in anyway.

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ChatGPT vs. Copyright Law

Legal Tech Monitor

The “Dancing Baby” case : In 2007, a mother uploaded a video of her toddler dancing to Prince’s song “Let’s Go Crazy” on YouTube. For example, creating software to convert e-books into formats compatible with screen readers for the visually impaired could be considered a violation of the DMCA. YouTube eventually won the case.

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Ep 065: PwC’s Global Innovation Leader Vicki Huff Eckert

LawNext podcast

In 2007, she was recognized by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as a member of the 40-under-40 emerging leaders within Silicon Valley. NEW: Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com. Thank you to our sponsor, MyCase , and to John E. We are now on Patreon!

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FinTales Issue 31: Cow Paths & Regulatory Approaches

Ikigai Law

Dessert: sweet news about e-RUPI opening new doors for PPI issuers. For instance, it refused to lift ban on loading of e-wallets through credit lines. In this context, a pertinent example is a legal challenge that e-Bay, a leading e-commerce business faced. e-RUPI is, however, purpose specific.

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“WE REALLY DON’T KNOW.” NOW IS THE TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH TO JUDICIAL EDUCATION

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

19] The resulting knowledge gap undermines the ability of the judges to “know[] the needs of the people [they] serve, and hav[e] the ability to serve those needs,” as described by Judge Bruce Bohlman of North Dakota. [20] Fourth, independent judicial research may result in judges improperly looking outside the record. [29]

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Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

2007)) and the “ My Other Bag ” tote bag (Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. One must simply wonder at what in the record and parties’ arguments supported the selection of the one possibility over the other. Every commercial parodist trades on the goodwill of the famous trademark it mocks. Haute Diggity Dog, LLC, 507 F.3d 3d 252 (4th Cir.

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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

That company recorded and released one album and several singles, including the works at issue. Other Music Specialist songs found their way into recordings by the Black Eyed Peas and Kid Sister. Atlantic Recording Corp. Atlantic Recording Corp. Atlantic Recording Co. 9 on the Billboard chart. Dean Guitars , 955 F.3d

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