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What If I Don’t Want to Litigate? Law Degree Alternatives: Exploring Unconventional Career Paths

The Barrister

When most people think of a law degree, they envision a career in traditional fields such as litigation,corporate law, or criminal defense. 9 Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) : For those uninterested in litigation, ADR roles such as mediation and arbitration offer opportunities to resolve conflicts outside of court.

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2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

If you haven’t been watching the litigation tsunami over Meta Pixels, it’s been a sight to behold. The news continues to be awful for IAPs being legally responsible for not terminating the Internet access of possible recidivist downloaders. Pixel Cases. Last time I checked, I think there were 150 pixel rulings in Westlaw.

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YouTube Again Defeats FOSTA Lawsuit–In re YouTube Trafficking Litigation

Eric Goldman

Plausible allegations that YouTube “generally benefitted from sex traffickers’ use of [its platform]” do not establish that YouTube’s “own conduct” violated section 1591 Case Citation : In re YouTube Trafficking Litigation , 2025 WL 1745759 (N.D. Kik * Section 230 Protects Craigslist from Sex Trafficking Claims, Despite FOSTA–JB v.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

The year 2008 saw the launches of the first two cloud-based law practice management platforms, Clio and Rocket Matter, followed in 2009 by the launch of MyCase. When the litigation analytics company Gavelytics shut down in 2022, it was a shock to almost everybody but the founder. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. Gavelytics.

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Don’t Be Late and Ineffective with Litigation Holds

Joshua Gilliland

The City was found to be grossly negligent in issuing and executing its litigation hold for the preservation of email and text messages. The City did not issue a litigation hold until three years AFTER the complaint had been filed. The Court found that the City’s litigation hold was both late and ineffective. 2, 2016) 2016 U.S.

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E-Discovery Company Casepoint Enhances Its CaseAssist Active Learning Technology

LawSites

One of the first companies to offer a cloud-based, end-to-end e-discovery platform when it launched in 2008, Casepoint was granted three patents last October related to its technology assisted review (TAR) technology, including two linked patents specifically tied to its CaseAssist technology.

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Litigator Says Using Clearbrief Cut Cost of Major Appeal by 20%

LawSites

But in precisely that scenario, Amy Falcon , a litigation partner with Porter Hedges in Houston, says she was able to cut the cost of preparing the brief by 20%, and she attributes that savings entirely to the legal technology product, Clearbrief. For the lawyers, it is an enormous amount of work on a tight deadline.