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Game On! Bright Data Scores Major Victory in Web-Scraping Dispute with Meta (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Whether it is by accident or because of who he is, Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California has a way of finding himself at the center of the most important cases in the world of web scraping. There were a few steps in Judge Chen’s reasoning. He presided over the famous hiQ Labs v.

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How to Stop ‘Rough-Drafting’ and Learn to Speak with Precision During Presentations

Attorney at Work

A lawyer stands up to make a presentation to colleagues, an opening statement or a motion to a judge. Commas, ellipses and random question marks — yes. Periods — no. Here’s what I mean. She states her topic or theme, often (but far from always) in a single sentence. ” (This is the complete sentence.) “Mr.

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Lex Machina Adds Court Analytics for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases

LawSites

The module includes the entire docket in any bankruptcy proceeding filed after 2009 in a U.S. How many times has my judge presided over a Chapter 11 bankruptcy that resulted in a confirmed plan? How much experience does my judge have presiding over Chapter 11 bankruptcies that involve small business debtors?

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IAALS Honors Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Commits to Carrying on her Legacy

Legal Tech Monitor

She began working on judicial independence at Georgetown Law School through the “Sandra Day O’Connor Project on the State of the Judiciary,” a series of conferences co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute in 2006 through 2009. On December 8, 2009, she and IAALS together launched the Quality Judges Initiative.

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Legal Week 2024 Special Part One: Joey Seeber of Level Legal

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Seeber shares the origin story of Level Legal, starting from its humble beginnings in 2009 in East Texas, evolving from a document review team within a law firm to a full-service eDiscovery and forensics company based in Dallas. I thought he was still in the judge, but apparently he’s not. Marlene Gebauer 3:19 We talked about that.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

On July 4, 2023, a federal judge declared FREEDOM from government censorship of Internet services. Shockingly, the judge ordered the executive branch to stop talking to Internet services about certain issues. The line between the productive and condemnable government engagement is murky and fluid. 3) Supreme Court dodges Section 230.

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Can Lawyers Ethically Store and Transmit Client Info in the Cloud?

Attorney at Work

09-04 (2009); Washington State Bar Association Advisory Op. The Commission on Professionalism was established by the Illinois Supreme Court in September 2005 to foster increased civility, professionalism and inclusiveness among lawyers and judges in the state of Illinois. See, e.g., Arizona Ethics Op. 2215 (2012).