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How Failing to Keep in Touch with Your Patent Lawyer Can Cost You Your Patent 

Brett Trout

They secured a patent in 2010, covering a novel ice-resurfacing machine. The Price of a Missed Email Taillefer and Fredettes Froster was a game-changer for maintaining the Rideau Canal Skateway, the worlds largest outdoor skating rink.

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From Cost Center to Profit, Client Loyalty and Growth Driver: The Rise of Managed Discovery Centers 

Lineal Services

In today’s legal landscape, the complexity of litigation, investigations, and regulatory response is growing—but so is the opportunity to transform how firms deliver value. Security That Matches the Stakes Data security is no longer a backend issue—it’s central to every litigation and investigation.

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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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Essential Family Law Statistics You Should Know in 2025

Clio

General family law statistics Before we jump into litigation trends, let’s take a moment to look at how American family structures have changed. More strikingly, 25% of 40-year-olds in the US had never been married (up from 20% in 2010)a substantial increase from just 6% in 1980. More Americans are staying single.

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From Testimony to Truth: How Memory Works, and How It Shapes Legal Outcomes | Justia CLE & Webinars

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Join us for our latest Justia Webinar as Dr. Trent Terrell delivers a compelling, litigation-focused exploration of the fallibility of eyewitness memory. For litigators, understanding these vulnerabilities is crucial to both crafting effective direct and cross-examinations and evaluating the evidentiary strength of memory-based claims.

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LawNext Podcast: The Past, Present and Future of Trial Presentation Software, with Lit Software’s Tara Cheever and Derek Miller

Above the Law - Technology

Lit Software, founded in 2010 by Ian O’Flaherty and Tara Cheever , is the company that developed TrialPad, trial presentation software that was the first legal-specific app developed for the iPad. To do that, Derek Miller and Tara Cheever join host Bob Ambrogi to share their experiences and perspectives.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

When it launched, I questioned in an Above the Law column whether it was a case of Clearspire déjà vu, recalling the demise of the strikingly similar dual-entity firm Clearspire, which opened in 2010 and shut down four years later. Gavelytics. million in funding. There is, however, a somewhat happy ending to the story of Gavelytics.