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After WSJ’s Explosive Exposé on Judges’ Financial Conflicts, Free Law Project Posts the Data For All to See

LawSites

In an explosive exposé last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that 131 federal judges broke the law by hearing cases where they had a financial interest. To uncover those violations, reporters reviewed the financial holdings of some 700 federal judges and compared them against tens of thousands of court cases.

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The 2023 Fastcase 50 Announced, Honoring Legal’s Innovators, Visionaries and Leaders

Above the Law - Technology

Since 2011, Fastcase has released an annual list of the Fastcase 50, honoring 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.” I was honored to be in the inaugural Fastcase 50 class in 2011.

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2019 NALA Conference & Expo

Legal Talk Network

Also of notable mention was keynote speaker Judge William J. O’Neil who, since 2011, has been the presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Arizona Supreme Court. Legal Talk Network’s conference coverage was centered around seven audio interviews recorded on location.

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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. 4, 2011)) (emphasis in original).

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Voting Is Closed, Results Are In: Here are the 15 Legal Tech Startups Selected for the 2025 Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW

ABA TECHSHOW

From all the entries we received, a panel of judges narrowed the applications down to 26, which we posted on Jan. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring the laws smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders. In October, we issued the call for entries. We received a total of 74,695 votes.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Eric Goldman

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer.

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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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