Eric Goldman

MAY 12, 2023

The court agrees with Microsoft. But the commerce clause was not intended to nationalize the whole of America law.” 2016); Fakhrian v. 2016 WL 1650705 (Cal. 2016); Despot v. 2016 WL 4148085 (W.D. 2016); Manchanda v. 2016 WL 6806250 (S.D.N.Y. 2016); Mosha v. Google, Inc.,

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In its second acquisition in six weeks, law practice management company Clio has acquired Lawyaw , a document automation and assembly platform designed for solo, small and mid-sized law firms. This news follows Clio’s July 28 announcement that it acquired CalendarRules, an automated court calendaring product. ”

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Trial Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We work on both sides of the table, and although our primary market is the California courts, we do cover other areas now and then, including a recent $200M arbitration in New York City. Coincidentally, we recently won awards in New York Law Journal for Best Trial Consultant, and Best "Hot Seat" Trial Technicians!

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 4, 2023

The court easily dismisses per Section 230: ICS Provider. Numerous courts have held Google is one. ” The court summarizes: “Google has immunity from her state law claims, as it cannot be held liable for search engine results showing a third party’s statement.” 2016); Fakhrian v. Google, Inc.,

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures. At the heart of AltFee lies a relentless pursuit of innovation – our platform is built to empower law firms to achieve unprecedented success through non-hourly pricing. What makes you unique or innovative?

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LawSites

MARCH 19, 2024

You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts. and then in 2016 to the U.S. and then in 2016 to the U.S. InfoTrack in the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 26, 2023

At issue are two versions of the TOS from 2016 and 2019. The named plaintiff, Jackson, agreed to the 2016 TOS. The 2016 TOS provided an opt-out for the arbitration provision, but Jackson didn’t exercise it. Nor did the court have other evidence that might allow it to assess notice, such as a description of the email.

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LawSites

JUNE 3, 2021

A feature launched this week in Westlaw Edge is designed to help legal professionals more easily identify law that is contrary o their opponents’ arguments. The new feature flags cases that may run counter to an opponent’s arguments. The feature is available at no extra cost to subscribers of Westlaw Edge.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Smokeball-LEAP-InfoTrack Group, which owns a number of legal practice management and legal search technology products, said today that it has acquired Phoenix-based LawLytics , a company that provides website management software for small law firms and solo practitioners. . market and is the future of legal marketing.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The low grade the court earned is a consequence of it losing many points by misstating the law, misapplying the law, and especially skipping over the part where it was supposed to share its analysis and instead just stated its conclusion. Nope, the Supreme Court didn’t say that. 2016), aff’d , 674 F. MSCHF Prod.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 27, 2022

When discussing legal tech as an industry, we often focus on horizontal solutions — research, document management, case management, practice management — that apply to law firms regardless of practice area. I specialize in Intellectual property law, not employment or personal injury. Field of law: Personal injury. and Canada.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 11, 2023

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. The district court said that the buyers who made their purchases on the website had to go to arbitration, but the buyers who made their purchases on their mobile devices could stay in court. The court sees it differently.

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Above the Law - Technology

AUGUST 15, 2023

If you are not familiar with Clearbrief, it is an innovative product designed to strengthen brief writing or other legal writing in Microsoft Word by instantly finding the best evidence or law to support your argument. The first controlled buy took place at that stash house.” million seed round.

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Percipient

APRIL 22, 2023

” In Federal Court Responding Party Presumed to Bear Subpoena Costs, but Requesting Party Must Avoid Imposition of Undue Burden and Expense A case from the Northern District of Illinois provides a good analysis of when costs responding to subpoenas may be shifted to the party seeking the documents. Cardinal Growth, L.P. ,

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

We’ve blogged some of his cases before ( 1 , 2 ), including the lower court ruling in this case. In 2016, the defendant IJR published an article/listicle titled “15 Signs Your Daddy Was a Conservative.” ” The district court granted summary judgment to IJR. The appeals court doesn’t see it. Nature of Use.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 28, 2023

After two trips to the 9th Circuit, a remand from the Supreme Court, and nearly six years of motions and posturing, the outcome of the litigation was a permanent injunction against hiQ, a win for LinkedIn, and insolvency for scraper hiQ Labs. LinkedIn Corp. hiQ Labs I, 938 F.3d 3d 985 at 1005 ; hiQ Labs II at 43. hiQ Labs I, 938 F.3d

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are my prior years’ lists of the most important developments: 2020 , 2018 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013. Do courts fully reopen or not? Also last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court approved a pilot project to permit “legal paraprofessionals” to provide legal services in certain matters.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 16, 2023

The first is the 2016 Second Circuit FTC v. LeadClick decision , which said: “Courts typically have held that internet service providers, website exchange systems , online message boards, and search engines fall within this definition.” Zotos appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 2, 2023

In 2016, Congress enacted the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which bans businesses from trying to contractually restrict their customers’ reviews. The law reversed that trend and largely (but not completely) wiped away the business practice. Ideal Horizon Benefits appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 18, 2023

In 2016, Malwarebytes classified Enigma’s software as “malicious,” a “threat,” and a “potentially unwanted program” (or PUP), because the programs allegedly were “scareware.” ” Enigma challenged Malwarebytes’ classifications in court. ” NOT HELPFUL.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2024

She played the game virtually every day from 2016-19–over 10,000 hours worth–and spent over $9,000 on in-game transactions. The court dismisses them all. The 9th Circuit reverses the district court on the Section 230 dismissal, but it proves inconsequential because all of the claims fail for lack of merit.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 28, 2023

In 2016, Congress enacted the Defend Trade Secret Act (DTSA). However, as we know, courts routinely and predictably make errors when ruling on ex parte motions, so any additional legislative embrace of ex parte procedures is always fraught with peril. Fortunately, the district court rejected the DTSA ex parte seizure request.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 2, 2024

Tortious Interference with a Business Model Before getting into the details of the court ruling, I always think it’s good to zoom out when we talk about CFAA cases to remember what’s happening from a legal and strategic perspective. Sometimes, when we blog these technology cases, we act as if the law in California is the law everywhere.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

eDiscovery Assistant , a legal research platform for e-discovery case law and resources, is today introducing AI-generated case law summaries. This ensures users get precise insights into relevant court decisions,” Twigger said.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

QUESTION: I’m a solo practitioner with a general practice handling everything from real estate transactions to family law. The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Laws, rules, regulations, and opinions vary by jurisdiction. Are Fees Refundable?

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 23, 2024

The green “upgrade now” button plays a key role in the court’s latest analysis: Enigma sued Malwarebytes for its classifications in 2016, back when Obama was still president. The Supreme Court denied Malwarebyte’s appeal. Today I’m blogging the district court decision after that remand.

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The Barrister

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Being a law student is hard. Once you are past your first year though, the doors to compete to be on an advocacy team and law articles or journals open. But how do you balance being a law student and then adding on even more academically? After the first year, I wanted to compete to join a law journal and Moot Court.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The World Justice Project (WJP) is calling on lawyers to lead in rebuilding trust in the rule of law. Michel Luttig told bar association leaders that “American democracy and the rule of law are in peril” and the moment has come for lawyers to defend democracy, the U.S. That number was 91% in 2016. justice system.

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LawSites

MAY 23, 2023

Steno , a tech-enabled provider of litigation support services, whose flagship product, DelayPay , enables law firms to defer service costs until their case resolves, has closed a Series B funding round of $15 million, bringing its total raise to $38.5 This latest round was led by Left Lane Capital. ” . ”

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 15, 2024

(Long-time readers may recall that this blog had a several-year arrangement with ShutterStock to use their stock photos to illustrate blog posts; that arrangement ended in 2016). The court’s discussion of the topic: Offensive images can contribute to a hostile work environment. See Banks v. –Thompson v.

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Legal Tech Monitor

MARCH 7, 2023

In February, the American Bar Association published Design Your Law Practice: Using Design Thinking to Get Next Level Results. The Five Steps Design thinking is a five-step, iterative process that helps law firm owners stay laser-focused on their target clients. Design thinking places the client at the center.

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LawSites

JANUARY 26, 2024

Proof provides a litigation services marketplace where law firms and government agencies can access a nationwide network of process servers, electronic court filing services, and remote notarization. He founded the company in 2016, and when we spoke in 2022, he had just raised a $7 million Series A round.

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Joshua Gilliland

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Producing Party agreed to produce the ESI during a teleconference and a Court ordered was then entered. 18, 2016, No. 1:13-CV-1932) 2016 U.S. The Producing Party sought a modification of the Court order to not include metadata, claiming the Requesting Party did not originally request the associated metadata. McSparran v.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It even wrote me a funny Limerick about the Supreme Court: “ There once were nine judges supreme whose robes were a legal dream. We’ll explore the potential impacts of ChatGPT not only on everyday life, but also on the legal industry, education, intellectual property law, geopolitics, and more. And that makes sense.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Trademark owner lost a jury trial, allegedly because the court’s instructions to the jury about initial interest confusion were not favorable enough to the rightsowner. Whether to accept that belief as credible is for a jury to decide, not a matter of law for the Court, and summary judgment must be denied.”

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 25, 2022

Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. A lawyer in rural North Carolina shared that his law firm was one of two in a 40-mile radius. His law firm has not received an unsolicited resume from a lawyer in more than 10 years.

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