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Event Tomorrow Marks the End of Commercial Restrictions on the Caselaw Access Project that Digitized All U.S. Case Law

LawSites

T he Caselaw Access Project , part of Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab , completed its three-year project to digitize all U.S. case law — some 6.4 million cases dating all the way back to 1658, a span of 360 years. million published cases (and which has continued to grow since then).

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Event Tomorrow Marks the End of Commercial Restrictions on the Caselaw Access Project that Digitized All U.S. Case Law

Legal Tech Monitor

T he Caselaw Access Project , part of Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab , completed its three-year project to digitize all U.S. case law — some 6.4 million cases dating all the way back to 1658, a span of 360 years. million published cases (and which has continued to grow since then).

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Using Legal Analytics to Find Your Best Legal Argument, Hire the Right Lawyer & Retain the Best Expert (Serena Wellen Context/LexisNexis)

Technically Legal

Context leverages machine learning and natural language processing from Ravel, a company LexisNexis acquired in 2017. Context can help identify the case law judges and adversaries rely on the most, and how likely a court is to grant their motions. Context is also a helpful tool outside of the courtroom.

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Marking the Retirement of Jerry Larkin, Who Led the ARDC With Exceptional Foresight, Integrity, and ‘Irish Wit’

Legal Tech Monitor

When Jerome “Jerry” Larkin joined the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) in 1978, he had just graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, spent eight years in the Catholic seminary system, and knew he wanted to dedicate his career to public service. He was a gentleman in dealings with his opponents.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The legislative history also expressed an intent to retain existing case law on vicarious liability of a principal for the acts of its agents, including independent contractors. Supreme Court. As a result, a rich body of case law has developed distinguishing direct liability from secondary liability. 3d at 593. [To

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Get Inside the Heads of Experts and Judges Using Their Own Historical Data

TechnoLawyer

The Killer Feature Context grew out of Ravel Law , which LexisNexis acquired in 2017. Ravel Law garnered attention for its judge analytics offering, enabling lawyers to get inside the head of a judge before starting a legal research project. Leveraging its analytics increases the probability of winning a case."

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What Judges are really saying about Technology Assisted Review

Discovery Advocate

The recent article “ Court Guideposts for the Path to Technology Assisted Review Adoption ,” published in Computer Science and Information Technology and originally presented as part of the proceedings of the 2017 Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute, addressed exactly that issue.

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