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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

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It launched in 2017 to great fanfare, promising to “revolutionize legal services” through its dual-entity model of both a law firm and a technology company. In 2017, Forbes named the three founders to its “30 Under 30.” But one thing for certain is that while some products shut down with a whimper, others go out with a bang.

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Dueling Legal Tech Lawsuits: Turns Out Exec Who Sued Former Company in NY Had Herself Been Sued By them A Week Earlier in Dallas

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District Court in Manhattan by a legal tech executive who alleges her former company owes her over $1 million in stock and that her former boss sexually harassed her. “We expect that the New York and Texas courts will rule in favor of our clients,” attorney Shah said in her email.

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Court Doesn’t Expect YouTube to Moderate Content Perfectly–Newman v. Google

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But courts don’t always use facts like that for petard-hoisting, instead grounding their rulings in legal doctrines and admissible evidence. As the Newman court summarized, “this case has shed its intentional discrimination and constitutional claims, becoming—first and foremost—a breach of contract dispute.”

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Reynen Court, ‘App Store of Legal,’ Reduces Staff, Tells Vendors They Could See Service Delays

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Reynen Court , the so-called app store of law, is reducing its headcount, cutting expenses, and telling vendors on its platform they might experience service delays. Reynen Court has now discontinued the online stock offering. But Andrew D. million round earlier this year. Klein did not say how many people have been laid off.

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Let’s take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech–The Register

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Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives Thomas Claburn ANALYSIS The US Supreme Court has issued two decisions that threaten to upend efforts by tech companies to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Read more…

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The Week of Jan. 29 Brings Three Legal Tech Conferences, Spanning BigLaw, SmallLaw and A2J

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Long called Legaltech New York, it was renamed Legalweek in 2017 , and is one of the largest, longest-running and most-anticipated conferences focused on legal technology and the business of law, last year drawing over 6,000 attendees and featuring more than 300 speakers. Legalweek, Jan. 1 Legalweek is the OG of legal tech conferences.

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On LawNext Podcast: Courtroom5 CEO Sonja Ebron on Arming Pro Se Litigants to Succeed in Court

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For those who have to go to court without a lawyer, navigating the justice system can be daunting. With a doctorate in electrical engineering and experience as an entrepreneur, she and cofounder Debra Slone , a PhD librarian and former library school professor, launched Courtroom5 in 2017. .