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2019 California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting

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Set against the gorgeous coastline of Monterey, California at the beautiful Portola Hotel & Spa, the 2019 California Lawyers Association (CLA) Annual Meeting had a small town feel of something much bigger. — Laurence Colletti (@LaurenceEsq) October 10, 2019. CLA 2019 Annual Meeting: Updates from CLA Leadership.

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Court Finally Rejects “Discrimination” Lawsuit Against YouTube–Divino v. Google

Eric Goldman

This long-running lawsuit started in 2019. You’d think that if that claim is your strongest/only claim, you’d go ahead and give up, but I’m not a litigator so what do I know? and this lawsuit was filed in 2019, so the provisions couldn’t have been breached at the time of filing.

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Think Kiwi Farms Is Legally Unassailable? Copyright Law Might Disagree–Greer v. Moon

Eric Goldman

The district court dismissed the contributory claim because the defendants didn’t materially contribute to the infringement. on Kiwi Farms” in April 2019. The court says the defendants waived any fair use defense by briefing it inadequately. . Failure to honor the 512(c)(3) notice would disqualify the defendants for 512.

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Courts Disrupted: Pew Study Finds Pandemic Caused Courts to Revolutionize their Operations, But Says More Needs to be Done

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They supplemented that review with an analysis of court approaches to virtual hearings, e-filing, and digital notarization, focusing on how these tools affected litigants in three of the most common types of civil cases: debt claims, evictions and child support. Disproportionate Impact.

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Akin Gump Loses Bid To Dismiss Legal Tech Company’s Counterclaims In Suit Over Ownership Of Bill-Drafting Software

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To the contrary, the company asserted that Agnello stole its idea after it gave him a demonstration of the software in 2019. “Defendants claim only that the representation was false, not malicious, and thus fail to plead an essential component of the first element of the claim,” the judge wrote.

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Allegations of a Bribe-Driven Facebook-OnlyFans Conspiracy Unsurprisingly Fall Apart in Court–Dangaard v. Instagram

Eric Goldman

This is the basic reason that summary judgment, at long last, must be GRANTED to Meta defendants. Again, the judge gave ample opportunities to plaintiffs’ counsel to prove up this claim. Again, plaintiffs’ counsel failed to find any poof. This is quintessential Judge Alsup.

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Revisiting Bananas, Duct Tape, Walls, & Copyright–Morford v. Cattelan

Eric Goldman

Cattelan created artwork named “Comedian” in 2019. .” That’s not exactly the answer a court gave, but perhaps close enough. This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” ” Independently (?),