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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

In so holding, however, the Court declined to resolve the logically antecedent question of whether the discovery rule applies to the three-year copyright statute of limitations, finding “that issue is not properly presented here, because Warner Chappell never challenged the Eleventh Circuit’s use of the discovery rule below.”

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Why the Avianca ‘Bogus Cases’ News Is Not About Either Generative AI or Lawyers’ Tech Competence

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It was bound to happen sooner or later: Two lawyers face sanctions for filing a brief laden with bogus cases hallucinated by ChatGPT. In an affidavit filed in the case , Steven A. 2019 is a real case. 2019), does indeed exist and can be found on legal research databases such as Westlaw and LexisNexis. Not in the least.

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Is this the Fastest Document Search in Legal?

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A product launched this week claims to be the fastest search and review platform in legal for matters involving large document collections — discovery, investigations and compliance — and the first to seamlessly combine keyword and algorithmic search. Catalyst was acquired by OpenText for $75 million in 2019.

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Friday Wrap: Four Notable Legal Tech Deals as Athennian Raises $33M, Nexl Acquires Jade, Proof Raises $7M, and Justpoint Raises $6.9M

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I first wrote about Athennian in 2020, when it stepped out of its stealth development mode to announce an $8 million CAD Series A investment, on top of a previously unannounced $2 million CAD seed financing round in 2019. . Proof Raises $7M. Its network covers all 50 states. Justpoint Raises $6.9M.

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Why the Avianca ‘Bogus Cases’ News Is Not About Either Generative AI or Lawyers’ Tech Competence

Legal Tech Monitor

It was bound to happen sooner or later: Two lawyers face sanctions for filing a brief laden with bogus cases hallucinated by ChatGPT. In an affidavit filed in the case , Steven A. 2019 is a real case. 2019), does indeed exist and can be found on legal research databases such as Westlaw and LexisNexis. Not in the least.

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The Five Legal Tech Themes I Took Away from #ILTACON22

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TechRadar described the problem well: “In order to get work done, accurately and punctually, you need to divide your time and attention between different windows, screens, data sources, files, alerts, monitors, programs, etc. Not surprisingly, e-discovery, AI, security, litigation and governance make frequent appearances.

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The 10 Legal Tech Trends that Defined 2021

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For 2019, I replaced the year-end list with a decade-end list. In 2019, KLDiscovery became a public company as the result of a merger. legal tech companies go public: alternative legal services provider LegalZoom (Nasdaq:LZ), legal technology company Intapp (Nasdaq:INTA), and e-discovery company DISCO (NYSE:LAW).