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Rule 5.5 Demystified: What Every New Lawyer Needs To Know To Practice Ethically | Justia CLE & Webinars

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

From 2000-2020, he was counsel with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (“ARDC”), investigating and prosecuting hundreds of attorney misconduct matters, assisting in drafting Supreme Court Rule amendments, presenting at attorney ethics seminars, and participating in public outreach programs.

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Meta’s Fact-Checking Rollback: Governance, Free Speech, and User Safety

Berkley Technology Law Journal

As courts have interpreted this law broadly, many argue that online platforms have abused such immunity and hold too much power. Courts have repeatedly ruled that private companies, including social media platforms, are not state actors and thus are not bound by the First Amendment in the same way the government and public entities are.

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CA Anti-SLAPP Law Applies to #MeToo Instagram Post–Nelson v. Bridgers

Eric Goldman

“In October 2020, Bannon made a lengthy post to Instagram summarizing negative experiences of persons doing business with Nelson and of his romantic partners, and recounting her own bad experiences with him.” The court easily disagrees. ” Nelson separately sued Bannon and Bridgers for defamation and related claims.

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An Early Win for Copyright Owners in AI Cases as Court Rejects Fair Use Defense

Debevoise Data Blog

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc. some creative spark.

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How to Solve Unmet Legal Needs and Restore Public Trust – A Justice Blueprint

Colin S. Levy

Public opinion of the nations judicial system and courts fell to a record-low in 2024, according to the latest Gallup poll. For example, historically the Supreme Court employed antitrust doctrine to ease competitive barriers and reduce costs for things like real estate title searches and bar exam review courses.

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The Security ‘Scapegoat?’: When Liability Comes Knocking, CISOs Answer the Call

Berkley Technology Law Journal

District Court for the Southern District of New York suggests that CISOs might be outside of point-blank range. The Courts Ruling on Internal Accounting Controls A key aspect of the courts decision was its dismissal of the SEC’s internal accounting controls claim against SolarWinds and Brown.

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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

But courts may take divergent paths on those issues, especially given the fact-specific nature of many of the plaintiffs challenges, which depend not only on their specific claimed rights but also on the way each AI company has trained their model and how those models function. Showing Substantial Similarity of Generative AI Outputs.