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All Things AI Law Librarian-ish, Generative AI, and Legal Research/Education/Technology

LLRX

Is better case law data fueling a legal research boom? Recently, Rebecca Fordon noticed a surge of new and innovative legal research tools. Fordon wondered what could be fueling this increase, and set off to find out more.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

I did a deep dive on this topic in December , but the general gist of it is that copyright law preempts state law claims if the state-law claims come within the general scope of copyright. That’s what copyright law is for. citations omitted) X Corp. Bright Data at 21.

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Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). ML Genius v.

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Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes; How to Break Up Amazon; Specialist Directors; Mandatory Equity Issuances as a First-Best Solution to Punishing Corporate Misconduct

Wisblawg

Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes Univ. 1791 by NATHAN ATKINSON , UW Law School Fines imposed for corporate misconduct may lead to insolvency. Legal Studies Research Paper No.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted.

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The 9 Best Free Legal Research Tools And Databases For Lawyers

CaseFox

Fastcase can provide firms and legal professionals online access to various cases, case law, statutes, amendments, rules & regulations. Not just that, it also provides information about court laws, constitutions and law review articles, etc. You can find cases in Justia from various different courts.

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Court Declines To Compel Employer To Produce Data from Employees’ Personal Mobile Devices

Discovery Advocate

For e-discovery practitioners, adequate diligence and supervision of efforts to identify, preserve and collect potentially relevant information, together with knowledge of the jurisdiction’s relevant case law governing “possession, custody and control” and state law equivalents, are key.

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