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Found Another One: Court Sanctions Both Local and Lead Counsel for AI-Generated Case Citations 

Brett Trout

While AI promises efficiency and cost savings, a recent case in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of including unverified AI-generated content in court filings. The court discovered that eight of those cases did not exist. Walmart Inc. &

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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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The pandemic caused civil courts in the United States to adopt technology at an unprecedented pace and scale, improving participation in court proceedings and helping users resolve disputes more efficiently. Pew researchers examined pandemic-related emergency orders issued by the supreme courts of all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

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A Judge Enumerates a SAD Scheme Plaintiff’s Multiple Abuses, But Still Won’t Award Sanctions–Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

The plaintiff sued 163 defendants for online marketplace sales and got an ex parte TRO, including Amazon account freezes. After a couple of defendants showed up, the judge denied a TRO extension because of the possible lack of merit in the plaintiff’s infringement allegations. Then, the case fell apart. Proximate Damage.

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Because the SAD Scheme Disregards Due Process, Errors Inevitably Ensue–Modlily v. Funlingo

Eric Goldman

The plaintiff, a fast-fashion vendor operating under the brand Modlily, filed a complaint under seal against 20 defendants, got an ex parte TRO and asset freeze, and rolled to an unopposed preliminary injunction. Echoing Patmont, the court said the “post-domain path of a URL, however, does not typically signify source.

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Amazon Merchant Takedown Notice Attack Spills Over to Court–GM Photo v. Focus Camera

Eric Goldman

GM also alleges that “[e]ach time Focus reported one of GM’s Sigma lens listings as counterfeit, Amazon suspended the reported listing, preventing GM from selling the reported lens.” The district court dismisses some of GM’s claims but allows others to proceed. of GM’s inventory. .”

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Rounding Up Some Recent Copyright Decisions

Eric Goldman

JD E-Commerce America Ltd., The court is unclear about how Joybuy operates, but it appears that Joybuy (via the entity JD) runs its own online marketplace. The court says that Joybuy sufficiently established that it ran its own online marketplace and thus qualified as a service provider. Omnia Studios Ltd.

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Utah Sandbox OKs Two Programs Enabling Non-Lawyers To Give Legal Advice On Medical Debt

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These are only the second and third non-profit projects to be approved to participate in the sandbox and the first in the nation to empower non-lawyers go give limited-scope legal advice about medical debt, according to Stacy Butler , director of the Innovation for Justice Program at the University of Arizona James E.