The Barrister

MARCH 11, 2025

However, only 51% were working in law firms. Those finding were based from the Class of 2018 Study of Law School Employment & Satisfaction report; the information was collected from 1,477 graduates of ABA-accredited law schools in the United States between September and December 2021. 2 The ABA reported 7.6%

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 6, 2025

It’s the king of US legacy media suing the company that is synonymous with generative AI in the United States. In April, the court ruled on Microsoft and OpenAI’s motions to dismiss. But it’s still worth following, because these narrow and technical areas of the law are likely where these decisions are headed. The court agreed.

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Percipient

JULY 1, 2025

The digital age long ago transformed how businesses operate and store information. From hosting information on cloud-based or internal servers, electronic data is the lifeblood of modern business. Understanding the requirements of the SCA is paramount to protecting your business and your customers’ sensitive information.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 22, 2025

Laura Heymann (William & Mary Law) Jeffrey Hunt Angie Jin Josh King Jonathan Klinger Prof. Stacey Lantagne (now of Western New England Law) Prof. Christa Laser (Cleveland State Law) Prof. Yassine Lefouili (Toulouse School of Economics) David Levine (Elon Law) Yoram Lichtenstein Prof. Jeff Kosseff (U.S.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The flagship law in this area is the Consumer Review Fairness Act, enacted by Congress in 2016. My primer on that law. California enacted a similar law, Civil Code 1670.8, informally called the “Yelp Law” (as in, it protected consumers’ rights to post reviews on Yelp). the not-as-a-mark doctrine).

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

MARCH 7, 2025

By: Evan Lees In 2014, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Riley v. California , mandating that law enforcement obtain a warrant before searching digital information and underscoring the critical need for privacy protections in the digital age. [1] The Supreme Court Must Step In., 1149, 1193–94 (2021). [17]

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Eric Goldman

MAY 15, 2025

” The court summarizes: “In response to the Garniers numerous critical and often repetitive comments on the Trustees social media pages, the Trustees deleted or hid the Garniers comments. Prior blog posts on the district court and Ninth Circuit rulings. Freed and remanded this case for reconsideration.

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Rocket Matter

MAY 21, 2025

However, many lawyers are interested in building a multi-state legal practice, whether for personal, professional, or financial reasons. Can you practice law in multiple states ? Fortunately, with the right information and the latest technology, you can grow your practice beyond your states borders.

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

APRIL 12, 2025

Unbeknownst to most, however, is that 167 law enforcement agencies across Virginia are now using public-facing surveillance technology such as Automatic License Plate Readers (“ALPR”) and gunshot listening devices. [1] 10] ALPR images can be searched by license plate number (full or partial) and vehicle information (make, model, and color).

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JULY 9, 2025

From executive orders and Supreme Court decisions to emerging state laws and litigation, the program delivers a thorough analysis of legal forces shaping LGBTQ+ lives nationwide. This session is especially relevant for attorneys practicing in civil rights, constitutional law, employment, healthcare, and family law.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 3, 2025

. ” The TikTok ban provides a good example of why I’m questioning everything about my blog in the Calvinball era of Internet Law. The TikTok ban feels like such a jump-the-shark moment for Internet Law. I also am a UGC site in that I permit readers to post comments.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A web of federal and state laws shields consumers from fraud, abuse, and other forms of harm. The Consumer Protection Law Center at Justia offers both practical advice and legal information. State laws governing debt collection sometimes extend more broadly. What Happens in a Product Recall?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If this happens, a consumer might be able to pursue a claim in court. The Consumer Protection Law Center offers information about these topics and others related to consumer rights. When the damages are relatively limited, a consumer might consider pursuing action in small claims court.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 18, 2023

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).

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Eric Goldman

MAY 17, 2024

Furthermore, the court determined that Facebook’s survival clause did not explicitly cover scraping after the termination of Bright Data’s accounts. It lost for two reasons: one grounded in contract law and the other external. 301(a) , which preempts state laws “equivalent” to copyright. In 2022, in ML Genius v.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Selin Professor of Constitutional Democracy, reviews how this battle between the two branches of government over access to presidential information raises questions about the constitutional authority of Congress and how lawmakers acquire the information needed to hold the executive branch accountable in the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 1, 2024

On appeal to the Supreme Court, the laws baffled the justices due to their sprawling nature, confusing provisions, and misguided policy assumptions. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed to send the cases back to the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits for more careful review of the plaintiffs’ facial challenges to the laws.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 27, 2024

I believe that’s because the court and parties are battling over redactions. Accordingly, every time he played NBA 2K21 with his customized player, Plaintiff alleges that Amazon obtained, disseminated, and stored his biometric information. The court shrugs its shoulders. [This opinion from May just showed up in my alerts.

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Legal Talk Network

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

On Legal Talk Today , Ohio State Law Prof. Foley, author of “ Presidential Elections and Majority Rule ” and “ Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States ,” walks listeners through the history of contested elections and possibilities stemming from Election 2020. Wait, is there an election this week?

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Kevin O'Keefe

JANUARY 25, 2023

Overviews of Iowa’s state laws and regulations related to farming and agriculture, including those pertaining to zoning, land use, and conservation. Information on the rights and responsibilities of Iowa farmers and agricultural businesses, such as labor laws and workplace safety regulations.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 4, 2023

“Information about the arrest was published on the Montgomery County Crimewatch website, and it was ‘picked up by GOOGLE’s search engine.'” The court easily dismisses per Section 230: ICS Provider. Numerous courts have held Google is one. This court repeatedly cites the Kabbaj case. 4th 1242 (Cal.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

By delivering the pixel and related items like cookies, the third party can independently and automatically gather information about the web visitor. This information can be used for analytics purposes or to track users, which can then be fed into remarketing or other targeting. Note: the court cites Facebook v.

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Discovery Advocate

JUNE 7, 2023

Relying on an employee’s memory without an accompanying thorough discussion – informed by potentially relevant technical considerations of where data may reside and a more robust effort to locate it – is unlikely to constitute a “reasonable search” for purposes of defending a response to a request for non-objectionable discovery.

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Discovery Advocate

JUNE 8, 2023

Relying on an employee’s memory without an accompanying thorough discussion – informed by potentially relevant technical considerations of where data may reside and a more robust effort to locate it – is unlikely to constitute a “reasonable search” for purposes of defending a response to a request for non-objectionable discovery.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Where the motion to dismiss concerns questions of law, additional discovery is not required. Therefore, as MindGeek’s motion to dismiss concerns only questions of law, no discovery is required to rule on the motion to dismiss. ” * Doe v. Grant, 2021 Ariz. LEXIS 1327 (Az. Superior Ct. March 31, 2021). Offerup Inc.,

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LLRX

JULY 20, 2024

On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 24, 2023

Many interpreted this as allowing an affirmative right to scrape public data, even if that was not the correct reading of the law and the reality was always more nuanced. Lawyers are increasingly confident that courts will enforce the breach of contract claim against scrapers and obtain the relief thy want. I blame the courts.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Note that the data localization prohibition in this Regulation applies to individual EU Member States’ laws; it does not preclude the EU from implementing data localization requirements. First, they are intended to protect EU intellectual property, confidential information and trade secrets.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 11, 2023

Ellington explains that the impetus for creating SessionGuardian came from working with a law firm to secure their work with eDiscovery vendors and contract attorney staffing agencies. Ellington realized the technology could provide secure access to sensitive information from anywhere.

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CaseFox

JULY 16, 2023

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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Brett Trout

MAY 24, 2024

Whereas your freedom of speech is protected by the Constitution, your right of publicity is protected by a mix of different state laws. Depending on which state you bring your right of publicity lawsuit, you may have a lot or only a little protection. So is the award in the Waits case typical?

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As to the physical location issue, lawyers found themselves often forced to work from the state where they lived and not the state where they were licensed. The de facto permission of their home state was all they could go on. The Florida Supreme Court approved the state’s ethics opinion on remote working in May 2021.

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Advocate's Studio

OCTOBER 15, 2018

DoNotPay, a robot lawyer Chatbot app, is now promising to help people file suits in small claims court, no JD required. DoNotPay offered the ability to sue Equifax in small claims courts throughout the U.S. Does DoNotPay violate state laws on the unauthorized practice of law?

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For more information on the Data Act, see our previous blog post. Data” is defined broadly as “any digital representation of acts, facts or information and any compilation of such acts, facts or information, including in the form of sound, visual or audio-visual recording.”

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Pablo’s enthusiasm for the possibilities ahead underscores the significant impact that generative AI is set to have on the legal industry, promising to revolutionize how legal professionals interact with information and conduct research. And so we kind of fell in love with these things very early on. So that’s part one.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JULY 9, 2022

Much of Professor Van Houweling’s research focuses on copyright law’s implications for new information technologies. And it’s not entirely clear yet whether courts will consistently enforce, as a writing, something as easy to do as click “I agree,” for example. My guess is that the answer to that will typically be, “yes.”

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