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Justia Legal Guides: Consumer Protection Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

This allows a large number of consumers who have suffered the same type of harm caused by the same defendant to pursue their claims as a group. In some cases, a consumer might resort to alternative dispute resolution , rather than litigation. The two main types of ADR are arbitration and mediation.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

Above the Law - Technology

Target customer: Legal professionals: This includes individual attorneys, law firms (from boutique to large multinational firms), in-house legal teams in corporations, and public defenders. This innovation democratizes access to justice, making it as applicable and economical for low-value disputes as for high-value cases.

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Decoding Justice: Key Differences Between Civil and Criminal Litigation

CaseFox

To seek retribution or compensation for perceived harm or wrongdoing, one party (the plaintiff) files a civil litigation lawsuit against another party (the defendant). Civil law proceedings determine whether or not the accused person or organisation, known officially as the defendant, owed the claimant a duty of care.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

Elevator pitch: Fourth Party provides modern solutions to legacy problems within the legal space – particularly alternative dispute resolution. FourthParty makes it easy to prepare for and facilitate high-quality mediations with a secure web application from the negotiation table, home office or working remotely. Users: 300+.

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Using the Amazon Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) may subject you to personal jurisdiction in another state

Brett Trout

The Court held that the brunt of the harm caused by a defendant’s activities need not be suffered in the declaratory judgment state, as long as at least a “jurisdictionally sufficient amount of harm” is suffered in the state.

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Eric Goldman

Koerner Endowed Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School [See part 1 about defendant opt-outs and part 2 about defendant defaults.] b) Alternative Dispute Resolution Process.-A The case then is scheduled for mediation, which does not seem to go well. By guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard , John E.

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Handout from “Ethical Implications of Generative AI for the Michigan Lawyer” Presentation

Dennis Kennedy

If AI assists in a legal decision that’s later challenged, how can I defend its use? How can AI affect alternative dispute resolution processes? AI can help in analyzing past resolutions to suggest possible outcomes, making the mediation or arbitration process more efficient.

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