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Justia Legal Resources: Guide to Lawsuits and the Court Process

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The main type of remedy is damages, which is money that the court orders a defendant to pay to the plaintiff as compensation for what the defendant did wrong. This is an order that tells the defendant to do or not do something. When Can a Federal Court Hear a Case? Otherwise, a state court will hear the case.

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Website Accessibility for Law Firms: Is Your Site ADA Compliant?

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

This means your law firms website needs to be accessible to people with vision, hearing, mobility, and cognitive impairments. Provide captions for videos and transcripts for audio content to support users who are deaf or hard of hearing. Proactive compliance is far less costly than defending a lawsuit.

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Justia Legal Resources: Foreclosure Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Eventually, they probably will need to go to a court hearing on the issue. How Can You Defend Against a Foreclosure? This warrants accelerating the process to prevent any harm to the property that would reduce its value. If the homeowner has not abandoned the home, they can respond to the lender’s motion.

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Deepfaked Evidence: What Case Law Tells Us About How the Rules of Authenticity Needs to Change

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Khalilian , defense moved to exclude a voice recording ostensibly showing the defendant making threats on the grounds that it could be deepfaked. In a colloquy with the court, the prosecution argued that a witness familiar with the defendant’s voice could listen to the audio and affirm that it sounds like the defendant.

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Judge Rejects SAD Scheme Joinder–Toyota v. Schedule A Defendants

Eric Goldman

Toyota brought a SAD Scheme case against 103 defendants before Judge Daniel in the Northern District of Illinois. If these justifications sound familiar, it’s because these are the generic rotely-made defendant-unspecific allegations that are copied and pasted into most SAD Scheme complaints. Seriously, Toyota? Do better).

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Lessons Learned from 2024 and the Year Ahead in AI Litigation

Debevoise Data Blog

Generative AI has transformed how people around the world work; how they create; and what they see, hear, and watch online. Although plaintiffs have been dealt some setbacks, they have responded by bringing new legal claims against a broader class of defendants, making clear that there is no end in sight to these disputes.

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What is the Difference Between a Good Patent and a Bad Patent?

Brett Trout

Brett Trout When people hear the word patent, they often assume its a uniform stamp of protectionsomething rigid, standardized, and identical no matter who files it. But heres the truth that savvy inventors and business owners come to learn: not all patents are created equal.