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Justia Legal Resources: Foreclosure Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The Foreclosure Law Center provided by Justia aims to illuminate what can be a complex process. Unless applicable laws or the terms of the mortgage provide a right to reinstatement, a lender does not need to permit reinstatement, but they may find this solution simpler than foreclosure. How Can You Defend Against a Foreclosure?

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Justia Legal Resources: Workers’ Compensation Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The Workers’ Compensation Law Center at Justia provides insights on how the process unfolds. Even if a business labels a worker as an independent contractor, they still are considered an employee if they meet the definition of this term under state law. Still, pursuing workers’ compensation is not always straightforward.

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

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

Your website plays a critical role in how potential clients discover, evaluate, and ultimately choose your law firm. This means your law firms website needs to be accessible to people with vision, hearing, mobility, and cognitive impairments. So, which level should your law firm aim for? Law firms are not exempt.

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

Berkley Technology Law Journal

What our limited case law tells us In some cases, judges have displayed strong displeasure at a party trying to pass the buck by crying “deepfake” without basis. Khalilian , defense moved to exclude a voice recording ostensibly showing the defendant making threats on the grounds that it could be deepfaked. In Huang v.

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Justia Legal Resources: Products Liability Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

The Products Liability Law Center in the Justia Legal Guides aims to illuminate this area of the law, helping injured people protect their rights. Negligence involves showing that the manufacturer or other defendant failed to use appropriate care. A plaintiff may raise both theories if state law and the facts of the case permit.

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Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. Amazon

Eric Goldman

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). ” Case Citation : Ramos v.

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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. The first is when the lawsuit raises a question of federal law.

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