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On LawNext Podcast: JusticeText Cofounder Devshi Mehrotra on Leveling the Playing Field for Low-Income Criminal Defendants

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Since then, JusticeText has built a solid base of public defender offices as customers and it recently raised a seed financing round of $2.2 At the time, Mehrotra (pictured above right with Jones-Dove) never envisioned it as a company or a career.

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On LawNext: Rasa Legal Founder Noella Sudbury On Simplifying Criminal Records Expungement

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Also last year, the Utah State Bar honored Sudbury with its 2022 Distinguished Service Award and, in 2019, Utah Business Magazine named her its 2019 Woman of the Year. She later joined the cabinet of then Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams as a senior policy advisor on criminal justice.

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It Turns Out You Can’t “Sue the CDA”–Fyk v. US

Eric Goldman

” In his complaint, Fyk says he published WTF (“Where’s The Fun”) Magazine that achieved success on Facebook, including 25M followers and hundreds of thousands of dollars of revenue each month. The Netflix documentary of his story will be called “Moby Fyk.” That is the problem.

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Ep 175: JusticeText Cofounder Devshi Mehrotra on Leveling the Playing Field for Low-Income Criminal Defendants

LawNext podcast

Devshi Mehrotra was a computer science undergraduate at the University of Chicago when she and classmate Leslie Jones-Dove developed JusticeText , an platform that makes it easier for public defenders to review and analyze the massive quantities of police body cam and other video footage that is becoming increasingly common in criminal cases.

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Local Q&A: Is Memorial Day weekend a busy time for DWI attorneys?

Martindale-Avvo

In our findings, we see that DWI attorneys experience increased demand for their services around Memorial Day weekend as individuals charged with DUI/DWI offenses seek legal representation to defend their rights, navigate the legal process, and potentially mitigate the consequences of their charges.

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On LawNext: Rasa Legal Founder Noella Sudbury On Simplifying Criminal Records Expungement

Legal Tech Monitor

Also last year, the Utah State Bar honored Sudbury with its 2022 Distinguished Service Award and, in 2019, Utah Business Magazine named her its 2019 Woman of the Year. She later joined the cabinet of then Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams as a senior policy advisor on criminal justice.

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Why Attorneys Need to Implement Email Encryption

Law Technology Today

Legal cases by nature involve a slew of confidential and sensitive information regarding plaintiffs, defendants, financial data, estate details, settlement information, etc. Rather than distance themselves from reality, law firms need to look more closely at adding encryption to their cybersecurity defenses.