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Justia Legal Resources: Guide to Lawsuits and the Court Process

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

If youre considering bringing a lawsuit, or if youve been sued by someone else, you may come across a lot of unfamiliar terms and concepts. A section of the Lawyers and the Legal Process Center in the Justia Legal Guides tries to make lawsuits and the court process more accessible to the average person.

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Justia Legal Resources: Foreclosure Law Center

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A homeowner who has a defense to foreclosure can raise the defense in response to the lawsuit. A homeowner who has a defense would need to file a new lawsuit in court. Under federal law, a tenant generally can stay until the lease ends even if their landlord loses ownership of the property.

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Antitrust Law Landscape in 2025

Martindale-Avvo

The role of antitrust attorneys The role of lawyers in antitrust tends to fall either in antitrust litigation or in advisory and drafting services during mergers and acquisitions. Attorneys General take action to enforce antitrust laws, bringing suit against alleged violators of the acts.

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Justia Legal Resources: Education Law Center

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This can help them decide how to handle a situation, including whether they should manage it on their own or work with a lawyer to protect their child’s interests. The Education Law Center in the Justia Legal Guides serves as a useful starting point. In some cases, you also may be able to file a lawsuit in federal court.)

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Justia Legal Resources: Consumer Protection Law Center

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Federal law provides for a narrow exception, though, if a debtor can show that this would cause an undue hardship to the debtor and their dependents. A class action is a type of lawsuit in which many consumers (or other types of plaintiffs) can pursue compensation from the same defendant after suffering the same or similar harm.

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Leveraging AI to Enhance Your Legal Blog: How ChatGPT Can Help Lawyers Develop a Business Development Niche

Kevin O'Keefe

The single biggest impediment to blog success for lawyers is failing to focus on a niche. Niche blogs become must reads for an audience, enable a lawyer to build a reputation (often where no other lawyer is playing) and enable relationships to flourish, often for work outside the niche. The tighter the niche the better.

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Section 230 Applies to Nextdoor Consumer Reviews–Duffer v. Nextdoor

Eric Goldman

Because the removal of content is a traditional editorial function, Section 230(c)(1) bars plaintiff’s lawsuit.” The plaintiff claimed that federal law didn’t preempt his state law claim, but the court breezily rejects that. (I ” The court cites Force v. ” Motion to dismiss granted.