March, 2021

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ACLU requests documents on artificial intelligence from national security agencies

JURIST

Following the release of a report on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in government, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Friday that they have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to gather details about how national security and intelligence agencies are using AI in ways that may violate people’s civil rights.

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Supreme Court of Oregon Holds a 10-2 or 11-1 "Not Guilty" Vote is a "Not Guilty" Verdict and Not a Hung Jury

EvidenceProf Blog

In Ramos v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court held that "if the Sixth Amendment’s right to a jury trial requires a unanimous verdict to support a conviction in federal court, it requires no less in state court." Before, this opinion, a.

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Senate Judiciary holds hearing on “dark money” and Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has been talking about anonymous political donations and the Supreme Court for a long time. Now, Whitehouse is using his new position as the chair of a key Senate subcommittee to bring more attention to the issue. The senator on Wednesday held. The post Senate Judiciary holds hearing on “dark money” and Supreme Court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Priority Claims in US Applications

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch. The vast majority of US non-provisional patent applications (utility) claim some form of priority relationship back to a previously filed patent document. The chart below shows the percentage of applications that assert these various forms of priority claims. Note that continuation applications have continued to rise while provisional applications show a plateau.

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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ABA Techshow 2021 Visual Notes: Responding to Online Disinformation

MyCase

Three decades ago, the internet was not well-traversed and very few people even knew it existed. Fast forward to 2021 and it’s an entirely different story. We live in a digital world now, and the internet is central to many aspects of our personal and business lives. These days we communicate, interact, purchase goods and services, and get work done online.

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Federal court dismisses Oregon lawsuit challenging Native American water rights

JURIST

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit on Friday brought by Oregon ranchers which would have prevented the Klamath Tribes from exercising their water rights when they interfere with Oregon ranchers’ irrigation. The district court originally dismissed the ranchers’ lawsuit for lack of standing under Article III of the US Constitution and ruled that the Klamath Tribes’ water rights, pursuant to a treaty made in 1864, s

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Southern District of Mississippi Rejects Reptile Theory Evidence

EvidenceProf Blog

Reptile strategy has taken the plaintiffs' bar by storm. The Reptile theory asserts that you can prevail at trial by speaking to, and scaring, the primitive part of jurors' brains, the part of the brain they share with reptiles. The.

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Amid March Madness, antitrust dispute over college athlete compensation comes to the court

SCOTUSBlog

This weekend the National Collegiate Athletic Association will host its storied “Final Four” to determine the champions of the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments. But first the NCAA will be in a different high court on Wednesday: the U.S. Supreme Court, which will. The post Amid March Madness, antitrust dispute over college athlete compensation comes to the court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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5 SaaS Renewal Best Practices (That Actually Work!) for Retaining Customers & Improving Renewals

The Process Street

Every 28 days, a lovely Hermes delivery-person brings a crate of the world’s finest craft beer to my house. But if it were up to me, I wouldn’t receive these beer boxes at all. In early 2020, I tried to unsubscribe from [REDACTED] — a monthly beer subscription company — as I felt it was an unnecessary expense. I soon realized, though, that unsubscribing would be a Herculean task.

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.

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Cybersecurity Tips for Lawyers Working Remotely

MyCase

It’s been nearly a year since the start of the pandemic. Shortly after its arrival, quarantines and shutdowns followed in many areas of the country, causing many law firms to shift to a remote workforce. With that sudden and unexpected transition to remote work, lawyers began to increasingly rely on cloud-based technologies in order to ensure that they could continue to represent their clients no matter where they happened to be working on any given day.

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Why Paralegals Should Understand A.I. and Analytics in Today’s Legal Field

My Paralegal Place

As a licensed attorney and technology enthusiast who is immersed in A.I., I found it interesting when my 65-year-old mother came out of retirement as an English professor to work as a paralegal in a law firm for the first time. Like many today, my mother was curious on how […]. The post Why Paralegals Should Understand A.I. and Analytics in Today’s Legal Field appeared first on.

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Cuba passes animal welfare law amid pressure from activists

JURIST

The Cuban government has passed a long-awaited animal welfare law after decades of ignoring citizens’ demands for animal rights legislation. The Animal Welfare Bill requires state agencies and animal welfare organizations to uphold duties concerning animal physical and mental health while prohibiting all forms of animal abuse, which carries fines up to 7,000 pesos.

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The problem of Amazon Basics

Patently O

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this situation that is rampant in the industry. [link]. This video might be a good starting point for a course on intellectual property law. — Dennis Crouch (@patentlyo) March 3, 2021.

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California Civil Discovery Act Undergoes Significant Overhaul

Short article looking at the new CCP 2016.

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Justices reject immigrant’s bid to seek relief from deportation

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued its opinion in Pereida v. Wilkinson, a case about whether an immigrant living in the country without authorization can seek relief from deportation for a minor crime. The court ruled 5-3 that because the noncitizen bears the burden to. The post Justices reject immigrant’s bid to seek relief from deportation appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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More people are applying to law schools, and those with top LSAT scores are also increasing

ABA Journal

Securing a spot at a top law school could become more difficult this year, as more people with high scores on the Law School Admission…

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Review: Dennis Kennedy’s Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law

LLRX

Jerry Lawson is a lawyer, speaker, author, advisor and leader in the field of legal technology. If you are looking to get better results from your organization, whether a law firm or other legal organization, Lawson believes you can’t do better than letting Dennis Kennedy's recent book be your guide.

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Women of Legal Tech: Someera Khokhar

LawTechnologyToday

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes 132 talented and influential women leaders. Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021.

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Dangers of Digital "Reporting": Legal Risks and Unreliable Transcripts

In the world of legal proceedings, the choice between a certified stenographer and digital "reporting" holds significant implications. Certified stenographers go through rigorous training and testing and stand as the gold standard for accuracy in capturing every word. Their expertise ensures a reliable record, a crucial foundation for legal cases.

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Federal appeals court rules Uber cannot force arbitration of disability discrimination claims

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) cannot force plaintiffs to arbitrate their disability discrimination claims. The plaintiffs include motorized-wheelchair users from the Pittsburgh area and the Pittsburghers for Public Trust, which is a non-profit organization that aims to make “transportation … available and accessible to all, including people with limited mobility.” The plaintiffs alleged that Uber discriminated

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Make Sure your Patent Application is “DIRECTED TO” a Specific Technological Solution

Patently O

Enco Systems, Inc. v. DaVincia, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2021) [ ENCO ]. Judge Stephen Limbaugh (E.D. Mo.) sided with the accused infringer DaVincia– holding that the claims of ENCO’s U.S. Patent No. 7,047,191 are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as directed to an abstract idea. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed. U.S. Patent No. 7,047,191 claims a method of providing captioning in an audio-visual signal using speech-to-text processing.

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Divided court issues bright-line ruling on Fourth Amendment seizures

SCOTUSBlog

Against a backdrop of increasing national attention to police violence, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued an opinion in a closely watched criminal-procedure case that clarifies the meaning of the term “seizure.” The Fourth Amendment provides important constitutional limits on abusive policing. These protections take. The post Divided court issues bright-line ruling on Fourth Amendment seizures appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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LexisNexis Expands Award-Winning Context Platform with Context Attorney Analytics

LegalReader

Build stronger arguments, anticipate strategies and neutralize opposing counsel’s arguments with legal language analytics that focus on attorney arguments linked to written judicial opinions.

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Optimizing Contract Management and Enhancing Team Collaboration: Insights from a Legal Operations Perspective

Speaker: Adina Marta Newman

Learn about a world of effective contract management and seamless teamwork across departments in this upcoming webinar from Cobblestone Software. You'll discover practical strategies and tips that legal professionals can use to streamline contract processes and enhance collaboration, making significant impact across legal and corporate departments. Join us as we show how you can supercharge contract processes, improve team communication, and take your contributions to the next level.

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I Analyzed 40 Top Tech Blog Welcome Emails: Find Out Their Secret

The Process Street

Welcome emails are the one email you should be sending. Why? Because they have a 91.43% open rate, can create an 86% lift in unique open rate , and have on average 5x the click-through rate of a standard email marketing campaign. I’ve uncovered heaps more stats that I’ll share with you later in the post. For this article I took the time to subscribe to 40 top tech blogs and applied quantitative research to categorize and break down their welcome emails.

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LEARNING FROM TECH TO REDUCE LEGAL RISKS AND COSTS

LawTechnologyToday

Over the last year, companies and industries were forced to adapt and adjust to a global pandemic that has shifted the way business is done. Companies looking to stay ahead of the challenges had to quickly incorporate or implement technology in order to operate — like adding new technologies that enhanced customer or employee interaction. The pandemic has been a catalyst that has accelerated the adoption of many different technologies.

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UN expert on North Korea urges Security Council to act on allegations of human rights violations

JURIST

A UN expert urged the Security Council Wednesday to take action on allegations of human rights violations in North Korea. Tomas Ojea-Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur for North Korea, spoke at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, where he stated that such claims should be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution. “[A commission] concluded that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue to be committed in the DPR Korea,” Ojea-Quint

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Texas is Big: Albright did not Abuse Discretion in Moving Case from Midland to Waco.

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch. In re True Chemical Solutions, LLC ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ). This is another mandamus petition out of Judge Albright’s courtroom — this time denied. The patentee True Chem filed the declaratory-judgment lawsuit against PCC in the Midland division of W.D.Tex. back in 2018, before Judge Albright joined the bench. In 2019 the case was reassigned to Judge Albright who conducted some of the proceedings in his Waco courtroom.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.