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Leaves The Hollywood Reporter; will continue to practice entertainment/tech law; writes at jhandel.news LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2020) – SAG-AFTRA has engaged entertainment/technology attorney and journalist Jonathan Handel as an outside Special Counsel to the union, effective Sept. MORE
In 2006, inspired by the success of business process outsourcing company Office Tiger, which RR Donnelley acquired that year for $250 million, Ajay Agrawal and Daniel Reed founded UnitedLex, one of the earliest legal process outsourcing companies. MORE
[This post first appeared on MusicTech.Solutions ]. There is a long line of copyright infringement cases that demonstrate how hard it is to right a situation that starts out wrong. MORE
The two-page order last week from the Arizona Supreme Court reads as pedestrian as any routine court order, but its impact is sure to be game changing for the practice of law and access to justice. The court’s order, issued Aug. MORE
"Our land was taken. But we still hold the knowledge of how to stop mega-fires The solution to the devastating west coast wildfires is to burn like our Indigenous ancestors have for millennia Bill TrippWed 16 Sep 2020 06.00 MORE
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is hiring immediately for a new legal fellow position that will expand its capacity to better identify, support, and address the legal needs of journalists of color, newsrooms led by people of MORE
George Socha , cofounder of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), the framework that has guided e-discovery since 2005, and who The American Lawyer named an “ E-Discovery Trailblazer ” in 2013, has joined the global e-discovery company Reveal as senior vice president of brand awareness. MORE
" Some Colorado residents woke up to something that felt crazy after sweltering through the Labor Day weekend: snow. This roller coaster forecast was "truly something that I've never seen," says assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger. MORE
Two months ago, LexisNexis announcing its planned launch of a premium legal research service, Lexis+ , which it said would take a bold approach to providing legal research, AI-driven analytics and practical guidance within a unified and fully integrated platform. MORE
A year ago at its annual Relativity Fest user conference, the e-discovery company Relativity announced that this year’s Relativity Fest would feature the introduction of a next-generation user interface for its cloud discovery platform RelativityOne. MORE
Michael Cheah, Vimeo, Inc.; University of Miami School of Law, and Erika Barros Sierra Cordera, Vimeo, Inc., have published Section 230 and the Twitter Presidency in Northwestern University Law Review Online, 2020. Here is the abstract. In response to Twitter’s MORE
We were off last week, but the Legaltech Week journalists’ roundtable returns tomorrow to discuss and dissect the top news stories of the last two weeks. Join us tomorrow, Sept. 18, at 3 p.m. It’s on Zoom and all free, but registration is required. MORE
Many online services feature comprehensive terms of use intended to protect their business from various types of risks. MORE
The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app. Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/125. AMC TO TAKE OVER SHUTTERED THEATERS FALL OUT FROM CONSENT DECREES CONTINUES IN APPELLATE RULINGCentury Theater Owner’s Negotiation Tactics Approved. MORE
" MINNEAPOLIS — The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing appear to be turning on each other, with each offering significantly different versions of the infamous arrest that acknowledge Floyd should not have been allowed to die that day but also deflect the blame to others. MORE
Last February, the legal research company Casetext launched Compose , a first-of-its-kind product that uses artificial intelligence to help create the first draft of a litigation brief in a fraction of the time it would normally take. MORE
SoloSuit , the Utah-based legal startup that helps consumers respond to debt collection lawsuits, and that originally emerged from LawX , the legal design lab at BYU Law School , is going national. MORE
At some point in the coming days, there will be an announcement for the new head of the U.S. Copyright Office. I fully expect that everyone will have their litmus test for whether the new person (called the “Register” for historical reasons that have probably outlived their usefulness). MORE
The former founder and CEO of litigation platform Allegory Law, Alma Asay is now an evangelist at Litera , where she serves as a legal technology expert and advisor to Litera clients, helping them to bring innovative ways of thinking and practice to life. MORE
Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law, has published How Section 230 Enhances the First Amendment in the American Constitutional Society Issue Brief (2020). Here is the abstract. This Issue Brief explores how Section 230 interacts with the First MORE
It is fitting that Thomson Reuters’ annual survey report on the state of small U.S. law firms, which is being released today, opens with the French phrase, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” — the more things change, the more they stay the same. MORE
Launching today is a company formed to provide cybersecurity, e-discovery, managed review and information governance services to commercial and government organizations, and leading it is the lawyer who formerly served as director of information governance at the White House. MORE
The Law Commission of Ontario has published Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Final Report (March 2020). This is the Final Report of the Law Commission of Ontario’s (LCO’s) Defamation Law in the Internet Age project. The LCO’s project examined MORE
Pair an accomplished civil litigator looking to rethink depositions with a successful technology entrepreneur who just sold his startup to a larger company, add in $3.5 million in seed funding, and you have a recipe for potentially disrupting how lawyers litigate big cases. MORE
Suffolk University Law School’s Legal Innovation and Technology (LIT) Lab today released a free tool that helps tenants exercise their rights under the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s recent eviction moratorium order. MORE
As global compliance regulations have surged over the past decade, corporations in both the U.S. and U.K. MORE
One area of legal practice that may forever be changed by the coronavirus crisis is depositions, as attorneys who long resisted conducting depositions remotely have been forced to adapt. As more depositions go virtual, more technologies emerge to facilitate remote testimony. MORE
The practice management platform MyCase has been sold to a private equity firm, it was announced this morning. MORE
Michael Goodyear, University of Michigan Law School, is publishing Is There No Way to the Truth? Copyright Liability as a Model for Restricting Fake News in volume 34 of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. Here is the abstract MORE
Last week, a putative privacy-related class action was filed in California district court against financial analytics firm Envestnet, Inc. Envestnet”), which operates Yodlee, Inc. Yodlee”). Wesch v. Yodlee Inc. , 20-05991 (N.D. filed Aug. 25, 2020)). MORE
In a move that could dramatically reshape the legal research market going forward, legal research and publishing company Fastcase has acquired the technology and employees of the California legal research platform Judicata , promising to take its unique technology to all 50 states. MORE
[Editor Charlie sez: Here’s an excerpt from the important joint comment by the Songwriters Guild and the Society of Composers & Lyricists to the Copyright Office about how to address the previously secret deals between digital music services and publishers (called the “Negotiated Agreements”. Read the full comment here. ].]. MORE
Last week may have been the first-ever virtual annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association , but just like past years’ face-to-face ILTACONs, this year’s ILTA>ON was the occasion for a flood of major news announcements from legal technology companies. MORE
Gordon P. Firemark
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The Latest episode of my Entertainment Law podcast, Entertainment Law Update, is now available for your enjoyment. Listen here, or subscribe and download in your favorite podcast listening app. Show notes are located at www.entertainmentlawupdate.com/125. AMC TO TAKE OVER SHUTTERED THEATERS FALL OUT FROM CONSENT DECREES CONTINUES IN APPELLATE RULINGCentury Theater Owner’s Negotiation Tactics Approved.
Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law, has published How Section 230 Enhances the First Amendment in the American Constitutional Society Issue Brief (2020). Here is the abstract. This Issue Brief explores how Section 230 interacts with the First
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Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
At some point in the coming days, there will be an announcement for the new head of the U.S. Copyright Office. I fully expect that everyone will have their litmus test for whether the new person (called the “Register” for historical reasons that have probably outlived their usefulness).
Digital Media Law
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Leaves The Hollywood Reporter; will continue to practice entertainment/tech law; writes at jhandel.news LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2020) – SAG-AFTRA has engaged entertainment/technology attorney and journalist Jonathan Handel as an outside Special Counsel to the union, effective Sept.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
In a move that could dramatically reshape the legal research market going forward, legal research and publishing company Fastcase has acquired the technology and employees of the California legal research platform Judicata , promising to take its unique technology to all 50 states.
New Media and Technology Law
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Many online services feature comprehensive terms of use intended to protect their business from various types of risks.
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
[This post first appeared on MusicTech.Solutions ]. There is a long line of copyright infringement cases that demonstrate how hard it is to right a situation that starts out wrong.
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Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is hiring immediately for a new legal fellow position that will expand its capacity to better identify, support, and address the legal needs of journalists of color, newsrooms led by people of
Media Law
AUGUST 31, 2020
The two-page order last week from the Arizona Supreme Court reads as pedestrian as any routine court order, but its impact is sure to be game changing for the practice of law and access to justice. The court’s order, issued Aug.
New Media and Technology Law
AUGUST 31, 2020
Last week, a putative privacy-related class action was filed in California district court against financial analytics firm Envestnet, Inc. Envestnet”), which operates Yodlee, Inc. Yodlee”). Wesch v. Yodlee Inc. , 20-05991 (N.D. filed Aug. 25, 2020)).
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
"Our land was taken. But we still hold the knowledge of how to stop mega-fires The solution to the devastating west coast wildfires is to burn like our Indigenous ancestors have for millennia Bill TrippWed 16 Sep 2020 06.00
Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The Law Commission of Ontario has published Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Final Report (March 2020). This is the Final Report of the Law Commission of Ontario’s (LCO’s) Defamation Law in the Internet Age project. The LCO’s project examined
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Suffolk University Law School’s Legal Innovation and Technology (LIT) Lab today released a free tool that helps tenants exercise their rights under the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s recent eviction moratorium order.
Media Law
AUGUST 31, 2020
In 2006, inspired by the success of business process outsourcing company Office Tiger, which RR Donnelley acquired that year for $250 million, Ajay Agrawal and Daniel Reed founded UnitedLex, one of the earliest legal process outsourcing companies.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Two months ago, LexisNexis announcing its planned launch of a premium legal research service, Lexis+ , which it said would take a bold approach to providing legal research, AI-driven analytics and practical guidance within a unified and fully integrated platform.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
A year ago at its annual Relativity Fest user conference, the e-discovery company Relativity announced that this year’s Relativity Fest would feature the introduction of a next-generation user interface for its cloud discovery platform RelativityOne.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
It is fitting that Thomson Reuters’ annual survey report on the state of small U.S. law firms, which is being released today, opens with the French phrase, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” — the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Michael Goodyear, University of Michigan Law School, is publishing Is There No Way to the Truth? Copyright Liability as a Model for Restricting Fake News in volume 34 of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. Here is the abstract
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
SoloSuit , the Utah-based legal startup that helps consumers respond to debt collection lawsuits, and that originally emerged from LawX , the legal design lab at BYU Law School , is going national.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The former founder and CEO of litigation platform Allegory Law, Alma Asay is now an evangelist at Litera , where she serves as a legal technology expert and advisor to Litera clients, helping them to bring innovative ways of thinking and practice to life.
Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Michael Cheah, Vimeo, Inc.; University of Miami School of Law, and Erika Barros Sierra Cordera, Vimeo, Inc., have published Section 230 and the Twitter Presidency in Northwestern University Law Review Online, 2020. Here is the abstract. In response to Twitter’s
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Pair an accomplished civil litigator looking to rethink depositions with a successful technology entrepreneur who just sold his startup to a larger company, add in $3.5 million in seed funding, and you have a recipe for potentially disrupting how lawyers litigate big cases.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
One area of legal practice that may forever be changed by the coronavirus crisis is depositions, as attorneys who long resisted conducting depositions remotely have been forced to adapt. As more depositions go virtual, more technologies emerge to facilitate remote testimony.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Launching today is a company formed to provide cybersecurity, e-discovery, managed review and information governance services to commercial and government organizations, and leading it is the lawyer who formerly served as director of information governance at the White House.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Last February, the legal research company Casetext launched Compose , a first-of-its-kind product that uses artificial intelligence to help create the first draft of a litigation brief in a fraction of the time it would normally take.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
The practice management platform MyCase has been sold to a private equity firm, it was announced this morning.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
We were off last week, but the Legaltech Week journalists’ roundtable returns tomorrow to discuss and dissect the top news stories of the last two weeks. Join us tomorrow, Sept. 18, at 3 p.m. It’s on Zoom and all free, but registration is required.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
As global compliance regulations have surged over the past decade, corporations in both the U.S. and U.K.
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
[Editor Charlie sez: Here’s an excerpt from the important joint comment by the Songwriters Guild and the Society of Composers & Lyricists to the Copyright Office about how to address the previously secret deals between digital music services and publishers (called the “Negotiated Agreements”. Read the full comment here. ].].
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Last week may have been the first-ever virtual annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association , but just like past years’ face-to-face ILTACONs, this year’s ILTA>ON was the occasion for a flood of major news announcements from legal technology companies.
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
George Socha , cofounder of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), the framework that has guided e-discovery since 2005, and who The American Lawyer named an “ E-Discovery Trailblazer ” in 2013, has joined the global e-discovery company Reveal as senior vice president of brand awareness.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
" Some Colorado residents woke up to something that felt crazy after sweltering through the Labor Day weekend: snow. This roller coaster forecast was "truly something that I've never seen," says assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
" MINNEAPOLIS — The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing appear to be turning on each other, with each offering significantly different versions of the infamous arrest that acknowledge Floyd should not have been allowed to die that day but also deflect the blame to others.
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