Targeted online marketing powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging at the center of major legal battles. One of the main issues being litigated is the alleged exploitation and harm of children by social media [...]
Read MoreSeventy-two percent of the American public uses social media, according to a 2021 Social Media Fact Sheet by the Pew Research Center. This includes platforms such as: Facebook, Snapchat, Nextdoor, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, [...]
Read MoreWith approximately 200 federal and 2000 state fee-shifting statutes, numerous opportunities exist for a party to seek attorneys’ fees from an opponent. Many of these statutes require a party to be a “prevailing party” to [...]
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Tweeting in 160 characters or less has taught us that we can make do with little, if any, punctuation. Learning to saying something with an economy of words so that you can quickly send a […]
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Last week, this blog covered Brennan v. Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co., 2016 Ill. App. 152830, No. 1-15-2830 (July 26, 2016). The case addressed post-judgment motions and the impact they have on the calculation […]
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The facts in Brennan v. Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co., 2016 Ill. App. 152830, No. 1-15-2830 (July 26, 2016) weren’t all that exciting; however its lesson is still important. An elderly woman allowed her […]
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One of the constants learned in law school was that jurisdiction of the court could never be waived. In fact, if the parties did not bring it up, the court was under obligation to raise […]
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Privacy, if it were a natural resource, might currently be viewed as experiencing a supply shortage. Some privacy is relinquished voluntarily, as is the case when a person posts about their private life on Facebook […]
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