LawSnap by Adam David Long
Helping emerging tech and the legal system to help each other: artificial intelligence, smart contracts and web3
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 6
- Latest publication
- Sep 3, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 3, 2026
Latest issues
What Actually Gets Trademark Cases Dismissed at the Pleading Stage (opens the original)
Read excerpt
When the defendant in a federal trademark infringement case moves to dismiss, they win about one quarter of the time. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="349" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uq6H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%
Why Employers Win 85% of Some Arbitration Motions — and 6% of Others (opens the original)
Read excerpt
In a California state employment case, when the employer moves to compel arbitration, the employer wins roughly 7 times out of 10. In the other 3 out of 10, the employee successfully opposes the motion and the case stays in court.What separates the cases where the employer wins from the cases where the employee wins?Subscribe nowWe looked at 183 California state-court rulings on motions to compel arbitration in employment cases, drawn from tentative rulings
Do Judges Trust Some Experts More Than Others? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="Mid-century-style illustration of a courtroom hearing. A female judge sits at the bench, looking more receptive toward a calm expert on the left who presents a simple step-by-step diagram. On the right, another expert points to a dense, tangled reconstruction char
Federal Court Should Be Hard. But Not THIS Hard. (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="Mid-century-style illustration of a lawyer carrying a briefcase as a friendly robot guides him up the steps of a federal courthouse while holding a map." class="sizing-normal" height="765" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Az_h!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_
Colorado Made You Do It. The FTC Doesn’t Care (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Colorado and the FTC appear to be pulling AI companies in opposite directions.Under Colorado’s new automated-decision law, a person turned down for a job, loan, or apartment has a right to know whether automated technology played a role and how it was used.Subscribe nowWhether that amounts to “Colorado protecting people from discrimination by opaque algorithms” or “Colorado strangling innovation for the benefit of the plaintiffs’ bar” is, of course, hotly debated.No
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.