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Last Call 1.0.2 (Mobile)

Last Call allows you to calculate your blood alcohol level to determine if it is safe for you to drive after drinking. If not, use Last Call to call a cab. Last Call also provides a list of top local DUI lawyers on Avvo to call for help if you...

Tags: Mobile, Avvo, Blood Alcohol, Food & Beverage, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-18

Court tosses suit against Avvo, concluding algorithmic ratings are protected speech

Court tosses suit against Avvo, concluding algorithmic ratings are protected speechThoughts from Avvo's CEODenise – Mike, you and some observant others have correctly characterized this case from the beginning as being about more than just Avvo. The lawsuit attacked not only the Avvo Rating but also the opinions of...

Tags: Web 2.0, Channel management, Avvo

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Court tosses suit against Avvo, concluding algorithmic ratings are protected speech

Lawyer rating start-up and nascent online community Avvo scored a big win yesterday when it convinced a Washington district court to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed last June. Avvo aggregates available attorney information, assigns subjective and undisclosed value to various factors, and comes up with a 1-10...

Tags: Third Party, First Amendment, Avvo, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Section 230 as safe harbor for case-based identity systems?

Tags: User generated content, Trust, Social networking, Search, Lawsuits, Identity, Attention

Blog posts 2007-06-10

Additional Resources

Lawyer ratings site not without objections

Lawyer ratings site not without objectionsI see great late-night talk show fodder here"Avvo's pages seemed to be riddled with...inexplicable scores in which some felons received better ratings than...internationally renowned litigators."Gotta love the humor in this statement, notwithstanding the further explanation in the article. (And granted, I did some deleting...

Tags: ratings site

Discussion threads 2007-06-05