AI claims are getting more scrutiny and regulators are looking more closely at whether organizations can substantiate what they say their AI does, while courts are beginning to address what happens when AI-generated search summaries get information wrong.
A recent lawsuit claims that an “iconic” saying about the universe and apple pie is as strongly linked with astronomer Carl Sagan as the act of turning letters in a gown is with Wheel of Fortune co-host Vanna White.
Here is the uncomfortable truth about AI in law firms: adoption was the easy part. Firms did in two years what this profession failed to do with almost every technology before it. But adoption was never the goal. Return is. And on return, the evidence is starting to come in — and it should get every managing partner’s attention.
Today, a prospective client may learn about your firm through an AI-generated answer before ever visiting your website. This raises an important question: If an answer engine were to reduce everything your firm says about its AI capabilities to three sentences, would those three sentences still be accurate?
The underlying story is a classic one of an artist whose works weren’t published or recognized for their importance until after the artist’s death. The legal angle in the case revolves around whether the artist’s estate or his former landlords own the common-law copyrights in the works the artist created.
In a case of first impression in the State of New York, the Second Department ruled that the protections of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (RPAPL §993) do not extend to legal entities such as limited liability companies and irrevocable trusts.
Now and then, bankruptcy judges face this issue: after plan confirmation, when can a liquidation trustee assert state law claims in a lawsuit filed in the bankruptcy court?
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which works under the umbrella of the Librarian of Congress, sets statutory-license royalty terms and rates. The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently issued two notable decisions about the CRB.
As quantum machines become more powerful, today’s uncrackable encryption schemes may become trivial to break. Opinions vary as to how soon that moment, so-called “Q Day,” will arrive, but the threat is real.
How do you communicate when you know the harm before you know its cause? For law firms, it comes up both when advising a client and when explaining an incident of their own.
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