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The EU AI Act Will Transform Practices for AI Governance In the U.S.
The EU AI Act solidifies one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to bring governance to unlock innovation in AI. U.S. companies have asked, what exactly does this development mean for their businesses?
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The Indispensable Role of Litigation Analytics in Modern Class Action Practice
The need for precise, accurate, and comprehensive data analysis is paramount in class action litigation, where the stakes are high and the complexities manifold. At the heart of this change is the rising tide of litigation analytics.
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What Does 2024 Hold for Cybersecurity?
Our annual poll of experts on the trends and developments to watch out for in 2024 in AI, data privacy, cybersecurity, e-discovery and more.
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What You Don't Measure You Can't Improve: AI from the View of an Applied Scientist
We caught up with an actual, real-life scientist, Jeremy Pickens, Head of Applied Science at Redgrave Data, for a Q&A that ran the gamut from a history of AI, to how one becomes a data scientist, the difference between AI in consumer industry and legal, what we can expect from AI in 2024, LLMs on acid, and more.
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A Scoreboard of Notable Cases In AI and Copyright
Artificial intelligence has dominated intellectual property news since the public introduction of OpenAI's ChatGPT, the generative AI chatbot, in November 2022. Now, 2024 starts off with court decisions and procedural rulings having taken shape in 2023 lawsuits that were filed over the collision of creative content with generative AI programs.
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GPT-4 and E-Discovery: Sidley Puts It to the Test
A quantifiable look at whether GPT-4 is likely to live up to these expectations in the legal context and, more specifically, as it relates to document review in e-discovery.
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RLUIPA Claim Is Ripe for Judicial Review When Zoning Board Failed to Hear Appeal
In a reversal of the District Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals found that the failure of a local Zoning Board of Appeals to hold a hearing on an appeal from the determination of the building inspector, constituted a final determination that was ripe for judicial review.
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Real Property Law
Forgery Claim Not Barred By Statute of Limitations, Laches, or Equitable Estoppel Recorded Easement Was Abandoned No Easement By Implication Where Parcel Had Water Access from a Different Lot
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Landlord & Tenant Law
Settlement Agreement Did Not Terminate Guarantor's Obligation Tenant Failed to Raise Question of Fact About Whether Building Contained Six or More Units and Was Therefore Subject to Rent Stabilization Landlord Not Entitled to Future Rent from Tenant While Also Enjoying Possession Guarantor Not Liable for Use and Occupancy
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Tortious Interference Claim Dismissed
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