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Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Ownership and Fair Use Image

Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Ownership and Fair Use

Shaleen J. Patel & Sushmitha Rajeevan

Machine learning allows certain AI to create entirely new content based upon the materials it used to learn. In the process of creating new content, AI may create copies of copyrighted works in memory storage as a byproduct of its overall output sequence. This article explores authorship and ownership of such AI-generated content, and to what extent, if any, can copyrights be infringed upon when AI reproduces copyrighted works for machine learning.

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Real Property Law

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Conditional Payments Do Not Restart Statute Of Limitations On Foreclosure Action Questions of Fact About Purchasers' Good Faith In Making Mortgage Applications Questions of Fact Remain on Implied Easement Claims Presumption of Hostility Supports Adverse Possession Claim Questions of Fact Remain About County's Liability for Fuel Oil Discharge

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Legal Tech: Spring 2020 E-Discovery and Privacy Case Review Image

Legal Tech: Spring 2020 E-Discovery and Privacy Case Review

Mike Hamilton

This quarter's review will take a look at data in three formats: text messages, paper records and overseas email disputes.

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Development

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Prohibition of Advertising Sign Upheld Failure to Consider Rezoning Application Not Subject to Judicial Review

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CARES Act Puts Inspectors General Back in the Spotlight Image

CARES Act Puts Inspectors General Back in the Spotlight

Daniel R. Alonso, Preston Burton & Meredith Leeson

IGs have been part of the federal landscape for more than 40 years, so why all the fuss now? The answer is that they are a key element of the government's built-in mechanisms for protecting the nation's public treasury, and a relief package of this scope strongly indicates that the IGs and the new oversight bodies will spend many years scrutinizing funds spent under it.

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How to Write Digital Content that Gets Read

Melanie Trudeau

With over 1.7 billion websites on the Internet, you might say we have a content clutter issue. Adding to the pile should be done strategically, with creativity and careful consideration of how to write digital content. This article provides a step-by-step guide for attorneys and legal professionals to follow when writing blogs, articles, legal alerts, white papers and other online content.

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Open Questions Regarding Disallowance Under Section 502(d)

Paul A. Rubin & Hanh V. Huynh

The intra-district divide in the Southern District of New York continued to deepen on the issue of whether claims disallowance under section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code applies to the claim or to the claimant.

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"VARA-90": What Landlords Can Do to Stop the Aerosol Spread … of Graffiti Artists' Claims Image

"VARA-90": What Landlords Can Do to Stop the Aerosol Spread … of Graffiti Artists' Claims

Joseph I. Farca

How did the artists qualify for protection under the Visual Artists Rights Act, how could the owners know whether the artists had achieved "recognized stature" warranting prevention of their works' destruction, and what could the owners have done to avoid liability while retaining the right to dispose of their properties as they saw fit?

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Small Law, Big Changes: The Coming Disruption in the Legal Industry Image

Small Law, Big Changes: The Coming Disruption in the Legal Industry

Rinky S. Parwani & Greg Garman

The billable hour is still profitable from a transactional perspective, but from a strategic perspective, in today's economy, that profitability has begun to erode. That's because our economy has fundamentally transformed into a service economy that is based on leverage and scale.

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Legal Tech: Legal Departments Leaving Light On for E-Discovery Providers Willing to Renegotiate Image

Legal Tech: Legal Departments Leaving Light On for E-Discovery Providers Willing to Renegotiate

Frank Ready

In the COVID-19 economy, in-house legal departments will likely continue to insource many of their e-discovery needs since the same staff can often be used to perform other vital office functions. However, some departments may use this as an opportunity to try and negotiate lower prices with outside e-discovery providers.

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