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Novel Admissibility Considerations for AI

Jonathan Bick

Software is generally admissible as evidence if it is relevant, material, and competent. However, AI differs from traditional software, perhaps requiring novel admissibility considerations.

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Avoiding Ad Fraud In Class Notice

Cecily Uhlfelder & Robert DeWitte

Digital ad fraud involves deceptive practices where fraudulent actors exploit automated advertising systems to drain ad budgets, skew campaign metrics and diminish campaign effectiveness. As the sophistication of ad fraud techniques increases, it is crucial to partner with trained marketing professionals who are vigilant in managing and protecting their campaigns.

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Avoiding Double-Dipping: U.S. Trustee Fees and Creditor Trusts

Nicole M. Sweeney & Megan M. Wasson

The U.S. Trustee has recently taken the position that GUC Trusts (disbursements made by creditor trusts formed under bankruptcy plans) should be required to pay fees on account of their own disbursements to creditors. The outcomes in three recent bankruptcy cases highlight different approaches to addressing the U.S. Trustee's argument: closing bankruptcy cases early, deferring the issue to a later date, or focusing on the distinction between contingent and non-contingent assets.

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When Your Firm Gets Bought Out, Remember That You Are An Asset Image

When Your Firm Gets Bought Out, Remember That You Are An Asset

Bryce Sanders

Career moves are big decisions. They are best not rushed. You are an asset. The acquiring firm made their move because they wanted to bring you and your peers into the organization. Give them a chance to make this worthwhile for everyone concerned.

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New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

City Took Hard Look At Environmental Factors Without Requiring Environmental Impact Statement On Impact of Climate Change Area Variance Grant Upheld for Construction of Fence Landowner Did Not Establish Pre-Existing Nonconforming Use

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A Roadmap for a Curated Career

Adriana Paris

A curated career is not a happy accident or a lucky break — it's the result of deliberate actions and choices that align with one's personal values.

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Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Patent Term Adjustments In Allergan v. MSN Laboratories Image

Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Patent Term Adjustments In Allergan v. MSN Laboratories

Maia H. Harris & Emma C. Mann

On August 13, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential ruling that reversed the District of Delaware's application of the Federal Circuit precedent in In re: Cellect to invalidate a claim in an earlier-filed parent application over admittedly patentably indistinct claims in later-filed (and earlier-expired) child patents. This decision has resolved some substantial questions about the application of obviousness-type double patenting that had been raised by last year's In re Cellect decision.

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Hold On, I'm Suing: Artists' Protests over the Trump Campaign's Use of Their Music and What Some Courts Have Ruled in Similar Instances Image

Hold On, I'm Suing: Artists' Protests over the Trump Campaign's Use of Their Music and What Some Courts Have Ruled in Similar Instances

Stan Soocher

When artists take action over political-campaign settings, it's usually in the form of a cease-and-desist letter sent to a candidate's representatives. In some instances, artists file lawsuits, but to date there's been just a smattering of notable court decisions. This article provides a refresher on these rulings as well as a look at the recent lawsuit by the estate of Isaac Hayes over the Trump campaign's use of the classic soul song "Hold On, I'm Coming."

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Mediation of Commercial Lease Disputes: A Collaborative Approach to Resolving Disputes

Jeffrey A. Margolis

In the view of many experienced practitioners, arbitration has morphed into a time-consuming process, often as expensive as litigation and has other shortcomings such as the non-appealability of the arbitrator's decision. Not so mediation which may be a materially better form of ADR.

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The Fourth Amendment and ESI

Peter A. Crusco

Courts have long acknowledged that searches of computers and other mediums storing electronic information (ESI) often involve a degree of intrusiveness much greater in quantity and in kind from searches of other containers. This article reviews some recent case law that spotlights this ever developing area of the law.

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