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Garbage In, Garbage Out: AI Is Only as Good as the Data You Feed It
July 01, 2025
As AI continues its rapid march through the legal industry, law firms are facing a new kind of strategic imperative. No longer is the question whether to use AI — but rather how to do so responsibly, effectively and competitively.
Gen AI In e-Discovery: The Now, the Next and the Never
July 01, 2025
Generative AI is reshaping e-Discovery workflows, with technology-assisted review evolving from using established continuous active learning methods to advanced large language models. As this transformation unfolds, understanding precisely what is realistic now, what’s imminent on the horizon, and what remains purely speculative is essential for legal professionals and e-Discovery technologists alike.
Enforcing Conservation Easements
June 30, 2025
In Peconic Land Trust, Inc. v Salvatore, the Second Department affirmed the Motion Court’s grant of summary judgment upholding the notice provisions in a conservation easement and held that the landowner’s failure to notify the land trust before they cut down trees that were protected by that conservation easement was a material violation of the easement. The Second Department affirmed Justice Pastoressa’s decision and held that the land trust was entitled to judgment “compelling the restoration of the [protected] property to the condition that existed prior to such violation.”
Third Circuit: A Claim’s Enforceability Is Evaluated As of the Petition Date, Not When Objection Filed
June 30, 2025
In the case of In re Promise Healthcare Group, the Third Circuit, addressing an unresolved question within the circuit, recently held that a claim’s enforceability is evaluated as of the petition date, not at the time an objection to the claim is filed.
IP News
June 30, 2025
Federal Circuit: District Court Did Not Err In Declining to Find Infringement By Moderna’s Activities Involving COVID-19 VaccineFederal Circuit: PTAB Did Not Err In Finding that Prior Art Reference Disclosed Negative Limitation Without Stating a Feature’s Absence
Development
June 30, 2025
Denial of Variances and Special Permit Upheld
Players On the Move
June 30, 2025
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
From Shrinking Newsrooms to “Newsfluencers”: The Media Landscape Is Evolving, and Law Firm Marketing Has to Adapt
June 30, 2025
Over the past six to 12 months, the way people consume, interact with and trust media has undergone a dramatic transformation. From shrinking newsrooms and skyrocketing social media use to the rise of “newsfluencers,” the world of media relations is no longer what it was even a year ago. For law firms, this changing environment presents a critical choice to either adapt or get left behind.
Meta Gets Victory In Significant AI Copyright Case, But Ruling Limited
June 30, 2025
A federal judge handed Meta a major win on June 24 in a closely watched copyright case over its use of books to train large language models, but the ruling stopped well short of giving tech companies blanket protection to scrape creative works for artificial intelligence.
Senate Introduces Measure for ‘Permanent Renewal and Enhancements of Opportunity Zones’
June 30, 2025
As part of its work on the major budget and tax bill, the Senate has introduced a measure that would offer “permanent renewal and enhancement of opportunity zones.”

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