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What You Don't Measure You Can't Improve: AI from the View of an Applied Scientist
January 01, 2024
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.
A Scoreboard of Notable Cases In AI and Copyright
January 01, 2024
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.
GPT-4 and E-Discovery: Sidley Puts It to the Test
January 01, 2024
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.
RLUIPA Claim Is Ripe for Judicial Review When Zoning Board Failed to Hear Appeal
January 01, 2024
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.
Real Property Law
January 01, 2024
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
Landlord & Tenant Law
January 01, 2024
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
Co-ops and Condominiums
January 01, 2024
Tortious Interference Claim Dismissed
Development
January 01, 2024
City Had Authority Over Tree Removal on Privately Owned Streets
New York Real Estate Law Reporter Is Going Digital Only. Here's What You Need to Know.
January 01, 2024
The final print edition of New York Real Estate Law Reporter will be our January issue.
A Race Against Time: Mastering the Art of Timely Lawsuit PR
January 01, 2024
News publications want to report verdicts and judgments the day they are handed down. Waiting to contact the media until after your case is decided means you've missed numerous opportunities to publicize your great work.

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