In what appears to be an issue of first impression, a Washington state superior court judge in State of Washington v. Puloka recently rejected the admission of video exhibits “enhanced by artificial intelligence” for use in a jury trial.
The recent California district court decision dismissing the complaint in X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd. could have significant implications for companies that rely on their terms of use to prohibit unauthorized “data scraping” — that is, using automated tools to extract data from a website or online services.
While data scraping was the subject of significant
In a recent paper, I draw a rough map of the vast field of decentralized finance (DeFi). DeFi serves as an umbrella term for financial platform transactions that operate through automated protocols on blockchain and have prompted hard discussions regarding the public and private nature of money. With a focus on the competing understandings
Author: Luis Blanquez
Are you delegating your pricing decisions to a common algorithm software platform? If so, you might violate the antitrust laws. It may not even matter whether you actually communicated with your competitors. All it might take is for the antitrust agencies—The Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission—to allege
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The resolution of many securities class action lawsuits would benefit from an economic assessment early in the case process. In the following guest post, Assen Koev argues in favor of a standardization of the initial economic assessment analysis as a way to provide the parties and concerned insurers with a clearer picture of
Speaking at the recent conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management hosted by the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, the Director the Division of Investment Management Natasha Vij Greiner cited a number of statistics from the SEC’s recently published “Registered Fund Statistics.” She cited the rapid growth of the asset management industry—now comprised of more
These are some of the compliance-related stories that caught my attention this week.
The Board Member’s Oversight of AI Risk – Moving from Middle to Modern English
By Sean Dowd, Rich Kando, and Chris Crovatto, AlixPartners LLPHarvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Risk assessments take on many forms, but there are three critical components
In the following guest post, Brent Stevens analyzes and summarizes the findings from the 2024 Claims Litigation Management Defense Counsel Study. Brent is a Senior Director at Consilio and leads Consilio’s Insurance Vertical, serving Consilio’s Insurance Industry clients, including carriers, brokers, and their law firms. I would like to thank Brent for allowing
Earlier this month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the United States Department of Commerce issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence tools when practicing before the USPTO. As summarized in the USPTO’s Notice:
“The [USPTO] issues this guidance to inform practitioners and the public of the important issues that