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Paranoid Androids [1]: Artificial Intelligence, In-House Counsel, and the Attorney-Client Privilege
Many things go without saying. But the fact that attorneys wear many hats—especially those working as in-house counsel—shouldn’t be one of them. These professionals must not only appear Janus-like in their ability to vacillate between roles on demand, but they must now do so while wrangling their new, un-bonnetable teammate, Artificial Intelligence….By: Butler Snow LLP
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Liability in Fatal Trucking Accidents in California
Accidents involving large commercial trucks often lead to complex legal processes. The most complicated aspect of a fatal truck accident is identifying the person or company responsible for it. Depending on the details of the accident, it’s possible for the truck driver or truck company to be responsible for it….By: Maison Law
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You Can’t Get Two Bites at the Apple – Or, Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave
Key Points: Judicial estoppel only requires that the party “successfully obtained a benefit by assertion of the position that she now seeks to dispute.” Expert testimony and closing arguments are sufficient for the purposes of application of judicial estoppel….By: Marshall Dennehey
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Generative AI Healthcare Company Settles with Texas AG over Product Safety and Accuracy Concerns
Texas AG Ken Paxton settled with Pieces Technologies, Inc. (Pieces)—an artificial intelligence healthcare technology company that offers generative AI products to healthcare facility staff to assist in summarizing, charting, and drafting clinical notes in patients’ records—over allegations that it made deceptive claims about the safety and accuracy of its products in violation of Texas’s Deceptive…
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Amgen Announces Third-party Data Breach Stemming from Incident at Sirva Relocation
On September 24, 2024, Amgen, Inc. filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that confidential information that was provided to the company was subject to unauthorized access after an incident at Sirva Relocation, LLC (“Sirva”). In this notice, Amgen explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party…
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Live Updates: Israel Strikes Hezbollah Stronghold in Attempt to Kill Leader
Israeli officials say the country’s warplanes destroyed an underground bunker in a residential area after receiving information that the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was convening a meeting there. Several apartment buildings were flattened.
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Inside the Lebanese Valley Where Israel Is Bombarding Hezbollah
The Bekaa Valley, a Hezbollah bastion in eastern Lebanon, had mostly been spared over 11 months of war. But The New York Times saw widespread devastation there after intense Israeli airstrikes this week.
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The Wily Spy Who Risked His Life to Meet North Korea’s Secretive Leader
Park Chae-so was so successful in infiltrating the North that Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic ruler, once gifted him blueberry wine. So why was the celebrated undercover agent later jailed by South Korea?
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Pope Francis Is Met With Anger Over Sexual Abuse on Visit to Belgium
During a trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, Francis spoke with 15 people who were abused by Roman Catholic clergy.
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Brontë Sisters Plaque at Westminster Abbey Typo Fixed
Punctuation delayed, but not denied: A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë at Poets’ Corner in the celebrated London church finally gets its accent marks.