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Name That Artist: How AI Music is Shaping the Right of Publicity
Every industry today is abuzz with the possibilities of artificial intelligence, and music is no exception. In the year since the AI-generated hit “Heart on My Sleeve,” courts have started to tackle AI issues in the arts head-on. In Concord Music Group v. Anthropic, one of the leading cases in this area, plaintiffs, including Capitol…
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Court Dismissed Several Counts Against Transportation “Broker” on Basis of Vicarious Liability, but Held that Issue of Negligent Entrustment of Driver May Ultimately Go to Jury
Allen v. Foxway Transportation, Inc., 2024 WL 0478015, No. 4:21-cv-00156 (M.D. Pa. Dec. 7, 2023) – In a tragic, fatal collision between a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle, which was disabled after striking a deer, the issue presented to the court was relative to whether a “broker” company that arranged for the specific motor…
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Texas Retina Associates Notifies Nearly 300k People of Recent Data Breach
On June 26, 2024, Texas Retina Associates (“Texas Retina”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after discovering that confidential information that had been entrusted to the company was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Texas Retina explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to…
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Cyberattack at CDK Global Triggers Investigation into Business Interruption Claims on Behalf of Automotive Retailers
Recently, CDK Global reported that it was the target of not one but two large-scale cyber attacks. In response, CDK Global took steps to protect its IT network as well as the sensitive information in its possession. However, by taking its systems offline, CDK Global left the 15,000+ car dealerships that use CDK software unable…
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Lessons Learned from the Exactech Recall: How We Can Improve Medical Device Safety in the Future
In response to scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Exactech has recalled hundreds of thousands of defective medical implant devices sold between 2004 and 2021. Despite these recalls—which began in 2021—the FDA sent a Warning Letter to Exactech on March 12, 2024 informing the company that its manufacturing, packaging, storage and/or installation…
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Registration Opens for July Webinars on Minnesota’s PFAS in Products Law; MPCA Publishes Summary of Comments on CUUs
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) will hold two public webinars in July to provide updates and answer questions on Minnesota’s per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products law (Amara’s Law), which takes effect in stages between 2025 and 2032……By: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
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Middle East Crisis: ‘Now There’s Barely Anything’: Gazans Describe Life on the Verge of Famine
Experts said that almost half a million people in the strip faced starvation. Many may die of malnutrition before a famine can be declared.
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What the Court’s Ruling on Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Means for Israel
Israel’s insular ultra-Orthodox community has long been exempt from military service. The Supreme Court’s decision to end that exemption could change the country’s social and political dynamics.
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Russia Opens Secret Trial of Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal
Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal has endured 15 months in prison by reading letters and Russian classics, while the authorities have not publicly offered any evidence that he was a spy.
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A Bird-Watchers’ Paradise, Opened Up by Colombia’s Peace Deal
The 2016 treaty that ended a decades-long civil conflict turned Colombia into a birders’ delight, opening up forests that were once controlled by armed groups.
