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Generative AI in Movies and TV: How the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA Contracts Address Generative AI
In the fall of 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) each ratified new agreements, amending and building upon their collective bargaining agreements with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The WGA, a union that represents film and TV writers,…
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World IP Day – Celebrating Innovation and Creativity to Build Our Common Future
IP is again being celebrated this year on April 26, with the World Intellectual Property Organization paying homage to the intersection of IP and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and “[b]uilding our common future with innovation and creativity.”……By: BakerHostetler
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Client Alert: Insuring Against Recent Trend of Antitrust Actions Targeting Pricing Algorithms
Following a 2022 ProPublica article reporting on the use of a third-party software to inflate rents in “a new kind of cartel,” a new wave of antitrust enforcement and class actions targets companies using pricing algorithms, including those in the real estate and hospitality industries. Huiyi Chen discusses the latest development in those lawsuits and…
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Contrary Decisions Highlight Complexity of TCA Claims
The New Jersey Appellate Division and the Third Circuit issued two different opinions in regard to the notice requirements pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA). Both highlight the complexity of TCA litigation and courts’ contrary viewpoints….By: Marshall Dennehey
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Expert’s Results-Driven Methodology Leads to Exclusion and Summary Judgment in Paraquat MDL
An expert witness is not supposed to pick a desired result and then reverse engineer inputs and methods that reach that result. As the Ninth Circuit observed 30 years ago, “[c]oming to a firm conclusion first and then doing research to support it is the antithesis of [the scientific] method.” Claar v. Burlington Northern R.R.…
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Advarra Data Breach Leaks SSNs of Moffitt Cancer Center Patients
On April 23, 2024, Advarra, Inc. filed a notice with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an October 2023 data breach resulted in the leak of confidential information belonging to patients of Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (“Moffitt”). In this notice, Advarra explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being…
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Asbury Automotive Group Announces Data Breach Leaking Consumers’ Social Security Numbers
On April 24, 2024, Asbury Automotive Group (“Asbury Auto”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access to the company’s computer network. In this notice, Asbury Auto explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive…
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Gaza Authorities Say More Bodies Were Discovered in Mass Grave
An analysis of satellite imagery and videos by the The Times found that two of three graves had been dug on a hospital’s grounds before an Israeli raid.
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Deadly Rains and Floods Sweep Cities Across East Africa
Downpours have killed at least 200 people and submerged homes and farms in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi.
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Ariel Henry Resigns as Prime Minister as Haiti Installs Ruling Council
With that body in place, Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned and the new leaders turned to the task of establishing order in a gang-ridden country.
