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Five Things to Know One Year After the Dobbs Decision
The Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade has produced some unexpected legal and political changes, as well as a shift in public opinion.
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Biden Warns That Republicans Are Not Finished on Abortion
A year after the end of Roe v. Wade, Biden administration officials are working with a limited set of tools, including executive orders and the bully pulpit, to galvanize supporters on abortion rights.
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This City Had Quietly Celebrated Pride Before. In 2023, That Was Not an Option.
After right-wing activists portrayed a Pride event in Franklin, Tenn., as a threat to children, the small city unexpectedly found itself at the center of a backlash.
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Garland Pushes Back at G.O.P. Claims of Bias in Hunter Biden Investigation
The attorney general denied assertions that he had interfered with the case and blocked a prosecutor from lodging more charges.
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Prosecutors Seek to Delay Trump Documents Trial to December
The special counsel argued that the August date set by the judge did not allow enough time to deal with the complications of classified evidence, but still proposed a relatively speedy timetable.
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Protecting Musicians in GenAI: Key Takeaways From the U.S. Copyright Office
Generative AI presents a profound opportunity and challenge for artists in the music industry. On the one hand, musicians and songwriters have always embraced and adapted to new technology; but on the other, those technological advances have been in service of creativity that starts with a human hand, and ear….By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
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Generative AI-Assisted Patent Inventorship Questions Remain
The Situation: The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in Thaler v. Vidal, leaving intact the Federal Circuit’s ruling that only human beings, and not artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems, can be inventors under U.S. patent law….By: Jones Day
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Senate Bill Proposed to Provide Subject Matter Eligibility Solution
Through the vicissitudes of the continuing chaos of subject matter eligibility, Senators Coons and Tillis have been steadfast in attempting to provide a legislative solution. They chaired a series of Congressional hearings in 2019 (see “Senators Tillis and Coons Release Statement on Recent Patent Reform Hearings”), have asked the Patent and Trademark Office for its…
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Open Source Software Licenses: Novel Case Explores Who Can Enforce Them
Companies (including through the use of AI) are increasingly reliant on open source software to expedite their software development. A recent case filed in California, SFC v. Vizio, calls upon the state court to interpret two common open source software licenses in a manner that could aggressively expand the number of individuals who can bring…
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Myths About Cybersecurity Portfolio Oversight: Myth #2
With cyber threats and techniques continually evolving, the likelihood an organization small or large will experience a breach has increased significantly. In particular, the rise of ransomware-as-a-service means that huge numbers of unskilled attackers can monetize attacks on smaller organizations….By: ACA Group