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Big Law Leverages Buyers Position to Influence AI Development to Suit Their Needs

Justin Henry

In the AI edition of the classic "build versus buy" dilemma, some marquee firms have opted to leverage their position as the largest buyers of legal tech to influence vendor development of AI-powered services to suit their needs.

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5 Ways AI Strengthens Client Relationships and Revenue Generation

Jody Glidden

Maintaining consistent communication with clients can be time-consuming for most law firm professionals. It requires a substantial commitment of resources to stay informed about recent events and developments relevant to the client's business. The time has never been better for firms to start introducing technology, like AI, to improve their overall business.

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Unraveling The American Data Privacy Patchwork: Will the American Privacy Rights Act Succeed? Image

Unraveling The American Data Privacy Patchwork: Will the American Privacy Rights Act Succeed?

Michael McLaughlin & Andria Adigwe

As the focus on protecting personal data continues to grow with the ever-widening adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, exponential increases in the number and breadth of data breaches, and growing awareness of the risk posed by data brokers, the time appears right for a U.S. federal data privacy regulation to succeed in Congress. But is the new American Privacy Rights Act that regulation?

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Early Impact of the CHIPS Act

Reid Knabe & Bita Rahebi

This article describes certain key developments in the period from passage of the CHIPS Act through the present day, and provides a brief survey of key grantmaking and investment activity by U.S. government agencies since passage of the Act.

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Emerging Legal Terrain: IP Risks from AI's Role In Drug Discovery

Fredrick Tsang, Antonia Sequeira & Carl Morales

This article explores the benefits and risks of AI-driven drug discovery from the legal perspective. Since the law governing IP rights in AI-driven drug discovery is still in its infant state, any future legal development is likely to have significant implications in many areas.

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LLM Customization With A Path to Human Inventorship and Patent Rights Image

LLM Customization With A Path to Human Inventorship and Patent Rights

Jim Soong

A statutory predicate to the contractual outcome regarding ownership of patent rights is the requirement of a sufficient contribution by a natural person in the effort that yielded the output. The issues implicated by this requirement are one development among more to come as patent law and policy try to catch up to proliferating AI technology.

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Is It Possible to Reconcile the Two Sides In the AI Copyright Debate?

Maria Dinzeo

The points and counterpoints brought up by experts at a Stanford Law conference provide insight on the future relationship between AI and copyright creators.

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Digital Dibs: Rival Views of Generative AI Copyrights

Greg Moreman

GAI platforms like ChatGPT and OpenAI often require very little human input, shattering this legal landscape's framework by posing a simple question: Who authored the material? We'll explore how two countries are answering this question in different ways.

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Empowering Legal Professionals: Navigating AI Solutions for Efficiency and Data Security Image

Empowering Legal Professionals: Navigating AI Solutions for Efficiency and Data Security

Michael T. Murray & Tony Donofrio

Integrating AI tools into legal practice without compromising the security of sensitive client information is a paramount concern. In this article, we'll examine how AI is revolutionizing certain aspects of legal work, while offering best practices for employing these technologies and providing guidance for legal professionals in selecting the right AI products and service providers.

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Pursuing AI Programmers and Third Parties over Alleged Rights Violations Caused by AI Software Image

Pursuing AI Programmers and Third Parties over Alleged Rights Violations Caused by AI Software

Jonathan Bick

Because AIs are capable of causing harm but cannot be a legal entity, they are not held accountable by court action. Several current and future possibilities exist to resolve AI difficulties. Current options involve identifying indirect liability. Future options include but are not limited to changing the law to make an AI a legal person and/or changing the law to make AI programing an ultra-hazardous activity.

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