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Australia’s statutist orthodoxy: High Court confirms the extraterritorial scope of the Australian Consumer Law in the Ruby Princess COVID-cruise case

Conflict of Laws

They contracted to travel on the cruise in different parts of the world, and according to Princess, were subject to different terms and conditions subject to different systems of law. It is unsurprising then that Princess sought to defend the proceedings at a preliminary stage through litigation over where to litigate.

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Bankruptcy Related Changes Under CARES Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act

Diane Drain

The CARES Act also modified provisions of the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA), which became effective in February, 2020 and which enacted a new Chapter 11 Subchapter V that was intended to allow small businesses to reorganize more quickly and less expensively. This debt limit was increased to $7.5

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20 Useful Applications of AI & Machine Learning in Your Business Processes

The Process Street

From videos to written content to audios, AI is a massive help in these areas, especially for small businesses. These applications of AI in marketing have revolutionized the way businesses connect with customers and drive growth.

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LTRC Roundtable Discussion: ChatGPT

LawTechnologyToday

Much like a good litigator, it was able to take either position on an issue and put together coherent arguments for that position. It was also completely unable to answer any legal questions that related to a particular statute or citation and was generally unable to grasp the substance of the underlying issue.

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SEC Intensifies Efforts to Regulate Fast-Growing Crypto Industry

Fordham Law News

10] In addition, crypto enables decentralized finance (DeFi), an “open, permissionless, and highly interoperable protocol stack built on public smart contract platforms, such as the Ethereum blockchain.” [11] This position has a basis in federal statutes and Supreme Court precedent. 14] In Securities & Exchange Commission v.