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OAN Loses Breach Of Contract Case Against AT&T In CA, Refiles It In DC As Tort Suit

Above The Law

Well, they already had it drafted. The post OAN Loses Breach Of Contract Case Against AT&T In CA, Refiles It In DC As Tort Suit appeared first on Above the Law. Don't want to waste a pleading.

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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form. The Draft Treaty is still being negotiated and amended. The Draft Treaty complements soft law in the same area, namely the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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New Article published in the Journal of Comparative Law in Africa

Conflict of Laws

A new private international law article was recently published online in the Journal of Comparative Law in Africa. Torts such as online defamation, accidents involving self-driving vehicles, and other technological acts involving a foreign element have heightened the possibility of cross-border torts.

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Smart Ways to Use ChatGPT at Your Law Practice—Without Getting into Hot Water

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By streamlining tasks, including marketing and client communications (which any lawyer knows can take up more time than expected), law firms that leverage AI can increase their profitability and productivity. Understandably, many law firms are cautious about utilizing ChatGPT and other AI tools.

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US appeals court proposes AI restrictions in all court filings

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday became the first US appeals court to propose a new rule requiring lawyers to certify that they either did not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs, like Chat GPT, to draft filings or that humans reviewed AI-generated material.

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Now or Then? The Temporal Aspects of Choice-of-Law Clauses

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courts interpret choice-of-law clauses. That paper contains a detailed discussion of the most common interpretive issues—whether the clause selects the tort laws of the chosen jurisdiction in addition to its contract laws, for example—that arise in litigation. Jeff argued for the laws at the time of signing.

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Enhanced Learning with Blackstone’s Advanced Paralegal Courses

Blackstone Career Institute

Blackstone Career Institute offers a variety of online Advanced Paralegal courses that can not only help enhance resumes and learn specific fields of law but also can ensure paralegals meet their NALA or NALS recertification requirements.