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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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US appeals court proposes AI restrictions in all court filings

JURIST

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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New Article published in the Journal of Comparative Law in Africa

Conflict of Laws

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. Considering the complexities associated with cross-border torts, the European Union (EU) has enacted the Rome II Regulation.

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

Rocket Matter

Create email drafts Drafting emails, whether it’s to clients, prospects, or colleagues, can take a lot of time. Speed up the process by using ChatGPT to create email rough drafts that you just have to edit for accuracy and to reflect your law firm’s brand.

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What is a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

Three primary areas of case management responsibility include: Draft pleadings and discovery. Draft pleadings and discovery. Draft pleadings and discovery. Many attorneys also rely on the paralegal to do the first-round draft of pleadings that will be filed with the court. Assist at trial. What does that mean?

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Australia Robodebt royal commission hands down findings, recommends referrals for prosecution

JURIST

It was a costly failure of public administration, in both human and economic terms The report stated, “elements of the tort of misfeasance in public office appear to exist.” However, this legal advice remained in the draft and was never finalised. In essence, people were traumatised on the off-chance they might owe money.

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

Conflict of Laws

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. In response, I drafted an essay arguing that they should be interpreted to select the law at the time of litigation.

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