Some New Jersey litigators will need to adjust their methods in light of Gov. Phil Murphy’s decision to sign a measure modifying the state’s Open Public Records Act. Attorneys greeted Murphy’s decision to sign the measure into law with surprise and derision, especially since many litigators have come to rely on OPRA…

In a 32-page concurring opinion, Judge Kevin Newsom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, wrote about his experiment using generative AI-powered chatbots to define terminology that informed his analysis in an insurance appeal. The detailed roadmap of how he used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to define the word “landscaping”…

The intellectual property practice leader of Dentons’ Pittsburgh branch is relocating a seven-person team to Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, the firm announced Thursday. Wanting to take advantage of Eckert Seamans’ local business relationships and “established” IP bench, Noland Cheung started at the firm this week as a partner-level attorney, or “member” of…

Mississippi Win: Texas to Michigan Crude Oil Pipeline to Owe Crossing Fee | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/06/06/texas-oil-company-loses-to-mississippi-over-multistate-pipeline/ Map of the Mid Valley Pipeline Co. pipeline. Credit: Energy Transfers The Fifth Circuit said cases Mid Valley cited did not apply because Mid Valley’s circumstances did not impose affirmative obligations…

Children’s apparel retailer Carter’s has been accused  in a new digital privacy proposed class action of violating California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by partnering with TikTok to install “trap and trace” software on its website. Carter’s, which is based in Atlanta, uses TikTok’s Automatic Advanced Matching software to collect data…

On Thursday, contract life-cycle management (CLM) provider SirionLabs announced the acquisition of Eigen Technologies, which offers an “intelligent document processing” (IDP) platform that allows users to build AI-powered data extraction models to harness data from their documents. The deal will enable Sirion to expand the scope of its platform’s capabilities—allowing…