Seemingly out of nowhere, generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT have captured the world’s attention and dominated the headlines through their ability to produce human-like responses to actual-human prompts. While there are many benefits to generative AI, there are increasing risks associated with its use. In the legal industry,…

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic over on May 5, 2023. For over three years before its long-awaited end, we lived differently. We traveled less, dined in more, became more glued to our computers and televisions, and stopped interacting in person. Now that the pandemic is behind us,…

Conventional wisdom used to dictate that employers should refrain from taking political positions, and employees’ personal political views had no place in the workplace. The widespread use of social media has changed this calculus today. While technically not part of an employee’s workplace behavior, employees’ personal social media accounts are…

This article is for litigators—those New York Law Journal readers who went to law school with a strong desire to represent clients in their legal disputes equipped with the expertise and experience to solve their problems. If you identify with this description, then you likely began your career eager to…

The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the metropolitan court is required to create a record of all civil proceedings for which the court serves as a court of record under the Rules of Civil Procedure, regardless of whether or not a party requests a recording. In a Feb. 5…

The recent lawsuit filed by late comedian George Carlin’s estate over the use of his likeness in an artificial intelligence-generated comedy special could shift the focus of AI lawsuits, one expert theorizes.  The lawsuit, filed Jan. 25 in California federal court, accused the “Dudesy” podcast of using Carlin’s original works…