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☆ NATO navies are worried about Russia using its unique weapons to pick a fight on territory nobody controls
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Recent damage to undersea pipelines and cables in Europe has raised concern among NATO members. AdvertisementThe emphasis on defending underwater infrastructure is visible in the alliance's operations. The annual Dynamic Messenger exercise includes a focus on protecting critical underwater infrastructure and involves information exchanges between alliance militaries and private-sector actors. OLE BERG-RUSTEN/NTB/AFP via Getty ImagesProtecting underwater infrastructure is no simple task, however. AdvertisementThe situation becomes more complicated because underwater infrastructure often passes through international waters, muddling the legal framework around its protection and making a response harder.

Persons: —, David Cattler, Shawn Coover, Adm, Ben Key, Jens Köhler, JEF, Andrey Luzik, Key, Constantine Atlamazoglou Organizations: NATO, Service, Finnish Border Guard, REUTERS, Steam, US Marine Corps, Staff, British Royal Navy's, Royal Navy, Getty, Joint Expeditionary Force, Norwegian Coast Guard, OLE BERG, Russia Ministry of Defense, Directorate, Fletcher School of Law, LinkedIn, Twitter Locations: Europe, Russia, NATO's, Estonia, Finland, Baltic, Norway, Norwegian, Germany, Ukraine, Hiddensee, Nordic, AFP, Severomorsk

☆ SEC's in-house enforcement powers at risk in US Supreme Court case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The case involves hedge fund manager George Jarkesy, who the SEC fined and barred from the industry after determining he had committed securities fraud. Critics of the agency have argued that its in-house system gives it the unfair advantage of prosecuting cases before its own judges rather than before a jury in federal court. The case could make it harder for the SEC weed out bad actors in the securities industry, legal experts said. The court in 2018 faulted the way the SEC selected its in-house judges, and in April made it easier for targets of agency actions to mount challenges in federal court. The FINRA case - a constitutional challenge to its structure brought by Utah-based Alpine Securities Corp - is currently before another federal appellate court and eventually could come to the Supreme Court.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Joe Biden's, George Jarkesy, Jarkesy, infringes, Benjamin Edwards, Edwards, FINRA, James Park, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Exchange, Circuit, 5th Circuit, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, University of Nevada, Consumer, U.S, Constitution, Patriot28, Securities, Jarkesy, Alpine Securities Corp, Supreme, UCLA School of Law, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, New Orleans, Constitution's, Las Vegas, Houston, disgorge, Utah

☆ Premarket stocks: How the ‘Black Ceiling’ is holding some professionals and the economy back
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In his new book “The Black Ceiling” Woodson, a former attorney, sheds light on systemic issues within elite professional settings and the broader economic repercussions that come from underutilizing and marginalizing talented Black professionals. Woodson spoke with more than 100 Black professionals about what he calls the Black ceiling — a significant barrier that impedes career progression and creates stigma and anxiety in the workplace. Racial discomfort encapsulates the sense of unease that a lot of Black professionals experience working in elite white work settings. Selective punitiveness is the widespread perception that Black professionals get treated especially harshly when they make mistakes. Firms need to train their personnel, especially their senior white professionals so that they don’t judge junior Black professionals adversely for these challenges.

Persons: Kevin Woodson, ” Woodson, Woodson, Bell, it’s, who’ve, Kim Schmidt, they’re, that’s, doesn’t, It’s, Eva Rothenberg, ” Grant Gustafson, Corie Barry, “, ” Barry, Nathaniel Meyersohn Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN — Corporate America, University of Richmond School of Law, Elite, Sensormatic, Black, Adobe, Retailers Locations: New York, underutilizing, DC

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. It was the seventh straight victory in statewide votes for supporters of abortion access nationally since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned constitutional protections. At least three other Ohio abortion laws also have been on hold in the courts. “The (Ohio) Constitution specifically says reigning in out-of-control courts is the legislators' job," the anti-abortion group Faith2Action argues in a recently released video. “That means that many Ohio laws would probably be invalidated ... and others might be at risk to varying degrees,” he wrote.

Persons: —, resoundingly, ”, Laura Hermer, We’re, Beth Liston, Allison Russo, Sharon Kennedy, Michael Barrett, Faith2Action, Roe, Wade, Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, Kavanaugh, Jason Stephens, Matt Huffman, Dave Yost, Yost, “, Hermer Organizations: Supreme, Republican, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Republicans, Ohio, Ohio House, ”, District, GOP, U.S, Constitution, Republican Ohio Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, U.S, Ohio, St, Paul , Minnesota, U.S ., Roe

☆ Was Peace Ever Possible?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Moderated Emily Bazelon | A Discussion Moderated Emily Bazelon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +45 min

This was known as the Oslo peace process, named for the city where the secret talks took place. Micha Bar-Am/Magnum Photos Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel during the the Middle East peace conference in Madrid, 1991. Margalit: All the Israeli leaders who negotiated for peace, starting with Rabin, were in a weak political position. Dajani: With the First Intifada, and then subsequently Madrid and Oslo, Palestinians suddenly see the possibility of agency. But what’s important to understand is that the notion of peace for Rabin, and for most Israelis, is that peace is a lack of violence from the other side.

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☆ House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned with disgraced reality TV Star Josh Duggar, one of several accused sex offenders connected to his 'mentor' Tony Perkins
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Jacqueline Sweet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned with now-disgraced reality TV star Josh Duggar years ago in Louisiana. Johnson called Duggar, now in prison for child pornography, a "friend" when the two campaigned for now-U.S. According to the Washington Post, "Perkins goes way back with the Duggar family." According to the Washington Post, Perkins was close to Duggar's father Jim Bob Duggar , who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. Calls and emails to Perkins and Duggar family lawyers were not immediately returned.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Josh Duggar, Johnson, Tony Perkins, Bill Cassidy, —, Duggar, Perkins, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Sen, Santorum, Raj Shah, Shah, Josh, Duggar's, Jim Bob Duggar, InTouch, Jim Bob, Paul, Pressler's, Pressler, Wesley Goodman, Perkins acolyte, Goodman, Donald Trump, Paul Pressler Organizations: Family Research, Service, Louisiana Republican, Business, Washington Post, GOP, Pennsylvania Republican, Washington , D.C, FRC, InTouch, Paul Pressler School of Law, Louisiana College, Pressler, Southern Baptist Convention, Council for National Policy, The Washington Spectator Locations: Louisiana, U.S, Washington ,, Shreveport, Arkansas, Ohio

☆ Federal Prosecutor Asks Judge to Strip New York of Control Over Rikers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The parties also asked that Judge Swain hold the city in contempt for violating a 2015 agreement that required it to make sweeping reforms. A spokesman for the city’s Law Department, Nick Paolucci, said on Saturday that the administration had made progress to address longstanding problems at Rikers and that receivership was not the solution to fix the jail system. Mr. Adams has not named a successor. The city will have a chance to respond to the filings, and then the plaintiffs will have another opportunity to answer, he said, adding that it could be well into next year before Judge Swain makes a determination on the question of receivership. To date, the city has failed to grasp the “urgency and severity” of the crisis it has created, said Mary Lynne Werlwas, director of the Prisoners’ Rights Project at the Legal Aid Society.

Persons: Swain, Nick Paolucci, Williams, Louis A, Molina, Adams, ”, Hernandez D, Stroud, Judge Swain, Mary Lynne Werlwas Organizations: city’s Law Department, Legal Aid Society, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law Locations: Rikers

☆ Supreme Court says Florida can’t enforce anti-drag law
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Florida law that limits drag shows in the state will remain blocked, the Supreme Court said Thursday, dealing a blow to a key initiative championed by Republican Gov. Florida had asked the high court to narrow a lower court’s injunction that stopped the law from being enforced statewide. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined Florida’s emergency application for a stay of the district court’s injunction, triggering the state’s ask to the Supreme Court for relief. Since the district court temporarily blocked enforcement of the law, the restaurant has returned to normal operations. The challenge to the law continues at lower courts, and Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law, cautioned against drawing broader implications from Thursday’s order.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ashley Moody, –, ”, ” Moody, Moody, Hamburger, Hamburger Mary’s, Steve Vladeck, Kavanaugh, Barrett, ” Vladeck, “ Organizations: CNN, Republican Gov, Conservative, University of Texas School of Law Locations: Florida, Ron DeSantis . Florida, ”, Orlando, “ Florida

☆ Trump’s radical second-term agenda would wield executive power in unprecedented ways
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Wielding the power of federal law enforcement against political enemies. As he seeks a return to the Oval Office, former President Donald Trump and his allies have promised a sweeping transformation of the federal government that would wield the executive branch’s power in radical and unprecedented ways. However, none of these groups or individuals speak for President Trump or his campaign,” campaign advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita wrote in a statement. Trump’s campaign has recently brought on policy-focused hires who will help craft his policy messaging and eventually look at proposals from various conservative groups. “Stopping the invasion at our southern border is an urgent national security necessity and one of President Trump’s top priorities.

Persons: Donald Trump, arounds, Trump, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, –, “, Joe Biden, Biden, ”, Stephen Vladeck, Trump’s, —, ” Trump, Privately, He’s, Larry Kudlow Organizations: CNN, Office, Trump, Heritage Foundation, Justice Department, Univision, DOJ, University of Texas School of Law, National Security and Intelligence, Oracle, Pentagon, Department, National Guard, Fox Business Locations: Washington, United States of America, Florida, State, America, Mexico, China, United States

☆ Opinion: The Supreme Court code of conduct misses this big thing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Opinion Stephen I. Vladeck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Stephen I. Vladeck Courtesy of University of Texas School of LawThat mantra was ringing in my head as I reviewed the code of conduct voluntarily adopted by the Supreme Court on Monday, the first such formal code to govern the justices. In adopting these rules, the Supreme Court didn’t address that issue at all. Congress controls when and where the court sits; until 1935, the court sat in the Capitol — a powerful reminder of which branch was beholden to which. But it’s the least-worst alternative to a problem that the Constitution necessarily creates: how to have an independent Supreme Court that is nevertheless at least loosely accountable to the political branches. Accountability and independence aren’t mutually exclusive — something the justices are tacitly conceding by agreeing for the first time to formally adopt a code of conduct.

Persons: Stephen I, Charles Alan Wright, Robert Jackson, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, they’ll, —, ”, John Marshall, it’s, I’ve, couldn’t, aren’t, ” isn’t, shouldn’t, Ronald Reagan Organizations: University of Texas School of Law, CNN, Supreme, Soviet, University of Texas School of, Judicial Conference, United, Congress, Capitol, Democratic, Republicans Locations: United States

But next semester, he and his fearless students are shaking things up by turning their attention to Taylor Swift. Sean Kammer wanted his legal writing course to draw on music and art to help his students reconsider legal language and craft persuasive arguments. Political Cartoons View All 1240 ImagesCourses on Swift, Rick Ross and Succession supplement traditional law school courses with fun and accessible experiences that professors say they often didn’t have themselves. “It was never my experience that I walked out of a law school classroom excited about what I had learned,” Ivory said. Bella Andrade, a junior at Arizona State University, looks forward to her class on the psychology of Taylor Swift every week.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Sean Kammer, ” Swifties, Swift, Rick Ross, Moraima, Mo ” Ivory, “, ”, ” Ivory, could’ve, Luke Padia, I’m, Steve Sadow, ” Frances Acevedo, she's, Ross, Kinitra Brooks, Brooks, Bella Andrade, Andrade, Cathy Hwang, Hwang, it’s, ” Hwang, Sharon Johnson Organizations: DES, University of South Dakota Knudson School, Law, Georgia State University College of Law, Michigan State University, Brooks, Arizona State University, University of Virginia, Press Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Dakota, Ross, Lawrence , Kansas, Pembroke Pines , Florida, Minneapolis, Atlanta

☆ Unpublished study finds elevated cancer rates at US military base
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( M.B. Pell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A sign at the entrance to U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in eastern North Carolina, U.S., sits in this undated handout photo. U.S. Marine Corps/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNov 10 (Reuters) - Cancer and mortality studies conducted by a U.S. health agency have found elevated cancer rates in military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune, a major American military base, an epidemiologist familiar with the research says. Research for the Camp Lejeune cancer and mortality study began in 2015. Bove used data from every U.S. cancer registry to document elevated rates of some cancers among Camp Lejeune military personnel and civilians who fell ill with cancer from 1996 through 2017. In response, Congress ordered the ATSDR to study cancer and mortality rates among people who served, lived and worked there.

Persons: Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, Kenneth Cantor, Cantor, Jonathan Cardi, Cardi, Michael Partain, Partain, Aaron Bernstein, Bernstein, ”, Frank Bove, “ I’ve, ” Bove, Bove, Camp, M.B . Pell, Janet Roberts Organizations: U.S . Marine Corps Base, . Marine Corps, REUTERS Acquire, Agency, Toxic Substances, National Cancer Institute epidemiologist, U.S, ., Wake Forest University School of Law, Centers for Disease, Research, Camp Lejeune, Camp Pendleton, California Marine, Reuters, Community, M.B, Thomson Locations: U.S, North Carolina, Camp, Jacksonville, N.C, Camp Lejeune, ATSDR, Lejeune’s, California

That's the assessment of a new report released on Thursday by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). There is growing concern about a contradiction in the U.S. economy: jobs are plentiful and economic growth is strong, especially compared with other advanced economies, but surveys show many Americans are sour about the outlook. A key part of the report is a new tool developed to measure the well-being of Americans, which combines 11 different measures. Researchers around the world have long sought to find better ways to gauge the well-being of people that look beyond measures such as economic growth or unemployment. Reuters GraphicsOne unique part of the measure is an attempt to quantify the "political voice" of Americans.

Persons: Gaelen Morse, Matthew Slaughter, Nicholas Lemann, there's, Lemann, Jacob Hacker, Timothy Aeppel, Paul Simao Organizations: REUTERS, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, Federal Reserve, U.S . Census, Columbia Journalism School, Reuters, Yale University, Thomson Locations: Columbus , Ohio, U.S, America

☆ The British navy's newest aircraft carrier teamed up with US pilots to launch F-35 jets in 'beast mode' for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Flight deck crew prepare to remove straps from an F-35B aboard HMS Prince of Wales. A series of firstsRoyal Navy handlers direct an F-35B on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales. Those tests were also the first time an aircraft launched by HMS Prince of Wales has dropped bombs, albeit inert ones. A flight deck officer signals an F-35B to launch from HMS Prince of Wales. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The last four weeks at sea have been the busiest HMS Prince of Wales has ever seen," the ship's commanding officer, Capt.

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☆ Opinion | The Problem of Campus Speech Is Even Harder Than You Think
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jesse Wegman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Examples abound of abhorrent speech by students and faculty members, mostly aimed at Israel, Jews and even Jewish students — and yet abhorrent does not equal criminal. By imposing speech codes that ban what they deem offensive speech without clearly defining it, they have encouraged illiberalism in an environment designed to cultivate the liberal arts. Administrators continue to face intense pressure to make statements and take sides, whether from students, faculty members, donors or lawmakers. “There’s no answer that will please everybody,” Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the Berkeley School of Law and an expert on free speech, told me. Obviously there are legal red lines to a culture of free speech: threats, intimidation and harassment, to name the obvious ones.

Persons: Harry Kalven Jr, “, ” Erwin Chemerinsky, Mr, Chemerinsky, he’s, Suzanne Nossel, ”, Nossel, —, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Cornell University, don’t, University of Chicago, Universities, Berkeley School of Law, Civil, PEN America, University of North, Texas Locations: Israel, Vietnam, Berkeley, University of North Carolina, Florida

☆ Supreme Court revisits the Second Amendment in the wake of the latest mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Supreme Court is considering a section of federal law that bars an individual subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm. But then the Supreme Court issued its Second Amendment decision in Bruen. The 6-3 Bruen decision broke along familiar conservative-liberal ideological lines. But Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, wrote separately to stress that the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. The Second Amendment is “neither a regulatory straitjacket nor a regulatory blank check,” Kavanaugh said.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Joe Biden’s, “ Rahimi, ”, Andrew M, “, Roger Benitez, Zackey Rahimi, Rahimi, ” Biden, Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar, Matthew Wright, Wright, ” Wright, Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, ” Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, ” Barrett, Barrett, Kavanaugh, ” Willinger, Hunter Biden, Hunter, That’s, Bruen, Patrick Daniels, Daniels, ” Hunter, Abbe Lowell Organizations: CNN, New York, Duke University School of Law, Circuit, Gun Safety, Chief, 5th Circuit Locations: New, California, Texas, Bruen, United States, North Texas, Wisconsin, Rahimi, USA, Delaware

☆ Trump wants to use the DOJ to probe high-profile critics if he wins a second term in 2024, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Trump is mapping out ways to probe high-profile critics in a potential second term, per WaPo. Trump reportedly wants to see the DOJ investigate Bill Barr, John Kelly, Mark Milley, and Ty Cobb. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump and his associates have begun outlining proposals for utilizing the federal government to target some of the ex-president's highest-profile critics should he secure a second term next year, according to The Washington Post.

Persons: Trump, Bill Barr, John Kelly, Mark Milley, Ty Cobb, —, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump's, willy, Saikrishna Prakash, Kelly, Barr, Cobb Organizations: Trump, Service, The Washington Post, Department of, Trump —, White, Joint Chiefs, Staff, FBI, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Critics, University of Virginia School of Law, CNN Locations: Washington, Milley, Lago

☆ Now-Speaker Mike Johnson worked with a Louisiana college to minimize the fallout over his resignation as the dean of a Christian law school that never opened, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mike Johnson worked with a Louisiana college to minimize fallout over his resignation as a law school dean, per WaPo. The planned law school was touted by its boosters as one that would "unashamedly embrace" a "biblical worldview." (Louisiana College was renamed Louisiana Christian University in 2021.) AdvertisementAdvertisement"He speaks from an internal moral compass that is true north and everyone should know that 'Mike Johnson cannot be bought,'" Aguillard said. "In short, America is in the best of hands under Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership," he added.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, —, Joe Aguillard, Heath Veuleman, Aguillard, Mike, Mike Johnson's Organizations: Paul Pressler School of Law, Service, Louisiana College, Southern Baptist, Louisiana Christian University, The Washington, The, The Post Locations: Louisiana, Southern, Pineville —, America

☆ Thousands of Black women claim hair relaxers gave them cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Some of the ads show Black women applying hair products before cutting to a summary of the NIH study’s findings. “We do not believe the science supports a link between chemical hair straighteners or relaxers and cancer,” Revlon said. Lead author White said in a statement in response to Reuters questions that there is currently no strong evidence linking family history of breast cancer to increased risk of uterine cancer. The sisters said they wanted their mother’s death last year following a battle with uterine cancer to mean something. Bush, the St. Louis cosmetologist, joined the litigation in August, she said, because of the possibility that hair relaxers cause cancer.

Persons: Sheila Bush, Bush, Revlon’s, ” Revlon, L’Oreal, ”, Ben Crump, George Floyd, Diandra, ” Debrosse Zimmerman, Jenny Mitchell, Crump, “ it’s, ” Crump, Louis, Jayne Conroy, don’t, Adam Zimmerman, Alexandra White, phthalates, White, Weiss, Porter Kaye Scholer, Jennifer Hoekstra, Zimmerman, “, X Ante, Quiana Hester, Ariana, Nakisha, Patrice Hester, Louis cosmetologist, Mike Spector, Richa Naidu, Kristina Cooke, Diana Novak Jones, Eve Watling, Lawrence Bryant, Alicia Powell, Angela Johnston, Lucy Ha, Vanessa O’Connell, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: L’Oreal, Revlon, U.S, National Institutes of Health, Reuters, NIH, Supreme, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, U.S . House, American Cancer Society, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, World Health Organization, Paul, Arnold, FDA, USC, Washington DC Locations: Louis, Olive, U.S, India, Minneapolis, Missouri, Chicago, United States, Rifkind, Baltimore, Houston, Washington, San Diego, Bush

“But it’s not.”Kammer's course, The Taylor Swift Effect, planned for the spring semester looks to be the first law school class based on the sequined musical icon. After attending a Swift concert in Minneapolis in June, Kammer said he was inspired to develop the writing-intensive class, available to second- and third-year law students. Pop culture-focused law classes are not uncommon, and they can create a public relations buzz for the schools that offer them. Boston University law professor Jessica Silbey, who co-authored a textbook on pop culture and the law, said students tend to be more engaged when they study subjects such as sports, new technology and celebrities. The University of California at Berkeley this week announced an upcoming business course based on Swift’s entrepreneurship.

Persons: Sean Kammer's, Taylor Swift, ”, Kammer, it’s, Taylor, Rick Ross, Jessica Silbey, Swift, ” Kammer, Read, Trayveon Williams, Karen Sloan Organizations: University of South, University of Virginia School of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, Boston University, South Dakota Law, University of California, Stanford, Stanford , New York University, University of Texas, Bengals, Thomson Locations: University of South Dakota, Minneapolis, Berkeley, Stanford ,

☆ AI is making its way into the courtroom and legal process
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"AI is really reaching all aspects of the law," said Wayne Cohen, managing partner at Cohen & Cohen and a law professor at the George Washington University School of Law. While the current use of AI in the U.S. legal industry operates intensely behind the scenes, it's inching further into the front lines of the courtroom. Jason Boehmig, CEO and co-founder of digital contract company Ironclad and who has experience as a corporate attorney, said AI can review a company's legal contracts, learning its preferred language and drafting and negotiating contracts in the organization's historic legal voice. On the spectrum of the legal system, the businesses on either end of the contract arguably have less to lose than, say, an individual whose basic freedoms are at stake. In all of these applications, experts say the ideal situation is for humans to review AI's work.

Persons: Wayne Cohen, Cohen & Cohen, it's inching, Cohen, it's, Jackie Schafer, Schafer, Clearbrief, that's, Jason Boehmig, Boehmig Organizations: Center for Strategic, International Studies, Cohen &, George Washington University School of Law Locations: U.S, Washington

The outcome in civil court shows Tesla arguments are gaining traction: when something goes wrong on the road, the ultimate responsibility rests with drivers. The electric-vehicle maker also argued it was unclear whether Autopilot was engaged at the time of the crash. During the Riverside trial, an attorney for the plaintiffs showed jurors a 2017 internal Tesla safety analysis identifying "incorrect steering command" as a defect, involving an "excessive" steering wheel angle. The automaker subsequently engineered a system that prevents Autopilot from executing the turn which caused the crash. "I think that anyone is going to have a hard time beating Tesla in court on a liability claim," he said.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Micah Lee's, Lee, Bryant Walker Smith, Matthew Wansley, Wansley, Eloy Rubio Blanco, Rubio, Sam Abuelsamid, Dan Levine, Hyunjoo Jin, Jonathan Oatis, Richard Chang Organizations: Tesla, Tuesday, Court, Reuters, University of South, Cardozo School of Law, U.S . Department of Justice, Traffic, Administration, Thomson Locations: Riverside County, Los Angeles, University of South Carolina, Riverside

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn't exist. “The law school deal was really an anomaly. As dean of the proposed law school, Johnson embarked on a major fundraising campaign and described a big-dollar event in Houston with former Arkansas Gov. Bobby Jindal and Pressler, according to an account Johnson wrote in a 2011 alumni magazine. Meanwhile, the historic former federal courthouse in Shreveport that was selected as the law school’s campus required at least $20 million in renovations.

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☆ Tesla wins first U.S. Autopilot trial involving fatal crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The jury verdict represents Tesla's second big win this year, in which juries have declined to find that its software was defective. The trial involved gruesome testimony about the passengers' injuries, and the plaintiffs asked the jury for $400 million plus punitive damages. The electric-vehicle maker also argued it was unclear whether Autopilot was engaged at the time of the crash. During the trial in Riverside, an attorney for the plaintiffs showed jurors a 2017 internal Tesla safety analysis identifying "incorrect steering command" as a defect, involving an "excessive" steering wheel angle. The automaker subsequently engineered a system that prevents Autopilot from executing the turn which caused the crash.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Micah Lee's, Lee, Matthew Wansley, Wansley Organizations: Tuesday, Court, Cardozo School of Law, Tesla, Reuters Locations: Tesla, California, Riverside County, Los Angeles, Riverside

There are currently no federal laws in the United States against the creation and sharing of non-consensual deepfake pornography. This is the online landscape that has allowed creating and trading non-consensual deepfake pornography to develop into a thriving business. With advancements in artificial intelligence, deepfake pornography is becoming increasingly common — and it almost exclusively targets women. Deepfake porn sites are facilitated and enabled by search engines that drive web traffic toward deepfake content. In the US, however, only a handful of states have laws addressing non-consensual deepfake pornography, and many of them are limited in scope.

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