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April 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

Artists Sue Google, Alleging It Used Copyrighted Work in AI Training Database

This is the 22nd of 23 such lawsuits filed against AI developers for copyright infringement.

By Alex Anteau

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April 30, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A 'Gotcha Tactic'?: Court of Appeals to Hear 'Bad Faith' Settlement Claim Dispute at Oral Argument

According to the defendant-appellants, the plaintiff's demand was emblematic of a "set-up" offer by which an "attorney could … try to avoid a policy-limits settlement by sending a needlessly complicated demand with a myriad of confusing and seemingly trivial terms designed to elicit a rejection."

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

April 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judge Questions Import of Lost Evidence in Severe Spoliations Sanctions Appeal

"I was a little more concerned about the pictures because to me if you'd had any of the pictures that the city of Atlanta employees went out and took … showing the water meter lid, you could have had some demonstration of what it looked like irrespective of whether there's a possibility somebody some work or changed it on a day that we can't prove. Yet that's all gone," said Presiding Judge Sarah Doyle.

By Alex Anteau

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April 29, 2024 | National Law Journal

Forgiveness or Permission?: What LeBron James' Copyright Infringement Defense Win Means

The case has implications for both the tattoo and video game industries.

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5 minute read

April 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'That Seems to Be a Stretch for Me': Judge Upholds Fulton County Judicial Candidate Disqualification

"If I say Johnson is 12 years old and she can't run, it might be wrong, but she's not there to rebut it. … That's all Judge Walker heard," counsel arguing to uphold the disqualification, said.

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April 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'That's Where I'm Struggling': Court of Appeals Weighs Administrative Deference in Medical Center Permit Dispute

"Peach County never had a Certificate of Need case presented to them beforehand, and yet that judge is trying to decide whether to look at what the hearing officer said was dispositive," the appellants argued.

By Alex Anteau

6 minute read

April 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'Not Something You See Often': How Butler Kahn Bucked Conventional Wisdom to Win a $28M Verdict

"Classic lawyer wisdom is to keep a limited number of witnesses. [But] Jeb and I talked through all these different witnesses and came up with the idea to call as many of them who were willing to come," plaintiff's attorney Matt Kahn said.

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

April 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

'Devastating Financial Consequences': Dispute Over Thrice-Approved Emergency Department Plan Up Again for Reconsideration

"There's a lot at stake [for Houston Hospitals," said lead counsel Jason Bring of Arnall Golden Gregory. "The freestanding emergency department is proposed to go almost directly between two existing hospitals, within seven or eight miles. As you might expect, that will draw patients away from our hospitals … and the impact on them will be 10% [of their patients and revenue] at minimum, but likely in excess of that.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

April 18, 2024 | National Law Journal

Nonpracticing Entity Spikes Patent Infringement Filings in California

The company has filed 45 patent infringement actions against businesses, including Walmart, Guitar Center and Big Lots, since 2021.

By Alex Anteau

3 minute read

April 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. High Court Set to Define When Words Exchanged by Counsel May Be Defamatory

The plaintiff-appellee, Armin Oskouei, an orthopedic surgeon, filed libel and slander complaints against defense attorney Zach Matthews of McMickle Kurey & Branch, alleging the latter said the plaintiff-appellee "is performing illegal surgeries," "is a back-alley doctor" and "a crook and a fraud" to a member of opposing counsel in an underlying dispute.

By Alex Anteau

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