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Do Professional Ethics Rules Allow You to Have a Robot Write Your Brief?

Although the AI is not on par with an experienced attorney, the results suggest that legal writing by robots is no longer the stuff of science fiction.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

VPPA Claims Are on the Rise—Latest Trend in Consumer Privacy Class Actions

This article provides an overview of the VPPA and best practices for your company to mitigate potential risks.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

As Reporters Disappear, Law Firm PR People Seek New Approaches

For a marketer focused on media relations—as your author has been for some 29 years—the journalistic landscape is very different now from what it was in 1994, and it affects the practice of media relations.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

'The Martha Mitchell Effect' Tells Her True Story

The "Martha Mitchell Effect" is a term coined by a Harvard psychology professor that applies when someone's accurate account of events is characterized as delusional, resulting in a medical misdiagnosis (usually of a woman). That is what happened to Martha Mitchell, though in her case the label was falsely given to her.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'ChatGPT, Draft a Catchy Title:' The Risks of Using AI

Will generative AI make lawyers obsolete? Can ChatGPT help streamline a legal practice? In considering whether to adopt generative AI tools, lawyers should consider the risks.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Biggest Racial Gap in Prison Is Among Violent Offenders

With a steep decline in the drug imprisonment gap between Black and white Americans—from 15 to 1 in 2000 to just under 4 to 1 in 2019—the biggest racial disparity now exists among people incarcerated for violent felony offenses.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Foreperson Is Chiseling at the Wall of Grand Jury Secrecy

Unless remedial steps are taken to patch the hole in grand jury secrecy chiseled open by Emily Kohrs, the forewoman for a grand jury in the Trump election hoax case before a Georgia court, great risk exists that grand jurors around the country will conclude that if she did it, they too can wherever in America they might be impaneled, our columnist writes.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Teaching the Story of Roosevelt-Era Musician Could Be Illegal Under Laws in Florida, North Dakota

Officially titled Senate Bill 2247, the measure would criminalize discussing factual history by prohibiting discussions at state universities that involve "divisive concepts."
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Avoid the White Flag by Negotiating Surrender Provisions in Commercial Leases

Notwithstanding the importance of a lease to the balance sheets of both landlords and tenants, surrender provisions are commonly glossed over and consequences can be detrimental to either side.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Tips From In-House Counsel on Jumpstarting Your Business Development Success in Three Easy Steps: Phase 3

In the final article of this series, current and former in-house counsel share their advice, ideas and perspectives on how to increase your value to and enhance your relationships with in-house legal departments.
8 minute read

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