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September 5th, 2022
Does Dentons’ Big Malpractice Verdict Matter To Anyone Else?
Ethics & Professional Responsibility Litigation Partner Tyler Maulsby is quoted in the article, “Does Dentons' Big Malpractice Verdict Matter To Anyone Else?” published by Law.com. The article analyzes Dentons’ effort to overturn a $32 million malpractice verdict. The case arose when Dentons was accused of malpractice in the U.S. for representing an Ohio-based company that sued another company represented by Dentons Canada resulting in the Ohio-based client claiming a conflict of interest. Dentons stance has change throughout the litigation from saying the firm’s affiliates operate separate to saying the firm operates as one. Tyler is quoted saying, “If you’re going to say, ‘We’re all different,’ that isn’t necessarily something that’s going to be the same as a single firm with New York and California offices.” He adds, “If Dentons is now taking the approach that it’s one firm across the globe, then this could happen to other firms of varying sizes.” Tyler says the law on legal malpractice varies substantially from state to state.
Read the full article here. (Behind paywall)
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4 Takeaways From 1st Opinion on AI Training and Fair Use
Law 360 quotes Jacqueline Charlesworth on the Third Circuit ruling granting summary judgment to Thomson Reuters, in a case alleging tech startup ROSS Intelligence infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool. Ms. Charlesworth stated the ruling is significant because many AI companies are asserting transformative use, in interpreting The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case. (Behind paywall) View Article
February 13 2025
Thomson Reuters Prevails in Copyright Battle with AI Company
MediaDailyNews quotes Jeremy S. Goldman on the federal court decision that Ross Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters’ copyright by training its services using Westlaw summaries, known as “headnotes.” Mr. Goldman states the ruling could impact lawsuits by other copyright owners over the use of their material to develop AI. However, he distinguishes some of the high-profile cases such as those against OpenAI in training ChatGPT. He notes OpenAI argues it did not copy material to compete with authors and publishers but to create its language model and technology. View Article
February 12 2025
What a Character
Boston College Law School Magazine quotes Jeffrey A. Greenberg in a profile of Michael Schiffer, founder of S2 Advertising Law, and the former legal director at Twitter. The article titled "What a Character" notes that Mr. Greenberg was on the hiring committee that recruited Mr. Schiffer to join Frankfurt Kurnit’s Advertising group, where he worked for more than 10 years. View Article
February 11 2025
