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April 13th, 2023
How A Little-known Aussie Journalist Became Caught Up In Donald Trump’s Legal Troubles With Porn Star Stormy Daniels
Ethics & Professional Responsibility Litigation Partner John B. Harris is quoted in the article, "How a little-known Aussie journalist became caught up in Donald Trump's legal troubles with porn star Stormy Daniels" published by the Daily Mail UK. The article discusses how John's client, Australian journalist Dylan Howard became involved in several matters concerning former President Donald Trump while he was working at the National Inquirer from 2013 to 2019. Earlier this year, Howard gave secret evidence before a Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump on March 30. John is quoted saying, "Mr Howard has always fully co-operated with government inquiries regarding his former employer's relationship with Donald Trump."
John adds, "Mr Howard was, and remains, merely a witness in these inquiries and has never been accused of wrongdoing by any authority."
Read the full article here.
Other Quoted
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