Spotlight on AI …
Several lawyers pushed back against the 5th Circuit’s proposed rule to regulate the use of artificial intelligence by lawyers appearing before it … The 2nd Circuit referred lawyer Jae Lee to its attorney grievance panel for citing a non-existent case generated by ChatGPT … Manipulating reality: Here’s a look at the intersection of deepfakes and the legal challenges their use poses … Italy’s data protection authority said OpenAI’s ChatGPT breaches data protection rules as it continues with an investigation … Germany will approve the EU’s pioneering AI Act.
Trump’s legal woes …
A ruling in Donald Trump‘s civil fraud case in New York is now expected to come by mid-February … Trump’s lawsuit over the “Steele dossier,” which alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, has been thrown out by a UK court … Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba backed off from the idea that E. Jean Carroll‘s lawyer Roberta Kaplan had a “mentor-mentee relationship” with the judge on the case … Meanwhile, hotelier Robert Bigelow said he gave Trump $1 million for his legal fees.
Antitrust …
Google asked a U.S. judge to overturn a jury verdict in the Epic games antitrust case … Home brokerage Keller Williams agreed to pay $70 million to resolve claims that it conspired to overcharge home sellers … Dozens of pharma companies lost their bid to keep a group of price-fixing lawsuits joined together in Pennsylvania federal court … Netgear sued Huawei claiming the tech giant broke antitrust law by refusing to license its patents on reasonable terms … JetBlue and Spirit are seeking an expedited appeal to reverse a ruling that blocked their $3.8 billion merger … Amazon and iRobot abandoned their merger plan in the face of opposition from EU and U.S. antitrust regulators … Cisco and reseller Dexon have resolved dueling lawsuits claiming antitrust violations.
Health …
GSK agreed to settle another Zantac lawsuit in California … Ad firm Publicis Groupe and drugmaker Hikma Pharmaceuticals have reached separate settlements worth a collective $500 million to resolve U.S. opioid cases … eBay agreed to pay $59 million and upgrade compliance measures to resolve DOJ‘s charges over the sale of illegal pill-making machines … The FDA said there have been 561 deaths related to the use of Philips’ recalled ventilators and machines used for treating sleep apnea since 2021 … An Australian court heard closing arguments in a class action lawsuit alleging Bayer‘s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer … The EPA has been moving on its pledge to regulate PFAs.