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June 29, 2023

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Here’s a quick look at today’s top legal news.

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U.S. Supreme Court curbs affirmative action in university admissions

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The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down race-conscious policies in college admissions, ending decades of precedent that had allowed schools nationwide to use such programs to increase the diversity of their student bodies.

The decision will force many colleges and universities to revamp their policies and search for new ways to ensure diversity in their student populations. Some law schools may provide path for others.

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SCOTUS buoys religious employees who seek accommodations at work

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The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered the ability of employees to obtain accommodations at work for their religious practices, reviving a lawsuit by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier accusing the U.S. Postal Service of discrimination after being disciplined for refusing to show up for work on Sundays.

The dispute had previously sparked debate over whether religious people should be considered more legally deserving than others to have weekend days off from work. Read more.

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Lawsuit says OpenAI violated US authors’ copyrights to train AI chatbot

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Two U.S. authors sued OpenAI in San Francisco federal court, claiming in a proposed class action that the company misused their works to “train” its popular generative artificial-intelligence system ChatGPT.

Massachusetts-based writers Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad said ChatGPT mined data copied from thousands of books without permission, infringing the authors’ copyrights.

Several legal challenges have been filed over material used to train AI systems. Plaintiffs include source-code owners against OpenAI and Microsoft’s GitHub, and visual artists against Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt. Read more.