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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.
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Thought you’d heard it all when it comes to corporate tactics to combat mass arbitration? Think again! Alison Frankel has the story on a new Keller Postman petition to compel arbitration against Starz, which is allegedly demanding that its customers pay thousands of dollars in mediation fees before they can even initiate arbitration. Keller Postman says that’s a violation of California law. Starz says Keller Postman is just trying to use arbitration fees to squeeze the company into a settlement. The dispute, Frankel says, is a procedural head-spinner that belies the now-obsolete notion that arbitration is quick and easy.
Check out other recent pieces from our columnists: Alison Frankel and Jenna Greene
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Additional writing by Kuheli Biswas.
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