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When AI Conversations Become Compliance Risks: Rethinking Confidentiality in the ChatGPT Era

Complex Discovery

As courts grapple with whether AI dialogues qualify as privileged communication, the potential precedent set by legal cases involving AI data could influence compliance strategies across industries. In an era of digital transparency, confidentiality can only be consciously constructed and continuously defended. The new reality?

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Smithsonian Museum Accuses Federal Government of Planning a Heist

Practice of Law

Citing proof of ownership and backed by precedent, the national museum noted that the amount allocated to move and house Discovery is likely a small fraction of the actual funds required. Unfortunately for NASA and the Texas senators behind the Act, the Smithsonian isn't interested in complying.

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Split CAFC: ‘Word Salad’ Expert Testimony Failed Under Doctrine of Equivalents Infringement Standard

IP Watchdog

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision affirming a district court’s finding that NextStep, Inc. failed to prove that Comcast Cable Communications infringed its patents.

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An Offeror Controls the Terms of the Offer

E-Discovery LLC

Two Justices dissented: The Majority cites no case – and I am aware of none – in which a court has set aside a fully executed, integrated agreement based solely on a purported condition precedent found in an extrinsic document. Yet that is precisely the result the Majority reaches….

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CAFC Says Dialogue with Intended Audience Establishes Publication for Prior Art Purposes

IP Watchdog

The Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB on claim construction and also found that the Board misapplied CAFC precedent on the level of public dissemination required before printed publications can qualify as prior art. Provisur Technologies, Inc.

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Shattering Glass Ceilings: Journeying Through Construction Law, Regulations to Resolutions – Sally Davies – S7E8

Legally Speaking

You might be wondering, what exactly does a construction disputes partner do? Well, picture this: when conflicts arise in the world of construction, someone swoops in like a legal superhero, armed with a toolbox of litigation, arbitration, mediation, and adjudication skills. One of his most famous cases precedes the House of Lords.

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Math for Lawyers: The Importance of Counting to Five

WA Bar News

Five votes will create a precedent that binds all the courts in our state—and may even bind future iterations of the Washington Supreme Court itself. 11 This forward-looking statement of a legal rule makes sense only if the dissenting justices believed the lead opinion (perhaps together with the concurrence) created binding precedent.