Professor Chanal McCain discusses whether lawyers can ethically use AI without breaching attorney-client privilege. Specifically, McCain considers how generative AI usage could lead to unauthorized access to a client's information, breaching a lawyers duties under MRPC 1.6(c).
In her article, Nardeen Billan ’24 responds to Professor Sean Lyness’s article which discusses the critical importance of civil procedure by using climate change cases. She highlights the overlooked role procedural intricacies have in shaping the success of litigation.
In the newest faculty blog post, Sean Lyness contemplates the serious threat of depleting groundwater. States like AZ & CA are taking steps towards regulation, but Lyness argues that “no action is too small” where we all have the role in play in safeguarding our resources.
A huge thank you to our featured author
Jessica Silbey; our panelists Rebecca Schoff Curtin, Joseph Liu, & Stephen McJohn; and our moderator Bhamati Viswanathan. Your participation in yesterday’s Symposium made it an entertaining and informative discussion on I.P. Law!
Do the fundamental values of I.P. survive the sudden revitalization of generative artificial intelligence? McJohn discusses how generative artificial intelligence provided an unusually expedient way to test this.
Don’t miss McJohn on our Symposium panel from 4:30 – 6:30!
Are changes to I.P. Law up to the task of addressing concerns like fairness, privacy & distributive justice? Joseph Liu discusses how we should measure the success of our IP system once we expand beyond the narrow view of “progress.”
Don’t miss Liu on our panel tomorrow (4/11)!
What can Shakespeare teach us about digital technology? Rebecca Schoff Curtin discusses this & the change AI has on the push and pull of history and distributive justice, when we focus on fundamental humanistic values.
Don’t miss Curtin & the rest of our Symposium panel (4/11)!
In her upcoming Note, Victoria Fahey ’24 argues that legal protection for fashion design is outdated and insufficient in shielding designers from having their designs stolen. She highlights the need for to update U.S. laws to provide fashion designers the protection they deserve.
Dive into the latest episode of OnRemand! Kate Barry ‘24 discusses her upcoming note, “‘Logging Off - The New Walking Out’: A New Generation of Workers Signal A Modern Labor Movement.” Barry walks listers through quiet quitting and what led to this modern labor rebellion tactic.
Madison Adler ‘24 responds to a review of Epstien’s attempt to shield his estate & the injustice of hiding assets from victims. Adler argues that Domestic Asset Protection Trusts are part of a well known narrative: the rich get richer & the rest of us are left to pay the price