Benjamin Alarie, a professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, has long believed artificial intelligence will bring seismic change to the legal profession and, accordingly, society – resulting in what he’s dubbed ‘the legal singularity.’Abdi Aidid and Benjamin AlarieIn a forthcoming book, Alerie tackles the topic with Aidid’s servant, who recently joined the faculty as an assistant professor.
The pair argue that the proliferation of AI-enabled technology – and specifically the advent of legal prediction – will radically change the law profession and facilitate “a functional ‘completeness’ of law, where the law is at once extraordinarily…
NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general on Tuesday asked a judge to sanction former US President Donald Trump, his adult children, the Trump Organization and their lawyers over their responses to her $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against them.
The lawsuit by Attorney General Letitia James last September accused the defendants of involvement in a decade-long scheme to manipulate asset values and Trump’s net worth, in order to induce banks and insurers to provide better terms.
On Jan. 26, the defendants filed formal “answers” where, as often occurs in similar lawsuits, they are denied or claimed…
Tim Holland Shares Seminar Tips on Winning Slip and Fall and Premises Liability CasesTim Holland Shares Seminar Tips on Winning Slip and Fall and Premises Liability Cases
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 27, 2023Experienced lawyer Tim Holland teaches attorneys how to maximize value in slip and fall and principal liability cases in nationwide webinars
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Tim Holland of Slip and Fall Lawyer Help recently taught lawyers throughout the country on how to win premises liability, slip and fall, and trip and fall cases. Tim was the featured speaker on a…
Keeping Canadians safe is the Government of Canada’s top priority. We know that one Canadian killed by gun violence is one too many, which is why, two years ago, we banned over 1,500 types of military-style assault firearms. We also strengthened our gun control laws to expand background checks and keep firearms out of the wrong hands. These measures are helping to keep our children and communities safe.
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the introduction of new legislation to further strengthen gun control in Canada and keep Canadians safe from gun violence. Bill C-21 puts forward some of…
Vancouver (Canada) – Fasken is a founding member of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association (BHRLA). The BHRLA’s member firms will collaborate to advance business and human rights in commercial legal practice.
The BHRLA is focused on advancing business and human rights leadership, learning, collaboration and practice among commercial law firms and business lawyers around the world, and respecting these rights as set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The association will support lawyers in advising commercial clients on the human rights risks and opportunities associated with business activities.
“Furthering practice excellence by…
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges PLDT Inc. (NYSE:PHI) investors who have suffered significant losses to submit your losses now.
Class Period: Jan. 1, 2019 – Dec. 19, 2022Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr. 7, 2023Visits: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/PHI Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895
PLDT Inc. (NYSE: PHI) Securities Fraud Class Action:
The litigation focuses on PLDT’s past disclosures about the capital expenditures incurred in its massive network transformation program.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose that: (1) PLDT incurred huge capital spending overruns; and…
In April 1999, John Balentine, a Black man on trial for murder in Amarillo, Texas, sat before an all-white jury as they deliberated whether he should live or die.
Should he be given a life sentence, in which case he would probably end his days behind prison bars? Or should they send him to death row to await execution?
Balentine had been convicted days earlier of murdering three white teenagers who had threatened to kill him because he was romantically engaged with one of the teenagers’ white sisters – an interracial liaison widely frowned upon in heavily segregated Amarillo. Now…
Napoli Shkolnik has filed a lawsuit against one of its lawyers for breach of contract.Getty ImagesNapoli Shkolnik, a law firm in New York, is suing one of its attorneys for “quiet quitting.”The firm said Heather Palmore breached her contract by also working for her own legal practice.Her lawyer said Napoli Shkolnik filed the “bogus” lawsuit after she raised discrimination claims.An attorney in New York is being sued by her own law firm for “quiet quitting” — a buzzy term for workers who do the bare minimum at their jobs without resigning.
Napoli Shkolnik, a personal injury…