To the Forum: I am a longtime New York lawyer, and a very busy one. I am writing because I have recently had to deal with the use of artificial intelligence to record conversations and meetings. AI has made it easy to create transcripts of conversations, especially on Teams or Zoom calls. All one has … Continued
Periods of legal change in higher education often arrive with dramatic punctuation: a court decision, a regulatory announcement or a legislative intervention. In the immediate aftermath, governing boards frequently focus on whether institutional policies comply with the new rule or guidance. Once those adjustments are approved, many trustees assume that the principal legal risk has … Continued
Frivolous lawsuits have serious consequences. They waste a judge’s time, burden court resources and make parties with legitimate cases wait for their day in court. The legal community is well aware of these consequences, and New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct warn attorneys not to engage in misconduct. The courts have taken steps too: Judges … Continued
The life sciences industry is at a turning point. For years, healthcare regulation has focused on issues such as drug pricing, reimbursement disputes, fraud enforcement and compliance failures. Lately, it feels as though something larger is happening underneath the surface. In both the United States and the European Union, regulators are beginning to question not … Continued
Artificial intelligence, like many other forms of technological advancements over the years, has been rapidly adopted by attorneys and courts all over the world, and it is here to stay. By now, we have likely all read about horror stories – hallucinated case citations, incorrectly summarized case decisions, misinterpreted case holdings, cybersecurity risks and ethical … Continued
When America’s Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution, today’s technology was inconceivable. One example is artificial intelligence machines that decide, predict, and recommend.[1] Generative AI is what online legal research was decades ago: a favorite target of critics, but a tool that could revolutionize legal work.[2] ChatGPT’s November 2022 debut transformed legal operations. Generative AI has … Continued
Created as a prerogative of the English aristocracy against kingly tyranny through the issuance of the Magna Carta in 1215, the idea of due process, or procedural and substantive protection against deprivations of life, liberty and property, slowly expanded throughout the ensuing centuries to encompass ordinary citizens in the British Isles. The principle became transferred … Continued
Community and cultivate are two of Labor and Employment Law Section Chair Iyana Titus’ favorite words. That helps explain why nurturing new leaders and developing a more diverse section membership are among her goals for the upcoming year. To direct young attorneys toward New York State Bar Association leadership requires a multi-prong approach, she said. … Continued
Editor’s Note: In the tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous, the author has asked that his full name not be used. The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor this is loneliness settled down. It … Continued
Medical aid in dying will soon become a legally permitted medical option for terminally ill patients in New York. On Feb. 6, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Act. The new law legalizes the prescribing of a lethal dose of medication by New York State physicians for the purpose of hastening … Continued