Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Copyright Infringement Lawsuits Ahead for Tech Companies
Technology companies are facing a series of lawsuits alleging copyright infringement. Throughout our Artificial Intelligence 101 blog series, we’ve discussed the hypothetical legal troubles Generative AI can cause. To wrap things up, our final blog post is an overview of the many pending lawsuits that could decide the legal future of Generative AI. OpenAI, the […]
Filed Under: Environment and Land Use Law
EPA Issues Final Lead & Copper Rule Improvements with $2.6 Billion Allocated to Support Replacement of All Lead Drinking Water Pipes in the US
EPA finalizes Lead and Copper Rule improvements aimed at replacing lead drinking water pipes in the United States On October 8, the Biden Administration issued its long-awaited final rule, the “Lead and Copper Rule Improvements” (the “LCRI”), requiring drinking water systems across the country identify and replace all lead water pipes within a 10-year period.[1] […]
Filed Under: Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Attorney Mason Higgins Presents during Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Update for State Bar
Attorney Mason Higgins to present at State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Updates Stafford Rosenbaum Attorney Mason Higgins will present on real estate issues in bankruptcy, including single-asset real estate issues commercial leases, on Wednesday, November 6, for the Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Update for the Eastern District, and on Thursday, November 7, for the […]
Filed Under: Employment & Labor Law
Bosses Beware: Safety Comes First in the Face of Extreme Weather
Employers, safety first for your employees in extreme weather circumstances. The tragic stories that we all saw in the path of destruction left by recent hurricanes is a good reminder that no community is safe from the damages of climate change and extreme weather. Out of many tragic stories, one that received a great deal […]
Filed Under: Government Law
Stafford Rosenbaum Attorneys Present at and Sponsor Wisconsin Towns Association Conference
Attorneys Larry Konopacki and Derek Punches present at Wisconsin Towns Association’s Town Law Conference Stafford Rosenbaum LLP is proud to sponsor the 2024 Town Law Conference, hosted by the Wisconsin Towns Association and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Local Government Education Program. Topics of the virtual conference, taking place on October 25, 2024, include town regulation […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Federal Law Still Does Not Address Use of Generative AI
United States federal law still does not address use of Generative AI, though lawmakers have proposed legislation addressing various issues. In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we discussed intellectual property infringement as a legal risk of using Generative AI. Today, we jump into a discussion of the various other legal liabilities associated […]
Filed Under: Litigation
Attorney David Hollander’s ‘Return of Dicta’ Article Featured on Wisconsin Lawyer Cover
Attorney David Hollander co-authors article featured on cover of October 2024 Wisconsin Lawyer Attorney David P. Hollander has been featured for the second time on the cover of Wisconsin Lawyer magazine. The State Bar of Wisconsin published “The Return of Dicta Under Wisconsin Law?” by Atty. Hollander and co-author, the Hon. Michael R. Fitzpatrick (Ret.), […]
Filed Under: Business Law
Attorney Seep Paliwal Presents on Commercial Contracts for State Bar of Wisconsin
Attorney Seep Paliwal presents during State Bar business law CLE seminar series Attorney Seep Paliwal will discuss the basics of commercial contracts with a panel of other experts over the noon hour on Thursday, October 10, during the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Business Lawyer Starter Kit Series: Commercial Contracts,” available to watch as a webcast. […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: The High Risk of Intellectual Property Infringement with Use of Generative AI
Use of Generative AI output carries a high risk of intellectual property infringement liability, particularly with respect to infringement of copyright protected works. In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we highlighted the various ways in which Generative AI is unreliable and still incapable of truly replicating human work. In today’s post, we […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: Evaluating the Consistency and Reliability of Generative AI for Content Creation
Generative AI still cannot consistently or reliably create content without substantial inaccuracies, racial and gendered biases, or outright fabrications. In our previous Generative Artificial Intelligence 101 blog post, we defined Generative AI and its many benefits. This time we will discuss why we cannot rely on Generative AI completely, just yet. While Generative AI is […]
Filed Under: Construction Law Environment and Land Use Law
Attorney Jessica Mederson Presents at State Bar of Wisconsin’s 2024 Environmental Law Update
Attorney Mederson to present on climate change during State Bar’s Annual Environmental Law Update Attorney Jessica C. Mederson will present with a panel of other experts during the State Bar of Wisconsin’s 36th Annual Environmental Law Update on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Jessica and the other panelists’ portion of the Environmental Law Update promises to […]
Filed Under: Litigation
Attorney Clementine Uwabera to Speak to Local and National Audiences during Upcoming Engagements
Attorney Clementine Uwabera speaks in Dane County Circuit Court and during ALFA International seminar in the coming week Attorney Clementine Uwabera will speak on Friday, September 6, at the Dane County Courthouse, moving the court to swear in Judge Payal Khandhar, who was recently appointed a Dane County Circuit Court Branch 2 Judge by Governor […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: What Is Generative AI, and What Are Its Benefits?
What Is Generative AI, and What Are Its Benefits? To understand the impact of generative artificial intelligence technology (Generative AI), it is helpful to understand first how this technology differs from artificial intelligence that has been in routine use by many industries. Artificial intelligence encompasses any theory, computer system, or software that is developed to […]
Filed Under: Business Law Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Generative Artificial Intelligence 101: An Introduction
What is Generative AI, what can it do, and what should you be worried about? Generative artificial intelligence technology (“Generative AI”) has seen a surge in advancement and attention in the past few years. With the release of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence models (also referred to as “generative AI programs” or simply AI […]
Filed Under: Employment & Labor Law
Court Strikes Down Nationwide FTC Final Rule Banning Nearly All Non-Competes
Employers across the U.S. can breathe a sigh of relief. A federal court in Dallas, Texas stopped the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning almost all non-competition agreements. The case is Ryan LLC v. Chamber of the United States of America et al. (N.D. Tex., Case No. 3:24-cv-00986-E; Documents 211 [opinion] and 212 [final judgment]). […]
Filed Under: Federal Indian and Tribal Law
Attorney Jamie Konopacky to Present at State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Indian Law CLE
Attorney Jamie Konopacky to present at the Stafford Rosenbaum sponsored Annual Indian Law Conference Attorney Jamie Konopacky will present at the State Bar of Wisconsin’s 12th Annual Indian Law Conference on August 16, 2024. She will speak as part of a panel on energy and environmental sovereignty in local tribal nations. The panel discussion is […]
Filed Under: Business Law
Attorney Pahoua Thao Presents on AI & Data Privacy Policies for Corporate Counsel
Attorney Pahoua Thao Presents on AI & Data Privacy Policies for Association of Corporate Counsel – Wisconsin On Wednesday, July 31, Attorney Pahoua Thao will give a CLE presentation to an audience of corporate counsel on artificial intelligence and data privacy best practices for businesses. Sponsored entirely by Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, the presentation will take […]
Filed Under: Employment & Labor Law
Split Decisions on Motions to Block FTC Final Rule on Non-Competes
Split Decisions on Federal Trade Commission Final Rule on Non-Competition Clauses in Employment Agreements Employers anxiously awaiting a final decision on challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning nearly all non-competition clauses in employment agreements will have to continue to wait. One court refused to block the challenge. Another court preliminarily agreed with […]
Filed Under: Election & Political Law
Supreme Court Ruling Prompts New Guidance for Municipal Clerks on Drop Boxes for Absentee Voting Ballots
Municipal clerks are once again able to use drop boxes to collect returned absentee voting ballots. As many municipal clerks will tell you, “drop boxes” for the return of government documents, including ballots, have been used throughout the state for decades, often in the form of slots or boxes at municipal buildings. They became more […]
Filed Under: Family Law
Attorney Katherine Harrell Presents at State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Meeting
Attorney Katie Harrell presents on family law mediation and arbitration for State Bar Attorney Katie Harrell will present as part of a panel on Thursday, June 20, at the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Meeting and Conference in Green Bay. Her presentation is part of a three-day program of CLEs and other sessions for legal […]