Government
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It seems that generative AI has struck again.
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White House AI Exec Order Raises Questions On Future Of DoD Innovation
‘What’s really going to matter is how these various departments and agencies actually start building the rules and interpreting the guidance that they received in the executive order,’ Klon Kitchen of Beacon Global Strategies told Breaking Defense.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
FDA Forms New Digital Health Advisory Committee To Cover Growing Role Of Tech
The FDA’s digital health advisory committee will discuss technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual reality, and digital therapeutics as well as topics like decentralized clinical trials and patient-generated health data. Committee member nominations are due in December.
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Shutdown Can’t Stop Trump Criminal Cases Because PACER Is A Ripoff… Seriously
It’s good to have a slush fund!
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The IRS Will Use Artificial Intelligence To Help Pick Which Large Law Firms To Audit
The IRS has not elaborated, but the vague language could be intentional in order to put many others on notice.
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Treat AI As Your ‘Crazy Drunk Friend,’ Not Like ‘Peanut Butter’: CIA Tech Chief
Intelligence analysts need to be especially cautious about artificial intelligence ‘hallucinations’ or other false outputs, said the CIA’s Chief Technology Officer — but AI can also generate genuinely useful insights out of left field.
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Will The Rise Of Artificial Intelligence Technology Threaten Social Security’s Solvency?
As workers disappear, the tax base declines.
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* Keep track of who’s who in the latest indictment. [Politico]
* Meanwhile, Abbe Lowell and Winston & Strawn have stepped up their collective role in the Hunter Biden case, arguing that the original plea agreement included binding government promises that didn’t evaporate just because the judge rejected the deal. [Law360]
* CFPB going after data brokers selling people’s personal data. Yet again, the government agency making the most direct, tangible impact for people is the one that still worries that every election might be its last. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Justice Department urges Supreme Court to deal with unconstitutional social media laws out of Texas and Florida. [Reuters]
* Has “flexibility” lost all meaning when it comes to law firm office scheduling? No. Just because some law firms try to engage in flexibility newspeak, doesn’t actually change its meaning. [American Lawyer]
* AI may not be ready to replace lawyers, but the California Innocence Project is leveraging the tool to assist in pursuit of justice. [ABA Journal]
* London Kirkland team headed to Paul Weiss resigned on a Sunday in a power move. [LegalCheek]
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Fifth Circuit Pauses Ban On Biden Admin Flagging Online Misinformation
It was the very least they could do, but … they did it.
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EDGE Group Acquires Oryxlabs, Marking First Move Into Cybersecurity
The acquisition gives EDGE a unit focused on cybersecurity, which experts say is a growing need for the UAE.
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In Miami, Press Asks For Cameras, Judge Confiscates Their Phones
Surely Judge Cannon will want everyone to see what she’s doing, LOL.
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* When you constantly admit to elements of a crime, it shouldn’t really be a surprise when you get indicted for that crime. [CNN]
* Julian Assange loses bid to avoid extradition to the United States. His camp says he has another appeal coming, but maybe he and Trump can soon reminisce about classified documents and Russian misinformation campaigns. [Reuters]
* Baker Botts eyes merger and five of its partners eye the leadership chair. It’s Game of Thrones except with more financial spreadsheets and less nudity. Presumably. [Bloomberg Law News]
* ChatGPTGate continued with a hearing and the two lawyers involved in citing the fake AI generated cases got a thorough tongue-lashing. [Law360]
* Speaking of AI, a radio host has sued ChatGPT for making up past criminal claims about him. This has been coming for awhile. [Business Insider]
* The FBI nabbed the guy involved in the allegations against Texas AG Ken Paxton, so that’s all crumbling apace. [Politico]
* ABA issues ruling on client intake. Look, they can’t all be earth-shattering the day after a president gets federally indicted. [American Lawyer]
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* Fifth Circuit judge scolds attorney for “personal attack” because she accurately described the district court opinion as unprecedented. As Inigo Montoya would put it, “I don’t think that word means what Judge Elrod thinks it means. [Slate]
* After watching Disney’s experience beating up on Florida lawyers, Penguin Random House is starting to sue Florida school districts for banning books. [AP]
* Montana has banned TikTok in a reminder that “free speech” is now limited to punishing students for carrying mean signs during FedSoc events. [Wall Street Journal]
* Deutsche Bank paying $75 million to settle claims that the bank facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operations. Another win for Boies Schiller Flexner and Edwards Pottinger representing Epstein’s victims. [Reuters]
* Massachusetts US Attorney accused of abuse of power “to achieve a political goal epitomiz[ing] the type of ‘political justice’ that Congress intended to prohibit.” Too bad she wasn’t a judge taking free vacations from parties before the court… she’d be home free by now.[Law360]
* WilmerHale earned 5 percent of its total revenue from Meta, the company you remember as Facebook before they completely retooled to chase a creepy VR chat room that they’ve since killed after costing the company about $13 billion. Which is all to say that Wilmer may want to diversify its revenue streams at this rate. [Bloomberg Law News]
* A discussion of Shadow Docket by Steve Vladeck (affiliate link). [ABA Journal]
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How Can Medtechs Prepare For The FDA’s Shift Left Strategy On Cybersecurity
Regulators have become increasingly concerned about the potential for medical devices to become a vector for spreading malware attacks across hospital networks, resulting in untold patient harm and billions of dollars globally.
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Reading Between The Lines Of The DEA’s Proposed Rules On Telemedicine
In some ways, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine are a sign of progress. Behavioral health could be getting some much-needed clarity, but at what cost?
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This is a horrific roadmap to where AI in the legal industry will make things worse before they get better.
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Zero Trust Is The Pentagon’s New Cyber Buzzword. It Might Not Have Stopped The Discord Leaks.
When it comes to zero trust, there’s ‘a lot of buzz’ on things like secure facilities and networks, but not as much emphasis on ‘how do we watch and make sure it’s staying that way,’ one expert said.
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Mike Lindell Loses Arbitration Dispute, $5 Million, Mind
Maybe the Supreme Court can reinstate his marbles. After they bring back Trump.