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Yale Law Grad Wants You To Go To Jail If You Download DeepSeek

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which U.S. Senator and Yale Law graduate has proposed legislation criminalizing the import/export of artificial intelligence products to/from China with up to 20 years in jail, a million dollar fine, or both? The Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act contains broad […]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.23.18

* The effort to hijack "religious freedom" to legalize discrimination continues to be plagued by members of Satanic Temples invoking the same law to secure personal freedoms that governments routinely curtail. [Huffington Post] * Cy Vance is barring donations to his campaign from lawyers with business before his office, resolving a conflict that was obvious to everyone but him. [ABC News] * Mary Jo White admits Debevoise made a mistake in naming confidential witnesses in its report that functionally exonerated the University of Rochester in a massive sexual harassment investigation. Well, when they're described as "confidential" witnesses this would seem to be a mistake. [American Lawyer] * Prosecutors want to retry Senator Menendez and have a list of demands for the new trial like, "not letting defense attorneys talk." [New Jersey Law Journal] * HLS students open a startup bringing AI into document categorization following in the proud tradition of Harvard undergrads who dropped out to become tech moguls. [Legaltech News] * Discrimination suit against Winston & Strawn hinges on what it means to be a "partner." In other words, can firms placate attorneys with empty titles without accepting the consequences? [Litigation Daily] * Pennsylvania's gerrymandered map gets the benchslap. [NPR]