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Law Times News
Cornell 7 case puts Canadian universities’ duty of care in focus
Institutions that fall short of their duty face liability, says Gluckstein’s Emma Partridge
The Fiduciary Litigator
Texas Business Court Holds That A Punitive Damage Limitation-Of-Liability Clause Is Enforceable In A Trust Document
In Preston Hollow Cap., LLC v. Truist Bank, an entity was a bond obligor and failed to follow the requirements of the bond documents. 729 S.W.3d 46 (Tex. Bus. Ct.…
Liskow & Lewis, APLC
Michael Mims Featured in Bloomberg Law
Michael Mims was recently featured in a Bloomberg Law article, “Industries Driven by Risk, Regulation in Search to Destroy PFAS,” on the growing push to find technologies that can destroy…
The Energy Blog
It Wasn’t Me, It Was My AI Agent
By Sara Jodka
Remember Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me”? Caught red-handed, and the advice is to just deny, deny, deny. That is about where a lot of companies are right now with AI agents.…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Should humans be liable when AI Agents Commit Breaches?
By Peter Vogel
Since July, when OpenAI said two of its frontier models autonomously hacked AI model store Hugging Face as part of a security benchmark exercise, several of the most prominent large…
Australian Emergency Law
NSW SES or RFS as event first aid providers
By M. Eburn
Today’s correspondent is: … wondering where it stands with NSW SES and RFS being used as the first aid provider at events to cut costs. I own an event first…
Consumer Protection Insights
FTC Announces Settlement and Articulates Knowledge Standard for Payment-Processor Liability
By Timothy A. Butler, Matthew White, Cody B. Davis
The Federal Trade Commission has settled with a payment processor and four affiliated entities over allegations that the companies knowingly enabled deceptive merchants, including foreign tech-support operations, to access the…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Should AI Agents be legally liable for their actions?
By Peter Vogel
BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Although U.S. frontier firms created artificial intelligence agents that went on a hacking spree, breaking the laws of at least two countries, the engineers and managers of…
Truth on the Market
AI Insurance and the Backstop Reflex: A Policy for Every Risk, a Taxpayer for Every Loss
By Ian Adams
Washington has a standard playbook when it comes to emerging commercial risks: Make companies buy insurance coverage, then put taxpayers behind the losses. That prescription is gaining fans as artificial…
P.I.S.S.D.
Just How Much Does Negligence Really Cost?
By Bob Kraft
When a business or individual fails to exercise reasonable care, the consequences can extend far beyond an initial mistake. Negligence is not simply about paying a settlement or covering damages.…