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Welcome to a new episode of AI Chats, a podcast series produced by the law firm of Haynes Boone and lawyers from its AI and Deep Learning Practice Group to explore the exciting, ever-evolving, and occasionally controversial world of artificial intelligence.
Today, we are joined by Professor Susan Morse from University of Texas, School of Law, to discuss legal regulation for AI. While AI has the potential to transform many industries, there are concerns about potential misuse of AI. Do AI systems follow the law? What design choices can the law make to encourage legal compliance by robots? Professor Morse provides insights into these important questions, with her study of tax compliance robots, such as TurboTax that actually many of us use.
In the latest episode of HB Media Minute, Haynes Boone Partner Ryan Patrick discusses how businesses can use civil enforcement procedures to investigate whether their trademarks and copyrights have been infringed -- and, if they establish an infringement, how they can go about seizing counterfeit products. The former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas from 2018-2021, Patrick details the prevalence of counterfeiting, the significant costs it imposes on businesses, how civil investigations into counterfeiting are analogous to criminal investigations, the differences between grey market and black market good, and some of the methods businesses case use to police fake products and penalize counterfeiters.
In the latest On Track, Houston Partner Brent Shultz and Dallas Partner Robert Bruner discuss how ongoing sanctions levied against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have impacted hedge funds and private equity funds, which often count Russian oligarchs as investors. Brent and Robert discuss the impact of sanctions on subscription credit facilities; the sort of due diligence that fund managers and subscription lenders perform into investors of funds; the challenges of determining if a particular investor is in fact on a sanctions list; and the steps that funds should take if they determine that an investor is on a sanctions list. A partner in the firm’s Fund Finance Practice, Shultz has negotiated and closed billions of dollars of complex debt financings. Bruner, a partner in the Investment Management Practice, regularly advises private equity and hedge funds in connection with the formation and operation of the funds.
Haynes Boone and shipbrokers Affinity discuss significant legal and commercial themes that arise as the shipbuilding market adapts to changes in the markeplace.
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William Cecil, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, Haynes Boone and co-author of the fifth edition of the Law of Shipbuilding Contracts, published May 2020 (Informa Law from Routledge)
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Mark Johnson, Shipping Partner, Haynes Boone
Amanda Larrington, Disputes Counsel, Haynes Boone
Nick Pugh, Broker/Analyst, Affinity Shipbuilding LLP
Nick Wood, Head of Newbuilding/Partner, Affinity Shipbuilding LLP
Haynes Boone Partner Liza Mark, the head of the firm’s Shanghai office, discusses China’s zero-Covid strategy, both the impact it is having on citizens of the country and companies that do business in China. Mark, whose practice focuses on private equity investments, securities, and cross-border M&A, drills down on the challenges of completing cross-border transactions amid China’s aggressive COVID-19 response. She discusses the extra steps required to keep deals on track and also some of the issues that companies need to think about if they plan to unwind their investments in China, including the steps involved in repatriating funds out of China.
The latest HB On Track podcast features Ed Lebow, Counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C, office, and London Partner Andreas Dracoulis discussing the economic sanctions levelled on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. The lawyers provide a brief history and regulatory overview of economic sanctions, from a US, and UK perspective, and then cover key issues in regards to the Russia sanctions, including their impact on US and UK companies that do businesses with Russian individuals and companies.
Haynes Boone Associate Michael Lambert appears on HB Media Minute to discuss the media’s increasing use of drones in news coverage and how drone usage might be impacted by a recent federal court ruling that Texas’ restrictive drone law is unconstitutional. Michael explained the Texas law at issue, which imposed civil and criminal penalties for the use of drones for certain purposes, such as to capture images of an individual or privately owned property with “the intent to conduct surveillance.” Michael analyzed why Texas federal judge Robert Pitman declared the law unconstitutional and how that ruling, which was issued in March 2022 and is currently on appeal, could provide Texas journalists great latitude to use drones. However the case is resolved, Michael explains, drone users still need to abide by federal laws and other regulations and other restrictions governing drone flights.
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On a daily basis, in ways big and small, we take steps as a firm to be a market leader in diversity, equity and inclusion and to make a positive impact on society. Thankfully, these steps add up, yielding significant, measurable progress as captured by our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Impact Report, 2020-2021.
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In this article, London Partner Marcus Esly writes about force majeure and it's history related to English law... Fascinating background information about the development of English common law - On 26 March 1647, in Paradine v Jane the Court of King’s Bench gave judgment in a dispute concerning arrears of rent under a lease. The judgment is still quoted today as establishing that the English law of contract recognises no general defence of supervening impossibility: if a party agrees to do something that turns out to be impossible, they will be held to their bargain.
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