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Autumn 2024 Vol 31, No. 4
AI can be leveraged for a variety of uses within transportation, including fleet monitoring and maintenance, shipping statistics, routing programs that monitor weather and road conditions, and deep analysis of various elements of a company’s business.
Understanding how AI is integrated into a particular product or solution will help ensure that a company does not inadvertently increase legal exposure or risk exposing confidential information. What should companies implementing a new generative AI solution consider?
Spotlight: Ocean Cargo
by Braden K. Core, Nathaniel G. Saylor,
Ocean Shipping Disputes
by Nathaniel G. Saylor, Clifford W. Lauchlan,
Summer 2024 Vol 31, No. 3
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced its Final Rule prohibiting the vast majority of noncompete agreements in the employment context (the FTC Ban). While facing significant headwinds in the form of legal challenges, the FTC Ban still stands for now.
Spotlight: Non-Asset Logistics
by Nathaniel G. Saylor, Andrew K. Light, Allyson F. Boyd, Clifford W. Lauchlan,
Spring 2024 Vol 31, No. 2
USDOL published its final rule for determining employee or independent contractor status under the FLSA. In so doing, the DOL repealed and replaced the rule promulgated for similar purposes by the Trump administration in early 2021. A federal district court held an earlier attempt to repeal the 2021 Rule was unlawful and reinstated that rule.
The Corporate Transparency Act
by Kathryne Feary-Gardner, J.D. Robinson, III,
Spotlight: M&A - Connecting Buyers and Sellers
by Jay D. Robinson, Jr., W. Todd Metzger, Kathryne Feary-Gardner,
Winter 2024 Vol 31, No. 1
Biometric data, such as fingerprint and retina scanning, offers significant utility for companies to make their operations efficient and secure. As companies have increasingly adopted the use of such technology, Plaintiffs’ attorneys have filed a flood of class-action lawsuits pursuant to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) based on the companies’ purported failure to obtain valid BIPA consent from their employees, contractors, and customers in Illinois, resulting in unrestrained verdicts and settlements. Compliance with BIPA in Illinois is paramount, given its high liability risk. Are recent results in California the start of a trend?
Spotlight: Mergers & Acquisitions
by Jay D. Robinson, Jr., Kathryne Feary-Gardner, J.D. Robinson, III,
New Corporate Reporting Requirements Now Live
by Kathryne Feary-Gardner, Kevin T. Bennett,
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