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Artificial “Intelligence”? A Cautionary Tale Starring the ChatBot Associate from Hell

Artificial “Intelligence”? A Cautionary Tale Starring the ChatBot Associate from Hell

By Michael A. Kahn / June 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Artificial “Intelligence”? A Cautionary Tale Starring the ChatBot Associate from Hell

  As both a trial attorney and the author of novels, I have learned to heed the words of Mark Twain, who wrote: “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.”  We’ve all heard remarkable true stories about amazing coincidences (twins separated at birth and…

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LLCs Taxed as S Corporations: Welcome Relief for Inadvertent “S” Failures

LLCs Taxed as S Corporations: Welcome Relief for Inadvertent “S” Failures

By Laura E. Krebs Al-Shathir / June 1, 2023 / Comments Off on LLCs Taxed as S Corporations: Welcome Relief for Inadvertent “S” Failures

  A Disaster Waiting to Happen  Picture it: The year is 2003. You are an owner of a limited liability company that has elected to be taxed as an S corporation. When you formed your LLC, you worked with an attorney to draft the operating agreement, and your CPA filed the S election. You went…

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Fair Use Face-Off: Warhol vs. Goldsmith – Unpacking the Unexpected Ruling

Fair Use Face-Off: Warhol vs. Goldsmith – Unpacking the Unexpected Ruling

By Pete Salsich / May 19, 2023 / Comments Off on Fair Use Face-Off: Warhol vs. Goldsmith – Unpacking the Unexpected Ruling

  Yesterday morning the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in one of the most closely-watched copyright cases in a long time – Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith. This case raised the question of whether pop artist Andy Warhol’s silkscreen painting of rock star Prince infringed on a photograph of Prince on which it was…

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