New ABA book examines the legal implications of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of smart machines are shaking up law and society. Companies, governments and universities implement AI without a full understanding of its legal and regulatory threats. A new book by the ABA Business Law Section, "The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines," provides a comprehensive overview of how this new technology has evolved, how it will affect the legal profession and how the law will be reformed to meet the new realities created by AI.
Beginning with a history of AI, this guide explores the special legal problems such as intellectual property development and labor replacement, and discusses risks imposed by AI and how to mitigate those risks. It covers:
-Regulations managing autonomous flying drones, biologically-base robots and other thinking machines that operate in our streets and companies
-AI's impact on healthcare, workplace procedures and basic business management
-AI and intellectual property, cybersecurity and consumer privacy
-The transactional law practice and AI
-International privacy laws and global regulations and their effect on development of AI
-The future of AI and mapping the law
-Unique traits of AI decision-making that already conflict with laws and regulations
Included are charts, graphs, glossary of terms, framework for trustworthy AI and an appendix with examples of opportunities and critical concerns raised by artificial intelligence.
The guide is edited by Theodore F. Claypoole and is a compilation written by industry leaders who specialize in this area of the law. Click here for a list of authors.
Claypoole leads the Womble Bond Dickinson IP Transaction Team, its FinTech Team and its Privacy and Cyber Security Team. He serves clients in managing risk and making money with data, internet and electronic technologies. Claypoole is immediate past chair of the ABA Business Law Section's Cyberspace Law Committee and serves on the section's Leadership Council. He has co-authored two books with Theresa Payton published by Rowman & Littlefield titled, "Privacy in the Age of Big Data" and "Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are You Naked Online?"
New ABA book explores how forensic experts' input can provide clarity in construction litigation
A recently published book by the American Bar Association, "The Effective Use of Forensic Experts in Construction Litigation" will help a litigation or arbitration team become more persuasive in telling the story about each construction issue or problem in a way that makes the complex case easier to understand, makes the truth more self-evident and exposes the fallacies of any attempt to conceal the truth.
The book seeks to examine the issues surrounding expert witnesses or consultants who help present or defend a claim or case. There are many complexities involved in a construction project. Problems can result from many causes, including design mistakes, poor quality of workmanship, unexpected cost overruns or late completion. When these problems and frustrations are not settled among the parties and they have no choice but to pursue legal remedies, forensic technical experts are asked to provide their expertise.
Filled with beneficial information from a wide variety of authors, "The Effective Use of Forensic Experts in Construction Litigation" is a helpful guide that aims to assist those who aspire to become a forensic expert witness in construction, assist those who already are a forensic expert witness and assist those who engage forensic expert witnesses so that they may become more effective in the way they utilize the services of an expert witness.
The book is edited by Thomas L. Rosenberg, Robert H. Pratt, Kerry L. Kester and Michael A. Branca.
Rosenberg is a partner with the law firm of Roetzel & Andress, LPA, in Columbus, Ohio, where he leads the construction law practice. Roetzel & Andress has been consistently recognized as one of the best law firms nationally and locally for construction and construction litigation by U.S. News & World Report.
Pratt, executive vice president of Demand Construction Services, Inc., in Denver, Colo., is responsible for professional services in the fields of forensic schedule analysis, forensic cost estimating and damages.
Kester practices law at Woods & Aitken in Denver, where he focuses on construction contracting; construction dispute resolution; and counseling of general and specialty contractors, owners, subcontractors, sureties, design professionals and suppliers.
Branca, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Peckar & Abramson, P.C., focuses his practice on construction and government contract law.
Published: Fri, Sep 20, 2019
