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This book is a comprehensive guide to using generative Artificial Intelligence in the law school classroom. It contains chapters on the intelligent use of A.I. in both in class and assignments, with guidance for instructors on assigning, and for students on effective use. It covers selection of tools, effective prompting, limitations of generative A.I. as well as ethical considerations of generative A.I. use in legal practice.

Cool Old Guitars revealed it had received the letter in an Instagram post Fender has issued a cease and desist letter to an Australian guitar store over alleged trademark infringements. On Instagram, vintage and used guitar store Cool Old Guitars revealed it had received a cease-and-desist letter over its apparent use of Fender terminology across its website and product descriptions.

ANN ARBOR, MI — The University of Michigan may spend dozens of millions of dollars to improve its legal library spaces in Ann Arbor. The UM Board of Regents will vote Thursday, July 16, to approve a project to expand and renovate its William W. Cook Legal Research Library and Allan and Alene Smith underground library, according to an action item.

The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Lunapark Scandinavia Oy Ltd v Hardeco Finland Oy (Case C-452/24) is one of the most significant trademark decisions originating from Finland in recent years. The case examined whether a trademark owner may lose the ability to take action against infringing use of a trademark if it has allowed parallel use of the mark to continue for a prolonged period of time without taking legal action.

Law Librarian – Global Law Firm – London A global law firm that has a UK base in Central London has a requirement for a Librarian. This role would be joining a team of around 5 and supports their operations in the UK, Europe and Middle East. The position has a broad remit of responsibilities that includes legal and business research, current awareness, training and resource adminstration and management.

Peter S. Canellos is a prize-winning journalist and the author of Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement, which Publishers Weekly called “a razor-sharp” dissection of one of the most controversial justices on the Supreme Court, whose decisions are reshaping the United States. Mr. Canellos is also the author of The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero.

CHICAGO (WLS) — University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy. The school made the announcement Thursday as part of a broader plan to respond to the rise of artificial intelligence, beginning in the upcoming fall semester. “We will be piloting a coordinated approach to classroom and examination policies for the core 1L curriculum during the 2026-2027 academic year.

SINGAPORE — A court case involving a French teen charged for filming himself licking a straw from a vending machine and then putting it back was postponed Monday as prosecutors sought to clarify if he could continue his studies if convicted. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, was widely expected to plead guilty to charges of mischief and public nuisance. Proceedings were halted after prosecutors sought more time to check if the teen’s student pass will be revoked in the event of a conviction.

Singapore Law Watch The man was criticised by Magistrate Soh Kian Peng for using AI in the documents he submitted to the court after it was found he had cited a fictitious case to the judge. A man who took his wife to court and claimed she caused him to be destitute by denying him food and money had his application for a personal protection order (PPO) dismissed.

Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri has filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment, accusing the label of systematically underpaying him and hiding royalties earned from his work with some of the biggest names in music, including Mariah Carey, Usher, Kris Kross, Xscape, Bow Wow, and Da Brat. Filed in federal court in Manhattan, the complaint seeks at least $18 million in damages and paints a picture of a decades-long accounting scheme the producer says was deliberately kept from him.