V-Lex August Newsletter

We recently had the pleasure of announcing the 2023 Fastcase 50 honorees. These individuals have reshaped the legal landscape for lawyers, courts, and the public at large, and have helped the legal world operate to its full potential. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the 2023 honorees, and we would encourage you to learn more about them here.

Law Street Media, the analytics-focused legal news site, has been added to our repertoire following our merger with Fastcase, and we are delighted to confirm that it will continue to share free articles and filings under the vLex brand. Read some of the latest articles, including:

CAJO News is a bi-annual publication that is produced by the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers to provide critical insights into the legal landscape in the Caribbean. In the latest issue, Masoud Gerami, Managing Director of vLex Global Markets, was invited to guest author an article. Read the article on page 44 to learn more about how vLex is having a positive impact in the region by improving worldwide access, visibility, and use of Caribbean case law.

This new tool from the Docket Alarm team enables pleadings to be downloaded, summarized, and organized to greatly improve productivity and accuracy in docket analysis. In addition to already bulk downloading litigation pleadings, the Batch AI Analyzer will now also provide concise summaries of each downloaded litigation document in a user-friendly spreadsheet for analysis. Learn more about how you can start accessing high-quality summaries and outlines today.

In July, the newly combined vLex and Fastcase team came together for the first time in person to attend AALL. Ed Walters, our chief strategy officer and founder of Fastcase, has summarized our time at the American Association of Law Libraries conference in this blog. Read about our successful trip to Boston, recap the main highlights and talking points from the panel discussions, and discover the fun had during the cooking class experiences we had the pleasure of hosting.

Later this month, you can catch our North American team in Florida for the ILTA conference, running from August 20th-24th. Shortly after, our UK-based team will be attending the Nigerian Bar Association conference from August 25th to September 1st, while our Asia Pacific team will be at the New Zealand Law Librarians Association conference from August 31st. We look forward to seeing you on the conference circuit to share our latest news in person.

Covering over 100 countries, vLex offers regularly updated news from around the world, alongside updates and commentaries from major law firms. This content is provided by LexBlog, JD Supra and Mondaq, or curated by our expert editorial team.

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework Promises Greater Ease for Cross-Border Transfers, but Uncertainty Remains
Ed. Note:  Thank you to Summer Associate Nicole Onderdonk for her significant contributions to this post. On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF, or “Privacy Framework”), which establishes the Privacy Framework as an authorized mechanism under the… (See Article)

UK House of Lords Announces Inquiry into Large Language Models
On July 7, 2023, the UK House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee (the “Committee”) announced an inquiry into Large Language Models (“LLMs”), a type of generative AI used for a wide range of purposes, including producing text, code and translations.  According to the Committee, they have launched the inquiry to understand “what needs to… (See Article)

Barbie Goes to Court
Yes, Barbie has been in court quite often. Is there a litigious Barbie, yet? … In Mattel, Inc. v. Walking Mountain Productions, 353 F.3d 792 (9th Cir. 2003), the toymaker sued Tom Forsythe, a photographer, after he photographed nude Barbie using kitchen appliances, a “Food Chain Barbie” depicting a “Malted Barbie” on a vintage Hamilton… (See Article)

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