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US 5th Circuit Court seeks regulation on lawyers’ AI use in legal filings

A federal appeals court in New Orleans is considering a proposal that would mandate lawyers to confirm whether they utilized artificial intelligence (AI) programs to draft briefs, affirming either independent human review of AI-generated text accuracy or no AI reliance in their court submissions.In a notice issued on Nov. 21, the

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Arbitrum Voters Complain Over Pitch to Pay Pro Researchers Like ‘Harvard Lawyers’

According to a proposed breakdown of costs, Trail of Bits would receive $800,000 for an engineer to review proposals for 32 weeks over the course of a year. Gauntlet, meanwhile, requested $327,000 for "15 quantitative researcher weeks," and Blockworks requested $780,000 "for a minimum 13 analyst weeks per quarter." Source

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SEC Chair Gensler takes dig at lawyers advising crypto and defi projects

Gary Gensler alluded that cryptocurrency operators tapping legal consultants could be doing so due to their supposedly unlawful securities offerings. Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Commission (SEC), reiterated skepticism regarding crypto service providers and their lack of compliance with existing financial laws overseeing the world’s largest capital market. Furthermore, the

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Sam Bankman-Fried lawyers pitch for changes to judge’s jury instruction

Attorneys representing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have written another letter to the presiding judge, seeking changes to the jury instructions. In the letter addressed to Judge Lewis Kaplan, the defense attorneys requested that the jury consider the role of English law in governing FTX’s terms of service.The proposal calls

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Sam Bankman-Fried May Testify to Role of Lawyers, ‘Good Faith’ Efforts, Filing Says

A Wednesday defense filing asked Judge Lewis Kaplan, who's overseeing the case, to grant the defense attorneys permission to ask Bankman-Fried about certain aspects of FTX's operation and how the company's counsel were involved in making those decisions. They include FTX's use of auto-deletion policies for Signal and Slack messages,

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FTX Creditors’ Lawyers Promote Deal Giving Investors 90% of What’s Left in Sam Bankman-Fried Empire

But the bankruptcy negotiation was always aimed toward a settlement, because it gets money into people's hands much more quickly, Paul explained. The lawyers have until Dec. 1 to get a 75% approval rate from the 60 individuals and entities in their group and with any investors who sign up

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FTX founder misled in-house lawyers on Alameda; use of customer funds

Prosecutors called FTX general counsel Can Sun to the stand following financial forensics and evidence of internal communications potentially implicating Sam Bankman-Fried in criminal wrongdoing at his crypto exchange and trading firm, Alameda Research. Expert testimonies from a Notre Dame Alumni and an FBI analyst in United States v Sam Bankman-Fried

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