ChatGPT: A Lawyer's Friend or Ethical Time Bomb? A Look at Professional Responsibility in the Age of AI
April 19, 2023
by Devin R. Bates
The emergence of ChatGPT comes with tremendous promise of increased automation and efficiency. But at what cost? In this blog post, we’ll explore the potential ethical time bomb of using ChatGPT and examine the responsibility of lawyers in the age of AI. How could lawyers possibly use ChatGPT…
Washington County Landfill/Expansion: Second Request for Adjudicatory Hearing/Commission Review Before Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control & Ecology Challenging Permit Issuance
Tontitown Mayor Angie Russell and the City of Tontitown filed a Request for Hearing and Adjudicatory Review (“Request”) on April 17th before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) challenging the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental…
Superfund/CERCLA Chemical Taxes: Internal Revenue Service Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published in the March 29th Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) addressing the excise taxes imposed on certain chemicals and imported substances effective July 1, 2022. See 88 Fed. Reg. 18446. The proposed rule affects…
Safe Drinking Water Act/Underground Injection Well Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and El Centro, California, Irrigation District Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Imperial Irrigation District (“IID”) entered into an April 11th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) program requirements. See…
Hot Topics in Products Liability Law: Problems that Arise When Using Data in Products Liability Cases
April 18, 2023
by Devin R. Bates
In a past blog post, we predicted that data is arguably the products liability issue of the future. And we also explored some ways in which data can be used as a sword and a shield in products liability cases. Also, we have written before about the data gathering and management practical problems…