Judiciary.org - Part 4

Civil Law

Unlocking the Power of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Models in the Legal Industry (Or Play Some of that Ragtime Music)

As we navigate the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models have become a staple in the legal industry. These models combine information retrieval with natural language generation, offering legal professionals new ways to efficiently manage complex data and generate relevant, insightful responses. There are several different types of RAG models, so it is beneficial to understand how each can uniquely support legal work,

How RAG Models Work

At the core of RAG models is a two-step process: … Read the rest

Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, Oct. 25

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

New York state can enforce many gun restrictions, US appeals court rules (Jonathan Stempel, Reuters)
Voters Don’t Think US Supreme Court Can Be Fair About the Election, Poll Shows (Emily Birnbaum, Bloomberg)
A Supreme Court Decision Claimed to Take Partisanship Out of Gun Cases. It Didn’t. (Chip Brownlee, The Trace)
How the 2024 Election Will Reshape the

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Thursday, Oct. 24

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

Former Trump aides are asking for the Supreme Court’s help as their ex-boss eyes the White House (John Fritze, CNN)
RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to take him off Wisconsin ballot, despite missing deadline (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
If it survives in court, Texas’ immigration law could upend immigration enforcement nationwide (Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune)
Harris

… Read the rest

Civil Law

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli History

Several years ago, I was giving a talk at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ conference in Boston. My talk was primarily an overview of where food safety has come since the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in 1993.

At one point I introduced an article I found in 1993 at the beginning of the Jack in the Box litigation. The article, “Hemorrhagic colitis associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype.” New England Journal of Medicine, 1983 Mar 24; … Read the rest

Supreme Court

The morning read for Tuesday, Oct. 22

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

Supreme Court Clean Air Fight Could Pry Disputes From Washington (Jennifer Hijazi & Shayna Greene, Bloomberg Law)
A frustrated Supreme Court to look at one version of judge shopping (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
Reforms at the U.S. Supreme Court: Where do Harris and Trump stand? (Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder)
First openly transgender lawyer to argue at US Supreme

… Read the rest

Civil Law

The European Commission postpones application of the EU Deforestation Regulation and other developments

On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (“Commission”) made public its proposal to postpone application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”), by way of an amendment to the EUDR that would postpone (a) its date of entry into application from 30 December 2024 to 30 December 2025 (and till 30 June 2026 for small and micro-enterprises) and (b) benchmarking deadline to 30 June 2025.

On the same day, the Commission also released the long overdue EUDR Draft Guidance … Read the rest

Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, Oct. 18

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case after lawmakers’ last-minute appeal (Juan A. Lozano & Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press)
Harris or Trump, next president will have less impact on shape of US judiciary (Nate Raymond, Reuters)
Trump can be charged with obstruction after high court ruling, filing says (Spencer S. Hsu &

… Read the rest

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Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December

The Supreme Court’s December argument session will feature the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors, as well as a case by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust seeking compensation for the seizure of the property by the Hungarian government and a dispute over the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to bar flavored e-cigarettes that are likely to appeal to young people.

The court on Friday released the calendar for the December argument session, … Read the rest

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