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By Heather Fithian Romansky I. Introduction           On October 11, 2022, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor announced a proposed rule aimed at repealing the lame-duck policy instituted in January 2021, which made it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees.[1]  …

By Colin Patrick Dean Introduction[1]             The Delaware Court of Chancery held that the principal of a private equity firm was subject to the jurisdiction of Delaware courts for the alleged actions taken on behalf of one of the private equity funds portfolio limited liability companies in In re P3 Health Groups Holdings, LLC.[2] The…

By Nina Monzack           In a recent decision that overturned a nearly $700 million Chancery verdict awarded to holders of public units of a Delaware Managed Limited Partnership (MLP), the Delaware Supreme Court held that a general partner was shielded by a dual-layer exculpatory provision. The provision was found in the…

By: Katherine R. Welch           You probably know where you have placed your laptop, where your phone is, and which folder you may have put that important pdf into, but do you know where the data from all of those devices are stored?  The simple answer may be “the cloud”, but…

By: Keith Barlett [1]  What is ChatGPT?           ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (“AI”) chat bot developed by OpenAI.[2]  It works similar to a search engine, like Google, but instead of providing links to potentially relevant websites, it responds with “conversational” text responses.[3]  The program was initially trained using Reinforcement Learning…

By Allison M. Clay           Tesla recently appeared in the news, yet again, after a 2021 Tesla Model S caused an eight-car pileup on Thanksgiving Day in San Francisco, California.[1] According to the driver, a California attorney, the vehicle was in Autopilot mode and was attempting to change into the far-left…

By: Giulia Lima [1]           It is common for many daily users of social media platforms, like Facebook, to just accept the lengthy terms and agreement without reading them. This current legal situation should put users on high alert to what they are agreeing to and what they are allowing these…

By Jennifer Pagano “Since 2000, clothing production has approximately doubled globally.”[1] “Every year, people in the United States throw out more than 34 billion pounds of used textiles.”[2] “The average U.S. consumer buys 60 percent more clothes than at the turn of the century, keeps them for roughly half as long, and throws away 81.5…

By Andrew J. Czerkawski I. Background and Posture           In the summer of 2018, after the directors of Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) awarded fellow board member Elon Musk (“Musk”) a compensation package worth potentially $55.8 billion, shareholder Richard Tornetta (“Tornetta”) brought direct and derivative claims against Musk and all eight other board…

By Nicole Fitzpatrick             From Taylor swift to Bruno Mars to Frank Ocean, the music industry’s biggest heavy-hitters all have one thing in common: not being immune from copyright lawsuits. Copyright lawsuits are often complex, involving litigation, that involve the advising of the jury on the complexities of copyright law and the music industry. COPYRIGHT…