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Why Climate Litigation in South Africa Matters

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Credit: Tobias Reich, Unsplash The Sabin Center’s Global Climate Change Litigation Database currently lists over 2000 cases. And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country? The country also has a strong tradition of public interest litigation , with roots in the anti-apartheid struggle.

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New York City’s Building Electrification Law Wins in District Court

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Last week, building electrification secured an important victory in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, held that EPCA preempted a Berkeley ordinance that prohibited natural gas piping in new buildings. City of Berkeley ( Berkeley ). In Berkeley , a panel for the U.S.

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Utah Sandbox OKs Two Programs Enabling Non-Lawyers To Give Legal Advice On Medical Debt

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Both programs were approved May 7 by the Utah Supreme Court’s Office of Legal Innovation , which oversees the sandbox and reviews and approves applicants. The Utah Supreme Court approved the sandbox last August, setting it up as a two-year pilot program to license and oversee new forms of legal providers and services.

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AI Applications for 5 Different Legal Fields

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Legal firms spent approximately $12 billion on AI in 2017, and experts expect that figure to reach $85 billion by 2027. Police forces have used predictive crime mapping algorithms for years now, and some courts have turned to AI to manage parole. Civil Litigation. In Loomis v.

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CRB Releases Proposed ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and GMR Rates for Noncommercial Broadcasters

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The Copyright Royalty Board yesterday published in the Federal Register the proposed rates for the public performance of musical compositions by noncommercial broadcasters for the period 2023 through 2027. The rates reflect settlements between ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and GMR with various organizations representing noncommercial broadcasters.

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GMR and RMLC Announce Confidential Settlement on Music Royalties for Commercial Radio Stations – Broadcasters Must Decide Whether to Opt In by January 31

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A conditional settlement of the long-running litigation between Global Music Rights (GMR) , a relatively new performing rights organization formed to license the public performance rights to certain musical works, and the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) was announced this week. Because of COVID, the litigation has been stalled.

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New Copyright Royalty Board Chief Judge Named – Looking at the Issues Considered by the CRB of Importance to Media Companies

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These include Sirius XM, whose current rates run through 2027 (an unusually long period as rate cases usually set rates 5 years at a time, but the rates to be set for 2018-2022 were extended by the Music Modernization Act through 2027). Thus far, GMR has no oversight over its rates. TV too is affected by the decisions of the CRB.

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