OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit
More than 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees signed onto a statement supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the Defense Department after the agency labeled the AI firm a supply-chain risk, according to court filings.
Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply-chain risk designation
Anthropic filed suit against the Department of Defense on Monday after the agency labeled it a supply-chain risk. The complaint calls the DOD's actions "unprecedented and unlawful."
Identifying Adversary Characteristics from an Observed Attack
arXiv:2603.05625v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When used in automated decision-making systems, machine learning (ML) models are vulnerable to data-manipulation attacks. Some defense mechanisms (e.g., adversarial regularization) directly affect the ML models while others (e.g., anomaly detection) act within the broader...
Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?
On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the controversy means for other startups seeking to work with the federal government.
OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal
Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI's controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, she’s resigned from her role leading the company's robotics team.
In Defense of Empiricism in Family Law
ARTICLE In Defense of Empiricism in Family Law Elizabeth S. Scott* It is fitting to include an essay defending the application of empirical research to family law and policy in a symposium honoring the scholarly career of Peg Brinig, who...
Volume 2025, No. 6
Adjudicating De Facto Parentage by Stephanie L. Tang; Behind the Bench: Unmasking the Judicial Role in North America’s Prolonged Access to Justice Crisis by Brajesh Ranjan; Abuse Victims Are Not Sleeping Away Their Day in Court: Claim Preclusion and Wisconsin...
The Rise of Global FCPA Settlements
Introduction On December 2, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with ABB Ltd., a Swiss global technology company, for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).[1] ABB,...
Student Organizations
Vanderbilt law students are active, public-minded, and come from a variety of backgrounds - all qualities reflected by a wide variety of thriving student organizations at the law school. Even with little free time, most students find it worthwhile to...
Recent Policies, Regulations and Laws Related to Artificial Intelligence Across the Central Asia
Artificial Intelligence as technology is developing fast in the Central Asian Region. In Post COVID World, it is expected to change the people’s lives by improving healthcare (e.g. making diagnosis more precise, enabling better prevention of diseases), increasing the efficiency...
Large Language Models for Legal Interpretation? Don’t Take Their Word for It
Public Interest
The Vanderbilt Law School Public Interest Office prepares students for fulfilling and sustainable public interest careers through robust advising, programming, and community support. It fosters a culture of public service by providing the vision, training, and opportunities to serve the...
Anti-Domination and Administration
The foundations of the administrative state are being reshaped, both by the continuing transformations of administrative law doctrine by the courts and by the ambitions for restructuring the executive branch among the current presidential administration. But at the same time,...
Trustworthy AI and Corporate Governance: The EU’s Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence from a Company Law Perspective
Abstract AI will change many aspects of the world we live in, including the way corporations are governed. Many efficiencies and improvements are likely, but there are also potential dangers, including the threat of harmful impacts on third parties, discriminatory...
Essential but Excluded: Vending in the Time of Corona
Immigrants, those with legal status and those without, individuals returning from incarceration, and individuals with time-consuming childcare and other family obligations often look to start microenterprises like street vending to provide for themselves and their families. However, many municipalities in...
Symposia Archive - Minnesota Law Review
2024–25 Environmental and Energy Regulation Reformation: Challenges and Solutions After West Virginia v. EPA, Sackett v. EPA, and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo 2023–24 Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America 2022–23 Leaving Langdell Behind:...
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An Ineffective State of Justice: Barriers to Ineffective- Assistance-of-Counsel Claims in State and Federal Courts
Legal Framework For The Use Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology In The Canadian Criminal Justice System
Drug Scheduling as Institutional Design
The United States makes bad choices when it comes to psychoactive drugs. Under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), U.S. drug law has simultaneously fueled mass incarceration, inhibited needed access, and enabled an opioid crisis.The postDrug Scheduling as Institutional Designappeared first...
The Invisible Prison: Pathways and Prevention
ARTICLE The Invisible Prison: Pathways and Prevention Margaret F. Brinig* & Marsha Garrison** In this Article, we propose a new strategy for curbing crime and delinquency and demonstrate the inadequacy of current reform efforts. Our analysis relies on our own,...
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Ganesh Sitaraman Testifies Before U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee The airline industry is not resilient, competitive, or serving the public, and Congress must fix the miserable flying experience, Vanderbilt Law Professor Ganesh Sitaraman testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on...
Fourth Amendment Equilibrium Adjustment in an Age of Technological Upheaval
The Digital Fourth Amendment is written by Professor Orin Kerr, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the Fourth Amendment, electronic privacy, and criminal procedure. Kerr’s work has been deeply influential in shaping how courts are looking at and deciding...
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Predictive Policing for Reform? Indeterminacy and Intervention in Big Data Policing
Predictive analytics and artificial intelligence are applied widely across law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system. Despite criticism that such tools reinforce inequality and structural discrimination, proponents insist that they will nonetheless improve the equality and fairness of outcomes...
Counsel Fees and Procedural Justice
Introduction Imagine you are charged with a felony. You are indigent, so the judge appoints a lawyer to represent you. Several months later, you are convicted and sentenced to almost nine years in prison. To your surprise, however, you are...
The Semantics of Jury Nullification: How Terminology Shapes (and Misshapes) the Jury’s Role
Sometimes what we call a practice can matter just as much as the practice itself. Jury nullification has a storied history dating back to...The postThe Semantics of Jury Nullification: How Terminology Shapes (and Misshapes) the Jury’s Roleappeared first onHarvard Law...
READY, AIM, FIRE? EVALUATING THE FUTURE OF LIABILITY FOR THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY DURING NEW-WAVE PLCAA LITIGATION - Minnesota Law Review
By: Will Roberts, Volume 108 Staff Member I. MECHANISMS FOR FIREARMS INDUSTRY LIABILITY In 2005, Congress enacted the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) which significantly shielded members of the firearms industry from civil liability for over a...