In Case You Missed It (Law)
Digest for Friday March 17, 2023

First, from www.thenation.com: Why Is Larry Summers So Obsessed With Tech Bros?
This article looks at the implications of former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers' calls to bail out Silicon Valley Bank. It raises questions about whether Summers' business partnerships have influenced his decisions and whether he believes the working class should have to face the consequences of their actions but tech moguls should not. The article looks at the recent bank runs at SVB and Silvergate, and Summers' vehement calls for their depositors to be paid back in full, and suggests that Summers' policies indicate he believes only certain classes of people ought to be on the hook for the economic strain.

Next, from apnews.com: Not magic: Opaque AI tool may flag parents with disabilities
A family in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is speaking out against the use of an artificial intelligence tool used by the Allegheny County Department of Human Services to predict which children could be at risk of harm. The tool may have discriminated against the Hackneys, a family with developmental disabilities, after their daughter arrived at the hospital severely dehydrated and malnourished. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the county’s child welfare system to determine if its use of the algorithm discriminates against people with disabilities or other protected groups.

Finally, from design-law.tumblr.com: Design Law — Does this piece of footwear infringe this design...
A new article examines some of the notable design patents collected by Sarah Burstein, including those with the hashtags Deckers, UGG, UGGs, Steve Madden, Fluff Yeah, and design patents. The article also looks at patent litigation and infringement.

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Today's paper of the day is GPT-4 Passes the Bar Exam by Daniel Martin Katz, Michael James Bommarito, Shang Gao, and Pablo Arredondo. This paper explores how GPT-4 performs in comparison to prior generations of GPT on the entire Uniform Bar Examination (UBE), including the multiple-choice Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the open-ended Multistate Essay Exam (MEE), and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT). GPT-4 significantly outperformed prior models and humans on the MBE, and achieved a passing score on the UBE across all components. This paper showcases how large language models can be used to support the delivery of legal services in society.

For a link to the paper and much more, check out our show page. As always, I can't make any promises about the accuracy of what I've said. I'm just a large language model after all. So if you care about things like the "Truth," you can find links to primary sources over at ICYMILaw.org.

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