Priori Digest #240 | U.S. News Pulls Law School Rankings, Beating the “Bagel Tax,” & An AI-Generated Song Goes Viral

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In this 240th edition of the Priori Digest, we look at the?U.S. New & World Report?postponing law school rankings, how one shop found a loophole for New York’s “Bagel Tax” and a song that flouts copyright laws by using AI to mimic famous singers’ voices.?

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Legal News

• ?? In a move that might make New Yorkers proud, one bagel shop?found a way around the infamous “Bagel Tax,”?introduced in 2019, by stuffing their bagels with cream cheese, rather than slicing them.
• ?? The drama surrounding?U.S. News & World Report?law school rankings continued as the publication decided to?delay this year’s rankings indefinitely?and rescind their previously-released T14 list.
• ??? The highest court in America recently helped the Mall of America—the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the iconic shopping complex can?challenge an “extremely cheap” lease transfer?with retail company Sears.?

Legal Trivia

Answers at the end:?

1. Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice “deputized” Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge, to cast his votes on cases while he was hospitalized or otherwise unable to participate in his SCOTUS duties?

2. In the United States, a person can legally change his or her name to a number. True or false?

3. In British and some Commonwealth legal circles, what does the slang phrase “taking silk” mean?

Tech News

• ?? Get ready to send back that season 3 of?The West Wing?disc that’s been sitting in your DVD player for the past two years—Netflix announced the?end of its DVD-by-mail service?will happen later this year.
• ?? If you were responsible for some of the 15 million streams a?song featuring the (unauthorized) AI-generated voices of Drake and The Weeknd?garnered, you’ll be sorry to hear it was taken down from most platforms due to copyright concerns.
• ?? ChatGPT’s “hallucinations” (inaccurate information it provides to users) are the latest way it’s grabbing the attention of attorneys. European lawyers are questioning?whether its misinformation could violate the GDPR.?

Legal Quote of the Week

“The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions.”

– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1902–1932)

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More from Priori

• Priori CEO and Co-Founder, Basha Rubin, joined the CLOC Talk podcast to discuss the ways generative AI is shaping the legal industry (and beyond). For highlights from the episode, visit the Priori blog.
• Learn how Vonage and Anchorage Digital use Priori Marketplace to source flexible talent and fill in-house gaps in our latest case studies.?
• If you’re attending the CLOC Global Institute in Las Vegas next month, don’t miss the “Bold Visions for the Future Legal Department” session featuring Priori, Meta, Ford and Twilio on May 17.

By the Numbers

27%

The drop in sales of sugary beverages in Oakland after the city implemented a “soda tax.” Researchers also estimate it saved the city more than $100,000 per 10,000 residents in health care costs.?

$20 million

The amount Google saved with a recent win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that canceled three anti-malware patents that formed the basis for an infringement verdict against the company.?

Trivia Answers

1. Associate Justice Frank Murphy (1940–1949)
2. False
3. A barrister being appointed to a King’s (or Queen’s) Counsel

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