Winter 2024

Copyright

Accrual of Claims Under the U.S. Copyright Act: Will the Supreme Court Discard the Bad Wine of a Not-So-Recent Vintage?

By Michael Beylkin

The Supreme Court may be ready, finally, to address when does a copyright infringement claim accrue—when the unauthorized use of the work occurs, or when the copyright owner discovers, or reasonably should have discovered, the infringement?

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Adding Some Bite to Their Bark: Using AI to Transform the Way the Press Covers the Judiciary

By Amy Kristin Sanders

SCALES is a freely available, open-source, AI-based tool that aims to provide attorneys, journalists, and civic-minded members of the public with the answers to whether the judiciary is operating fairly and efficiently.

Media & Communications

It’s a Great Time to Become Engaged in Our Forum

By Robb S. Harvey

Our “small but scrappy” Forum hits well above its weight class, emphasizing “content” in all of its forms—including new and traditional media, streaming, tech, broadcast and cable, and entertainment—and is attracting newcomer content providers.

Media & Communications

Forum Scholarship Winners Announced

By Robb S. Harvey

Please congratulate our two scholarship winners for 2024, Devanshi Patel-Martin and Elana Beiser, who we hope will become active participants in our specialized Bar. Thanks also to Scholarship Chair Len Niehoff and an excellent set of applicants.

Media & Communications

2023–2024 ABA Forum on Communications Law Leadership Roster

A listing of key people in the ABA Forum on Communications Law, including governing committee, committee chairs, liaisons, editors, and Eastern, Central, and Western, Division chairs.