January 31, 2020 - Law Offices of Anthony C. Duffy

Automated transcription startup lands $31M… PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Automated transcription startup lands $31M investment; CEO calls it ‘an important milestone’

Verbit, an artificial intelligence-powered transcription platform with customers in the legal industry, announced Wednesday that it had closed a $31 million Series B funding round. According to a press release, the company plans to use the new funding to improve its accuracy, add new languages and offer new products or services. Read more…

By , 5 yearsFebruary 23, 2020 ago

Circuit Court

Second Circuit Holds that Acts of Genocide are not afforded of state Doctrine

For several decades, federal laws such as the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA) enabled foreign nationals to sue in the United States federal courts for overseas violations of international human rights law. The ability eventually let to a surge in foreign plaintiffs Read more…

By , 5 yearsFebruary 8, 2020 ago

Supreme Court

The Lost History Of the Universal Injunction

The issuance of injunctions that reach beyond just the plaintiffs has recently become the subject of a mounting wave of censorious commentary, including by members of Congress, a Supreme Court Justice, the Solicitor General, the Attorney General, and the President. Critics of these “universal” injunctions have claimed that such injunctions Read more…

By , 5 yearsFebruary 3, 2020 ago

February 2020

Automated transcription startup lands $31M… PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Automated transcription startup lands $31M investment; CEO calls it ‘an important milestone’

Second Circuit Holds that Acts of Genocide are not afforded of state Doctrine

The Lost History Of the Universal Injunction