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  1. Ars Technica

    Microsoft Blog Told Users to Train AI on Pirated Harry Potter Books. Law Professor and IP Expert Cathay Y. N. Smith Explains the Legal Issues

    “The ultimate result is to create something infringing by saying, ‘Hey, here you go, go grab that infringing stuff and use that in our system,’” said Cathay Y. N. Smith, a law professor and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Program in Intellectual Property Law. Microsoft “could potentially have some sort of secondary contributory liability for copyright infringement, downloading it, as well as then using it to encourage others to use it for training purposes.”

  2. Block Club Chicago

    Federal Tactic of Charging People in 'Weak' Cases Likely Part of Concerted Intimidation Effort, Says Law Professor Harold Krent

    “This administration is using all the tools it has to stifle dissent, that if you challenge them, they’re going to set out the machinery of the government against you,” said Harold Krent, a Chicago-Kent College of Law professor who has worked at the Department of Justice. “You’ll have to hire an attorney, miss work, you might be frightened — and maybe they’ll get an indictment once in a while.”

  3. New York Times

    Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro Weighs in on Challenges in Holding Federal Agents Accountable

    “It’s an enormous problem that federal officials are in some ways the hardest people to hold accountable for violating people’s constitutional rights, even harder than state and local officials,” said Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and a former solicitor general of Illinois.

  4. Chicago Tribune

    Professor Emerita Lori Andrews: People Are Turning to AI Chatbots for Companionship. Is This Robot Love Risky?

    “Alexa, will you marry me?” When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reported in 2016 that over 250,000 people had proposed to their Alexa devices, commentators laughed it off. But by 2026, people have said, “I do,” to avatars, chatbots and robots in ceremonies around the world.

  5. Investigative Project on Race & Equity

    Law Professor Raff Donelson Says County Should Consider Criminal Penalties if Municipalities Fail to Follow Tax Foreclosure Rules

    “Seized properties should be put up for public auction, or there should be some other suitably public way that everyone has a fair chance of getting at the property,” said Raff Donelson, professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “If that doesn’t happen, that really ought to be a crime.”

  6. The Bulwark

    X’s Latest Terms of Service Change Is Part of Long History of Eroding Users’ Rights, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Nancy Kim

    “This has been going on for like twenty years—not with X in particular, but with data privacy in general,” said Nancy Kim, a law professor and expert on contract law at Illinois Tech’s Chicago-Kent College of Law. “We’re just getting our rights slowly eroded, and these platforms are just increasingly getting more and more powerful, and they’re doing this through terms of service.”

  7. Bloomberg Law

    Supreme Court’s Emergency Decisions Can Have Permanent Impact for Many, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro

    “They may describe these decisions as temporary. But for many people, and in some instances for everybody, this is it,” said Carolyn Shapiro, the founder and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States. “There is no more.”

  8. WTTW

    VP Incorrect About Federal Agents’ Immunity from Prosecution, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Harold Krent

    “There have been a number of cases and judicial pronouncements that say individuals are not absolutely immune, and no Supreme Court decision has ever held that,” says Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Harold Krent. “That being said, the road to a prosecution by state officials is tough.”

  9. Bloomberg Law

    Professor Harold Krent Discusses Judge Ordering Lindsey Halligan to Explain Why She's Still Claiming to Be U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of Virginia

    “There have been five interim U.S. attorneys appointed by President Trump who’ve been disqualified simply because the president has decided not to follow the statute and not to present the name of the candidate to the Senate for ratification,” said Harold Krent, constitutional law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “Now in this case, after the judge has found her to be improperly appointed, she just decided to stay on pending appeal.”

  10. Chicago Tribune

    Federal Agents Don't Have Absolute Immunity from Prosecution, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Noah Smith-Drelich

    “One of the narratives that has come out of this administration in recent months is ‘we are immune,’ and that’s incorrect,” said Noah Smith-Drelich, an assistant professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law.