Tag: New York
New York’s Digital Replicas Law: An Evaluation of New Protections for Performing Artists
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses an increasing threat to actors, singers, comedians, and other performers who make their living from their voice. Generative AI trains on large amounts of data and can quickly generate content, including voice imitations, based on the information it is fed. AI can produce “voice clones” regardless of…
11 Feb 2025
Collective Bargaining for Farmworkers
Freedom of association protects workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain. Collective bargaining is when workers negotiate with their employer over important arrangements, such as employee benefits and working conditions, with the idea that workers have more bargaining power collectively than individually. Farmworkers have been systemically denied the right to collectively bargain and organize throughout…
8 Nov 2017
Exercising Eminent Domain for Economic Development in New York by Alex Racketa
Introduction The law of eminent domain in New York is an area characterized by its lack of clarity. How cities and municipal corporations operate within the limitation imposed by the phrase “public use” is a particularly complicated area. Recently, they have begun to assert a more expansive interpretation of this phrase, following the national trend…
25 Oct 2010