The Act primarily functions to combat the illegal use of cash payouts for coin- operated amusement machines (COAM). The Act codifies Governor Brian Kemp’s (R) prior executive order that created a pilot program for the redemption of noncash gift cards into law. In addition, the Act brings the Georgia
The Act authorizes state law enforcement to verify suspects’ immigration statuses, requires that local government agencies cooperate with federal immigration authorities, and mandates detailed, consistent reporting on non-citizen inmates. It aims to promote public safety, enhance state immigration laws such that they align with federal immigration laws, and ensure that
The Act primarily reforms Georgia’s Certificate of Need Laws by removing thresholds for healthcare providers, thereby enabling them to increase the availability of healthcare services. Specifically, this Act seeks to expand access to healthcare for rural Georgians by easing certain restrictions affecting the construction and expansion of hospitals. The
The Act decreases liability exposure to inpatient mental healthcare providers and foster care providers by requiring claimants to prove gross negligence instead of the existing standard of negligence. It also contains jury instructions to be provided in an action involving a mental health care liability claim that describe what the
The second session of the 157th Georgia General Assembly continued the trajectory of last year’s busy session under the leadership of House Speaker Jon Burns (R-159th) and Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones (R). The General Assembly endeavored to address topics affecting Georgia ahead of an eventful 2024 general election. The
The United States of America is at a crossroads. The foundational promises of the American dream—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—have been thrust into public pessimism as the nation’s most economically vulnerable populations find themselves outsiders in their own communities, unable to access the legal tools
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) presents a transformative moment for the legal profession. This Article examines the increasing likelihood of AI reshaping the legal practice, highlights the critical issue of bias, and describes how a multisystem approach to AI can assist in mitigating issues of bias and ultimate
In the summer of 2023, the misuse of ChatGPT by two New York attorneys who filed briefs citing fabricated cases made national headlines. This cautionary tale quickly had company, as incidents of other lawyers whose use of artificial intelligence (AI) went horribly wrong filtered in from around the country, including
Transcript of the Keynote Address given at the 29th Annual Georgia State University Law Review Symposium on March 22, 2024. This transcript has been edited for readability and clarity.
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The ability to easily recreate another’s face or voice and digitally superimpose it on one’s own has led to a surge in face and voice swapping using deepfakes and deep voices. This technology uses artificial intelligence to create digital replicas with hyperreal accuracy. These digital replicas challenge the
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing our society and bringing the legal profession with it. The use of Generative AI (GenAI) in legal proceedings has received negative publicity from high profile mishaps in court filings. In one case, attorneys used the publicly available online GenAI tool, ChatGPT, to write a legal
This Article analyzes the presence of zombie provisions in the United States Constitution and state constitutions and the danger that these provisions may influence the interpretation of still-living constitutional provisions.
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This Note examines Georgia’s application of harmless error review to constitutional errors and proposes a new standard to remedy deficiencies.
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This Comment explores the extension of interest rate exportation to nonbank entities through the valid-when-made doctrine and its subsequent legal challenge in the 2022 court case California v. OCC.
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This Note discusses the information fiduciary model, proposed by Jack Balkin, where fiduciary duties would be imposed on data collectors and analyzes how such a model could come to pass in the United States.
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