legal tech

Professor Christoph Kumpan and Professor Georg Ringe would like to invite you to the NAIL Research Seminar #17 with Ass. Prof. David Restrepo Amariles (HEC Paris). The event will be held in English and will take place in person. You can also participate online by registering your participation via mail.

The Digital Services Act (DSA) of the European Union targets content moderation challenges, such as the dissemination of illegal content and disinformation, which are recognized as systemic risks. This presentation delves into the effectiveness of algorithms and crowdsourced moderation in meeting the obligations of Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) under the DSA concerning content moderation. Specifically, it examines the propagation of disinformation via X and evaluates the effectiveness of both human and algorithmic aspects of its content moderation processes, particularly Community Notes, on the spread of such content. We have created a dataset of Community Notes and corresponding tweet data since September 2023 to analyze content moderation and tweet diffusion. Employing topic modeling and a difference-in-difference methodology, the research quantifies the impact of Community Notes on tweet diffusion, demonstrating a significant reduction. Despite the observed effectiveness, the study highlights the need for enhanced content moderation strategies to address the rapid spread of misinformation. The findings of this study are pertinent for understanding the collaboration required among legal, technological, and regulatory stakeholders to uphold the DSA.

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• Network for Artificial Intelligence and Law (NAIL)

Dr. Gerrit M. Beckhaus, LL.M. (Yale), EMBA and Christina Valdini, LL.M. (King’s College, London)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater PartG mbB, Hamburg

The Network for Artificial Intelligence and Law (NAIL) invites you to its next event. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Gerrit M. Beckhaus and Christina Valdini, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hamburg to talk on legal tech as a team member in a global law firm. The lecture will be followed by a discussion around the topic. The event will be held in English.

After the lecture and discussion, we would like to invite you to end the evening with us in a relaxed atmosphere, with pretzels and wine in the south lounge.

You can participate in presence or online. Please register for the event using the following link: Registration

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• Network for Artificial Intelligence and Law (NAIL)

Professor Christoph Kumpan and Professor Georg Ringe would like to invite you to the NAIL Research Seminar #19 on Monday, 20 January 2025, starting at 18h00 (CET), with Prof. Horst Eidenmüller (University of Oxford), who will give a presentation titled "Game Over: Facing the AI Negotiator".

The lecture will be followed by a discussion on the topic. The event will be held in English and will take place in person in Room AT223 at the University of Hamburg (Alsterterasse 1). You can also participate online by registering your participation via mail.

Abstract: AI applications will put an end to negotiation processes as we know them. The typical back-and-forth communication and haggling in a state of information insecurity could soon be a thing of the past. AI applications will increase the information level of the parties and drastically reduce transaction costs. A quick and predictable agreement in the middle of a visible bargaining range could become the new normal. But sophisticated negotiators will shift this bargaining range to their advantage. They will automate negotiation moves and execute value-claiming strategies with precision, exploiting remaining information asymmetries to their advantage. Prof. Eidenmüller will examine the transformative effects of these developments on negotiation processes, highlighting the critical need to understand how technology reshapes power dynamics and strategic behavior among stakeholders.

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Professor Christoph Kumpan and Professor Georg Ringe would like to invite you to the NAIL Research Seminar #20, with Dr. Monica Gigola (University of Genoa).

The lecture will be followed by a discussion on the topic. The event will be held in English and will take place in person in Room 1.11 at the Bucerius Law School. You can participate in person or online. Please register for the event via this link.

Abstract: The subject of my research concerns the impact that scientific and technological advances in artificial and computational science, hence robotics and artificial intelligence that have determined and are determining not only in the contractual sphere, in the civil liability system, but also at the European level, particularly in the health care sphere, in the light of regulatory developments, jurisprudential contributions and the effects produced by technological development.
Particularly in the health care field, the question arises as to which liability criteria are applicable when it is not easy to establish whether or not the prerequisites for the assertion of a direct liability of the facility or the physician are met.
At the root of the problem are, first of all, the characters of the AI tools -called the black box- which does not allow the operator access to the processes through which the desired result is reached, being unable to understand or verify the logical process and the reasons for the machine's choices. First of all, it is necessary to divide the etiology of possible damaging events caused by AI systems into two distinct areas, those that trace the cause back to malpractice behaviors of the doctor and those in which the cause of the event appears to fall under machine malfunction problems.While the legislation seems to be directed toward a more precise and updated definition of digital product with the adoption of the new Directive (EU) 2024/2853, it seems necessary to identify ad hoc legislation, at the national level, such as a double track between the recent European regulation and the system provided by the Gelli-Bianco law.s.

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