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Joint Industry Forum 2024: Solutions for a New Age of Risk
This panel will examine the detrimental impact of legal system abuse, including third-party litigation funding, as well as fraud schemes, on individuals and businesses, and consider strategies to ...
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Navigating AI Policy: Balancing Innovation and Regulation with Adam Thierer
In this episode of AI, Government, and the Future, host Max Romanik is joined by Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute, to discuss the evolving landscape of AI policy and regulation.
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NYPD’s handling of subway ‘fare evader’ under scrutiny after shooting injures bystanders
Jill Snider, a former NYPD officer who now serves as an adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the NYPD applies a 21-foot standard to people with knives. “If [officers] were ...
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Coalition Letter in opposition to the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act (“PREVAIL Act”)
The Honorable Richard J. DurbinChairmanCommittee on the JudiciaryUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Lindsey O. GrahamRanking MemberCommittee on the JudiciaryUnited States ...
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Coalition Letter Opposing the mark up for the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S. 2140)
The Honorable Richard J. DurbinChairmanCommittee on the JudiciaryUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Lindsey O. GrahamRanking MemberCommittee on the JudiciaryUnited States ...
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Former FBI official Tom Donlon must now lead the NYPD — what challenges await?
I don’t think he’s going to give orders immediately,” said Jill Snider, a former NYPD officer and current adjunct lecturer at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “An interim could mean interim ...
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Millennials supposedly doing well in a dysfunctional economy
Millennials are wealthier than ever, according to a new report, which may come as a shock to the general population. Critics ...
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R Street Institute’s Wayne Brough talks about how the US patent system helps keep prescription drug prices high
Brand-name drug companies routinely abuse the U.S. patent system to amass junk patents, which they then use to block competitors from entering the market.When that happens, drug prices skyrocket.As ...
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After Commissioner’s Abrupt Exit, the N.Y.P.D. Struggles to Right Itself
In December, a Quinnipiac University poll found that Mr. Adams had seen his approval rating plunge to 28 percent. Now, with Mr. Adams facing a growing list of challengers in the June Democratic ...
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Trump’s golf habit has raised alarms about security for years
“A golf course is kind of scary. It’s so open,” said Jillian Snider, a retired New York Police Department officer who is now the policy director of think tank R Street Institute. But golf courses ...
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Congress must not waste this permitting opportunity for clean energy
Together, these bills represent incredible progress in streamlining our energy-permitting process and reversing our anti-build mindset in the U.S. The status quo of energy projects, ...
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Lawmakers think they are smart enough to control AI
Quotation compilations are filled with jabs at lawmakers, as deep thinkers complain about the cravenness, venality and ...