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The Legal Issues to Consider When Adopting AI

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Before rushing to adopt AI, consider the potential risks including legal issues around data protection, intellectual property, and liability. A timely legal review that determines whether collected data may be used lawfully for machine-learning purposes can prevent regulatory and legal headaches later.

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Vancouver-based Ceylon Graphite granted industrial mining licence for M1 mining project in Sri Lanka

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announced the renewal of the Industrial Mining Licence for the Malsiripura, M1 mining project in Sri Lanka (known as Ceylon until 1972) from the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB). K1 is Ceylon Graphite’s first exploration project and operates under the Sarcon Development legal umbrella. Vancouver-based Ceylon Graphite Corp.

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SK Group to invest $1.5B in Plug Power; strategic partnership and JV to accelerate H2 economy in Asia

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The opportunity to partner with SK presents an attractive and timely opportunity to establish a foothold in this market with one of South Korea’s leading industrial conglomerates. LLC is serving as Financial Advisor and Goodwin Procter LLP is acting as legal advisor to Plug Power. Morgan Stanley & Co.

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Proterra files for Chapter 11

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While our best-in-class EV and battery technologies have set an industry standard, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds, that have impacted our ability to efficiently scale all of our opportunities simultaneously.

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BASF to carve out mobile emissions catalysts business, invest up to €4.5B in battery materials and recycling

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With the shift toward electromobility, the automotive industry is currently in the middle of its biggest transformation in history. BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling will be a distinct legal entity structure, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, and will be led by Dirk Bremm as CEO.

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Daimler brings truck platooning testing to Japan

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The Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) and the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) initiated the platooning test, which is part of the Japanese government’s Future Strategy 2017. FUSO trucks in platoon. Click to enlarge.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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AlixPartners also estimates that on-going unemployment and underemployment could cost the auto industry up to 1.5 Technologically, the auto industry could well be on the cusp of its biggest set of changes since the invention of the internal-combustion engine more than 100 years ago. million units in 2011 and only 13.6 million in 2012.