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Yurij Melnyk

Yurij Melnyk represents corporate policyholders in complex, high-stakes insurance coverage disputes and litigation. He has helped clients maximize recoveries for hundreds of millions of dollars in diverse first- and third-party losses, including mass tort/bodily injury, product liability, environmental remediation, and data breach response, under a wide range of insurance policies, including general liability, cyber/media liability, marine cargo, and property policies.

Yurij also advises and represents clients in intellectual property matters, including copyright and trademark counseling and enforcement.

In his pro bono practice, Yurij has successfully represented minors and their guardians alleging constitutional violations against law enforcement officers and local government entities.

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On September 26, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Artificial Intelligence in Government Act, legislation that would direct certain executive agencies to specifically research and consider AI applications and strategy, as well as create an advisory board to address AI policy and issues. The bill’s sponsors cited both the promises and risks of AI as significant motivations for the proposed legislation.

Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the initial draft of the bill. Each pointed to AI’s great potential across numerous facets of society, as well as the importance of proactively addressing AI’s place in government. As Senator Portman summed up, “[a]rtificial intelligence will have significant impacts for our country, economy, and society. Ensuring that our government has the capabilities and expertise to help navigate those impacts will be important in the coming years and decades. . . . [T]his bipartisan legislation [ensures that] our government understands the benefits and pitfalls of this technology as it engages in a responsible, accountable rollout of AI.”
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