Maggie Segall Speaks at NYU Law’s Center on Civil Justice: Antitrust Series
March 24, 2021
On March 24, 2021, Cravath partner Margaret T. Segall participated in the Center on Civil Justice: Antitrust Series, a four‑part series hosted virtually by the NYU School of Law. Maggie spoke during a program entitled “Data as Market Power: Barriers to Entry from Big Data,” which discussed the impact access to large data sets, which are key to successful implementation of artificial intelligence, can have on innovation and competition. The panel discussed whether access to data is serving as a major barrier to entry in any industry and if it is possible for a company to monopolize data sets.
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J.D., 2008, Harvard Law Schoolcum laude
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A.B., 2003, Harvard Collegemagna cum laude
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