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Defendants will come under greater pressure to forestall lawsuits by scurrying to reach licensing deals with writers, musicians and artists.

Given the abandonment of policy that might forestall more severe events like the Texas floods by reducing the emissions that cause them, Americans are left to the daunting task of adapting.

So this was largely a case of harm forestalled rather than harm halted: implementation is easier in such cases, as no ‘making good’ is required.

No one was talking about landmarking Stonewall then, but the city’s designation of the Village helped forestall various proposals to raze the building.

McMahon’s ruling may also undermine what has been a growing trend toward the licensing of copyrighted content by AI developers — in part to forestall copyright infringement claims.