LawSites: “As companies plan for safely returning to the office, two new resources — including one that is free — are available to help legal professionals advise them with access to comparative federal and state legal requirements and case law.One of these new back-to-office resources is an expansion of the COVID-19 State & Federal Compare… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2021
Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
“ProPublica has obtained a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people, covering more than 15 years. The data provides an unprecedented look inside the financial lives of America’s titans, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg. It shows not just their… Continue Reading
LinkedIn Is Not Facebook
Slaw, Omar Ha-Redeye “…The site has been used extensively in litigation, in a wide variety of contexts. It has been used to assess the duty to mitigate damages in the employment contexts, the alleged (but denied) basis for discrimination in human rights, juror misconduct due to independent research by looking up the accused’s profile, imputing income… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 6, 2021
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 6, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly… Continue Reading
Masked by Trust: Bias in Library Discovery
Matthew Reidsrow is the Web Services Librarian at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. His research interests are user experience, usability, online privacy and security, and design ethics. Library Journal named him a “Mover and Shaker…” His new book is New Book: Masked by Trust: Bias in Library Discovery: “Library discovery systems struggle with… Continue Reading
New Westlaw Feature Flags Weaknesses In Opponent’s Cases and Arguments
LawSites: “A feature launched this week in Westlaw Edge is designed to help legal professionals more easily identify law that is contrary o their opponents’ arguments. Called Quick Check Contrary Authority Identification, the feature helps find cases that may be helpful in arguing against an opponent’s filing and prioritizes them in search results, according to… Continue Reading
Identity Theft 101: Tips to Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft
Law Technology Today: “What identity theft comes down to is that your personal and confidential information ends up in the wrong hands and gets used without your permission for purchases and all kinds of fraudulent activities. The scary part is that most of us willingly make our personal information available online, and it is easy… Continue Reading
The Contestation of Tech Ethics: A Sociotechnical Approach to Ethics and Technology in Action
The Contestation of Tech Ethics: A Sociotechnical Approach to Ethics and Technology in Action, Ben Green via arvix.org: “Recent controversies related to topics such as fake news, privacy, and algorithmic bias have prompted increased public scrutiny of digital technologies and soul-searching among many of the people associated with their development. In response, the tech industry,… Continue Reading
‘If publishers become afraid, we’re in trouble’: publishing’s cancel culture debate boils over
The Guardian”: “…On one side is the argument that if there is a market for a book, then it should be published, regardless of whether it falls in line with the views of staff. In 2017, Sam Jordison’s book Enemies of the People – about Brexit and Trump, and in favour of neither – was… Continue Reading
A Guide To Gender Identity Terms
NPR: “Issues of equality and acceptance of transgender and nonbinary people — along with challenges to their rights — have become a major topic in the headlines. These issues can involve words and ideas and identities that are new to some. That’s why we’ve put together a glossary of terms relating to gender identity. Our… Continue Reading
People underestimate the value of persistence for creative performance
Kellog Institute: “Most people assume that lightbulb moment will arrive right away, when you’re feeling freshest. But according to new research, we’ve got it wrong. Across several studies, Loran Nordgren, a professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School, and Kellogg PhD alumnus Brian Lucas, now of Cornell University, discovered a widespread, persistent, and… Continue Reading
If Not Overturned, a Bad Copyright Decision Will Lead Many Americans to Lose Internet Access
EFF : “In going after internet service providers (ISPs) for the actions of just a few of their users, Sony Music, other major record labels, and music publishing companies have found a way to cut people off of the internet based on mere accusations of copyright infringement. When these music companies sued Cox Communications, an… Continue Reading
