Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 28, 2019 – 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… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2019
Ok, Google, Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Lawyering?
Oseid, Julie A. and Vorenberg, Amy and Koenig, Melissa Love, Ok, Google, Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Lawyering? (2019). 102 Marquette Law Review 1269 (2019); U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-13; Marquette Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 19-13. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3449500 – “Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) replace human lawyering?… Continue Reading
New federal rules will limit police searches of DNA ancestry databases
Department of Justice Announces Interim Policy on Emerging Method to Generate Leads for Unsolved Violent Crimes, September 24, 2019: “…the Department of Justice announced its Interim Policy on forensic genetic genealogy (FGG), an emerging investigative technique that will combine technological advancements in DNA analysis and searching with traditional geneology research. FGG is a unique investigative method that… Continue Reading
In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint but English Majors Endure
The New York Times – “…The conventional wisdom is that computer science and engineering majors have better employment prospects and higher earnings than their peers who choose liberal arts. This is true for the first job, but the long-term story is more complicated. The advantage for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors fades steadily… Continue Reading
How to Manage Your Small Law Firm Like a Business
mycase – Jared Correia – “Lawyers are fantastic at substantive law practice. They should be. They spend the entirety of their law school and bar exam preparation experience on the topic. If you come out of law school, and you’re not good at practicing substantive law, something has gone terribly wrong. But, you know what you’ve… Continue Reading
Law firms and their clients increasingly interacting via text or chat messages
Rhys Dipshan, Hello Brave New World, Corp. Counsel Mag., Oct. 2019, at 40. Continue Reading
The Drone Databook – study of military drone capabilities
The Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College – “The Drone Databook [September 2019] is an in-depth survey of the military drone capabilities of over 90 countries around the globe that are known to possess and operate unmanned aircraft. This study includes information about each country’s active drone inventories, drone units, training… Continue Reading
PACER Court Records ‘Can Never Be Free,’ Judge Says
House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing held September 26, 2019 – The Federal Judiciary in the 21st Century: Ensuring the Public’s Right of Access to the Courts – Statement by The Honorable Audrey G. Fleissig</a, >U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Missouri “…Based on the experiences of California and the FBI, upgrading the current Judiciary… Continue Reading
Your work emails contain subtle clues about your emotional state
Quartz – “Some corporations have always cared how their employees feel—if only because happier workers are more productive than those who are miserable. Others have only recently begun to wake up to the fact that they need to address wellbeing in meaningful ways. This focus raises a question: How can a company tell whether the… Continue Reading
At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds
The New York Times – “…Despite increased efforts by internet platforms like Facebook to combat internet disinformation, the use of the techniques by governments around the world is growing, according to a report released Thursday by researchers at Oxford University. Governments are spreading disinformation to discredit political opponents, bury opposing views and interfere in foreign… Continue Reading
The Google Feature Magnifying Disinformation
The Atlantic – “…Google calls a “knowledge panel,” a collection of definitive-seeming information (dates, names, biographical details, net worths) that appears when you Google someone or something famous. Seven years after their introduction, in 2012, knowledge panels are essential internet infrastructure: 62 percent of mobile searches in June 2019 were no-click, according to the research… Continue Reading
The US and Canadian Collective Print Book Collection: A 2019 Snapshot
OCLC – by Brian Lavoie – “In this position paper, Lavoie traces the contours of the US and Canadian collective print book collection—the collective print book holdings of all libraries in the US and Canada whose collections are registered in WorldCat, the world’s largest shared registry of library collections. Collective collections are growing in importance… Continue Reading
