Via LLRX – Goodbye World – An Innovative Approach to Estate Planning – Shellie Steele Reed is a non-traditional law student with experience in local government. This paper was written for Dennis Kennedy’s Delivering Legal Services course at Michigan State University College of Law (MSU). Shellie’s experience living in ten states and in Japan led her to believe that legal issues are often symptoms of larger problems. While taking classes through the Center for Law, Technology & Innovation program at MSU, Shellie has focused on learning skills needed to provide efficient and effective legal services, with an emphasis on process improvement and solving access to justice issues.
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Daily Archives: July 1, 2020
Party Guests Won’t Talk After 9 Test Positive. Now They Face Subpoenas.
The New York Times – Rushing to contain a coronavirus cluster tied to a big party in a New York City suburb, officials turned to an unusual legal strategy. “On June 17, a crowd of up to 100 people, most of them in their early 20s, attended a party at a home in Rockland County,… Continue Reading
Millions of Americans Depend on Libraries for Internet. Now They’re Closed
The MarkUp: “Libraries are still just about the only place in America anyone can go and sit and use a computer and the internet without buying anything. All over the country, library closures during the pandemic have highlighted just how many people have no dependable source of internet on their own. According to a Pew… Continue Reading
Reverse Image Search: Your Complete Guide
Search Engine Journal – Searching for the original source of an image online? Here’s your complete guide to reverse image search on all the major search engines. Continue Reading
Social Media: Threat to or Tool of Authoritarianism?
HBR – “…Given the growing weight of social media’s influence on society, the key question is whether social media will become a sentinel against systematic oppression and injustice, effectively posing a serious challenge to authoritarian regimes. In the case of China, while social media may not have the power to cause a regime change, it… Continue Reading
Supreme Court says generic domains like booking.com can be trademarked
ars technica: “The US Patent and Trademark Office erred by finding the term booking.com was too generic for trademark protection, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. Trademark law prohibits anyone from registering generic terms that describe a class of products or services. Anyone can start a store company called “The Wine Company,” but they can’t… Continue Reading
How to Make Your Tech Last Longer
The New York Times – In a pandemic-induced recession, it’s more important than ever to take care of our smartphones and other gadgets. “…If we put a small amount of time into caring for our gadgets, they can last indefinitely. We’d also be doing the world a favor. By elongating the life of our gadgets,… Continue Reading
Robot lawyers are thriving during the pandemic
Fortune: “…I spoke with Jason Brennan, the chief executive officer of U.K.-based legal A.I. company Luminance. He told me the company, which now has more than 250 customers across the globe, including a fifth of the world’s largest 100 law firms, has had a 30% increase in customers since the start of 2020….This is important… Continue Reading
You Purged Racists From Your Website? Great, Now Get to Work
Wired: “The Covid-19 infodemic taught social media giants like YouTube and Reddit an important lesson: They can—and must—take action to control the content on their sites. For those who follow the politics of platforms, Monday’s great expulsion of malicious content creators was better late than never. For far too long, a very small contingent of… Continue Reading
