Lawyer Ex Machina #12: Pumpkin Spice Season
Thomsom Reuters is unveiling a new upgrade of its core legal research product, called Westlaw Precision. Features include enhancements to KeyCite, graphical view of history and an outline builder. [Deep dive into product features courtesy of Jean O'Grady]
Prof. Ariel Newman has an article about teaching Gen Z law students from the perspective of being Gen Z herself. Article begins on p. 54. (Ed.: included here due to the section on technology and learning)
How has legal technology funding changed in nearly 40 years? Bob Ambrogi and Raymond Bjild have put together a short, focused "The True Story of Legal Tech Funding."
Wolters Kluwer has released its 2022 survey report, The Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer. The report covers technology use, staffing and emerging areas of law for law firms and legal departments.
A woman who submitted DNA following her sexual assault and was later arrested for an unrelated property crime is now suing the city and county of San Francisco. [Docket via RECAP Archive]
Last week, the Library of Congress announced that the data underlying Congress.gov is now available as an API.
On Tuesday, whistleblower Pieter "Mudge" Zatko testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about security and data privacy concerns at Twitter. [Video and written statements | NPR]
And on Wednesday, executives from Twitter, TikTok, Facebook/Meta and YouTube testified at a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security [Video and written statements | Protocol ]
Also on Wednesday, Gov. Newsom signed AB-587, which "will require social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms, and report data on their enforcement of the policies." [Reuters | Ars Technica | Bill info]