Lawyer Ex Machina #16: that crisp fall air
Two items from Bloomberg Law:
Victims of crypto and NFT fraud can take theft loss deductions [$]
Why lawyers reject non-attorney firm ownership [$]
Do you do legal writing in Google Docs? If so, creating shortcuts for oft-used phases and symbols might be very helpful -- here's how.
The conviction of Uber's security chief, Joe Sullivan, for not reporting a data breach to the Federal Trade Commission, is causing re-consideration of the legal and ethical obligations of CISOs.
Wolters Kluwer is launching a newsletter, ESG Daily, focusing on news and analysis in the area of environment, social and governance developments.
After 2 virtual conferences, ClioCon returned to an in-person conference in Nashville this week - here are some highlights from CEO Jack Newton's speech on how law firms need to be "anti-fragile" to not only survive volatility, but to thrive and grow in crises.
Related: The 2022 Legal Trends Report is now available. For a tl;dr summary, Bob Ambrogi has a summary of the report.
Suchi Pahi and Calli Schroeder have collaborated on an article about the privacy issues arising from extended reality (XR) technology: "Extended Privacy for Extended Reality: XR Technology Has 99 Problems and Privacy is Several of Them"
As Google and Meta announce text-to-video apps, what is next for generative AI and what legal conundrums may it exacerbate?
The federal government is offering to pay $125 million to settle the lawsuit regarding PACER fees; up to $100 million could be refunded to users. [Motion]
Events
Colorado Law and Silicon Flatirons are hosting a series of talks on AI ethics - the first session is on October, 20th, and can be viewed in-person and remotely.