Lawyer Ex Machina: Happy Thanksgiving
PacerPro, which has provided automated tools for accessing and collecting federal court documents via PACER, has now unveiled StatePro, giving the same tools and automation for courts in 32 states.
The New York Times has a small profile on SEC chair Gary Gensler, the "figure whom crypto insiders love to hate."
Currently on Twitter but considering joining Mastodon? Here's a list of lawyers and law academics who are already on Mastodon. Also, the Markup has a breakdown of privacy and security issues its personnel have found with Mastodon. (BTW, I'm here.)
It turns out that Facebook's Meta Pixel has not only been receiving user medical information from hospital and medical system websites, it has also sucked in user financial information from tax filing websites, including TaxAct and H&R Block.
Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui is becoming known for his riffs on pop culture in his orders, as well as "uniquely detailed understanding of how criminals can use cryptocurrency to their advantage and, more importantly, how they can’t."
Two House Congressional committees have issued a report blaming facial recognition company ID.me for excessive wait times for unemployment relief claims, as well as overestimating fraud claims to increase demand for its services by the federal government