Greetings, my name is David Colarusso. I'm the director of Suffolk University Law School's Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) Lab. With one foot in law and the other in tech, I really want the open web to thrive, esp. #LawFedi. To that end, I coded this algorithmicly-genrated digest to showcase some of its great content. If you like what you see, consider joining Mastodon, and following the @icymi_law@esq.social bot. You may also want to learn more about my Lab's April event on collaborating at scale.
FWIW, here are some law-flavored server suggestions: (1) esq.social (legal general interest); (2) law.builders (legal tech et al.); and (3) mastodon.lawprofs.org (legal academics).
A few folks have asked for an email newsletter, but I'd probably have to pay for a service if I don't want it showing up in spam folders. Consequently, I'm only game if enough folks (~100) sign up to be on the mailing list. Content would basically be a text version of the podcast with links.
Top Posts
AI Summaries / Podcast Transcript
Welcome to the ultimate source for all the latest buzz! First up, a Russian sausage tycoon has died under mysterious circumstances in India. Then, a man in Arizona is suing for the wrongful death of an embryo. Finally, a law professor has put together a collection of fashion-related design patents. Stay tuned! And after the news, stick around for our paper of the day!
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Most-Shared Links
Here are yesterday's most-shared links from #Law/#LawFedi folks I follow.¹
- LIT Con 2023: Topic Suggestion & In-The-Loop List (~7 shares)
- Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov dies in Indian hotel fall - BBC News (~6 shares)
- In Arizona, an Ex-Husband Sues Abortion Clinic on Behalf of Embryo — ProPublica (~6 shares)
- Design Patent Lookbook (~6 shares)
- USAJOBS - Job Announcement (~5 shares)
- US11504623B2 - Method of creating a virtual game environment and interactive game system employing the method - Google Patents (~5 shares)
- Obama Was Right About Citizens United | Brennan Center for Justice (~5 shares)
- Retirees Are One Reason the Fed Has Given Up on a Big Worker Rebound - The New York Times (~4 shares)
- Mickey’s Copyright Adventure: Early Disney Creation Will Soon Be Public Property (~4 shares)
- This little-known firm with a weird website was central to the misappropriation of FTX customers' money, regulators say (~4 shares)
¹ Yesterday doesn't include the entire day as this page is created a few hours before mindnight.
SSRN Roundup
I keep an eye out for links to SSRN. Once I collect five, I share them. This is the most-recent bundle.²
- Disability as Metaphor in American Law by Doron Dorfman
- Off the Rails: The Surprising Story of Smith v. Rapid Transit, Inc. by D. Michael Risinger
- [Un]Usual Suspects: Deservingness, Scarcity, and Disability Rights by Doron Dorfman
- Fear of the Disability Con: Perceptions of Fraud and Special Rights Discourse by Doron Dorfman
- Suspicious Species by Doron Dorfman
² Depending on how much folks are sharing, there could be more or less than one bundle per day, this is just the most-recent one.
Traffic
Of course, these insights are all thanks to a community of users, namely the folks I follow over at @icymi_law@esq.social. For fun, here's a look at their posting traffic yesterday. I like trying to create stories about the daily ups and downs. What is that bump? ;)