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. So I created a bot, this digest, a podcast , and a newsletter to help folks discover great law-themed content. You can get a look at their algos/workflows here.
If you like what you see, consider joining Mastodon and following @icymi_law@esq.social, the bot feeding this page content. You may also enjoy 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). Also, here are Some Tricks [For] Making Mastodon Way More Useful.
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AI Summaries / Podcast Transcript †
Good day, everyone! It's Max, bringing you the scoop on the latest news from around the world. First up, we've got a fascinating look at the world's first 'robot lawyer' and its potential implications for the legal world. We've also got an inside look at The New York Times Company and its various offerings, plus an announcement from Facebook about the end of the two-year suspension of Donald Trump's accounts. And after the news, stick around for our paper of the day!
~ show summaries ~
† Here AI is referencing a large language model (LLM) tasked with summarizing 3 articles from Most-Shared Links and 1 paper from the SSRN Roundup below. Also FWIW, LLMs are well-known bullshitters.
Most-Shared Links
Here are yesterday's most-shared links from #Law/#LawFedi folks I follow.¹
- The World’s First Robot Lawyer Isn’t A Lawyer, And I’m Not Sure It’s Even A Robot | Techdirt (~7 shares)
- Opinion | Alec Baldwin Didn’t Have to Talk to the Police. Neither Do You. - The New York Times (~6 shares)
- Ending Suspension of Trump’s Accounts With New Guardrails to Deter Repeat Offenses | Meta (~4 shares)
- Transportation Safety in a Second-Best Environment | Center for Transportation Studies (~4 shares)
- Hamline faculty “no longer have faith” in President Miller – The Oracle (~3 shares)
- Nevada’s Top Court Says Cops Can Now Be Sued For Rights Violations, Won’t Have Access To Qualified Immunity | Techdirt (~3 shares)
- Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill (~3 shares)
- Frequently Asserted Rage-Inducing-Simplifications - Teri Kanefield (~3 shares)
- Elon Musk's Twitter hit with holocaust denial hate speech lawsuit in Germany • TechCrunch (~3 shares)
- UK placed in third tier in global index of free expression | Freedom of information | The Guardian (~3 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
- ChatGPT Goes to Law School by Jonathan H. Choi, Kristin E. Hickman, Amy Monahan, Daniel Schwarcz
- The Dead Hand of a Silent Past: Bruen, Gun Rights, and the Shackles of History by Jacob D. Charles
- Lawyering to Make a Difference: Ethics and Leadership for a Sustainable Society by John C. Dernbach, Irma S. Russell, Matthew Bogoshian
- Tattoos, Norms, and Implied Licenses by Aaron Perzanowski
- Pop & Perjury: The IRS Valuation War with the Estate of Michael Jackson by Beckett Cantley, Geoffrey Dietrich
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? ;)
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