In Case You Missed It (Law)
Digest for Friday June 2, 2023

First, from www.theguardian.com: Trump regretted not declassifying retained military document in recording
Federal prosecutors have obtained audio of a meeting between former President Trump and his aides in which he suggested he should have declassified a military document about Iran. The recording was made in July 2021 at his Bedminster golf club, and suggests that Trump was aware that he had retained material that was sensitive to national security. The document is believed to have been classified at the “Secret” level, and was returned to the National Archives months later. The audio was used as part of the criminal investigation into Trump's retention of national security papers.

Next, from discovery.ucl.ac.uk: AI and Global Governance: Modalities, Rationales, Tensions
A new article from the Annual Reviews of Law and Social Science has recently been published, discussing the global governance of artificial intelligence. The article looks at the different modalities of global governance, and examines the rationales and tensions present in these regimes. Authors Michael Veale, Kira Matus, and Robert Gorwa urge those engaging with or studying the global governance of AI to consider who benefits from these regimes.

Finally, from www.emptywheel.net: John Durham Fabricated His Basis to Criminalize Oppo Research
John Durham, a U.S. attorney, has come under fire for his investigation into the 2016 presidential election. He is accused of fabricating evidence to blame the Clinton campaign for suspicions about the Trump campaign's possible links to Russia. He has focused on an alleged "Clinton Plan" as the basis for potential criminal activity, despite the fact that the FBI had already launched an investigation into Trump's ties to Russia months before Clinton's supposed involvement. Critics have argued that Durham is relying on Russian intelligence, despite the fact that US intelligence has already concluded that Russia hacked Clinton's campaign to help Trump.

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Today's paper of the day is Georgia State Legal Technology Competency Model: A Framework for Examining and Evaluating What It Means to Be a Technologically Competent Lawyer by Patrick Parsons, Michelle Hook Dewey, and Kristina L. Niedringhaus. This paper explores the concept of a technology competent lawyer by examining different criteria such as legal position, practice area, practice size, etc. It provides a framework to evaluate and examine tech competencies across practice areas and educational environments. The framework looks at three skill levels: "Know", "Integrate", and "Create" which are based on the broad spectrum foundations known as "B.A.S.E".

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