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.
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.
Top Posts
Most-Shared Links
Here are yesterday's most-shared links from #Law/#LawFedi folks I follow.¹
- 18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (~18 shares)
- 18 U.S. Code § 241 - Conspiracy against rights | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (~9 shares)
- Access Denied (~9 shares)
- Trump's 2024 Trial Schedule: It's Time To Learn To Love Procedure and the Nuance of Law - Teri Kanefield (~9 shares)
- Florida man contests qualified immunity after infection from forced exposure to human feces - SCOTUSblog (~7 shares)
- Just a moment... (~6 shares)
- Mastercard Moves to Stop Use of Debit Cards at Cannabis Shops - The New York Times (~6 shares)
- Just a moment... (~5 shares)
- Founding Fantasies vs. Historical Realities in the Second Amendment Debate | Duke Center for Firearms Law (~5 shares)
- 301 Moved Permanently (~5 shares)
- TikTok, YouTube Influencers Pressured by Brands to Buy Insurance (1) (~5 shares)
- Discoveries in the Stolen Document Discovery - emptywheel (~4 shares)
- That New York Times Profile | Techdirt (~4 shares)
- Stephen Miller's group sought to fight "racial preferences" with a racial preference (~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
- Harsh Creditor Remedies & the Role of the Redeemer by Christopher Hampson
- How Generative Ai Turns Copyright Law on its Head by Mark A. Lemley
- Freehold Offices vs. 'Despotic Displacement': Why Article II 'Executive Power' Did Not Include Removal by Jed H. Shugerman
- Solidarity, Sustainability and the Role of Business by Beate Sjåfjell
- Generative Interpretation by David A. Hoffman, Yonathan A. Arbel
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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