Before Judgment: AI and the Developmental Gap in Legal Formation

Via LLRX – Before Judgment: AI and the Developmental Gap in Legal Formation – AI, legal tech and legal education expert Sean Harrington discusses the complex challenges of new lawyers now learning powerful systems on the job, often without clear institutional guidance, shared professional norms, or confidence in their own ability to supervise the output.

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker

404 Media [no paywall]: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be purchasing records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers from a data broker, potentially skirting a court order that banned ICE from sourcing such information, according to Senator Ron Wyden and government procurement records reviewed by 404 Media. The contract, worth nearly $10 million, is …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits

Via LLRX – Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits – Mental health providers are increasingly using AI technology to record conversations, raising privacy concerns among patients and practitioners. Roxsy Lin informs us that during these sessions, mental health professionals are required to obtain patients’ consent before using the tool. However, as shared …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Health Care, Privacy

Publishers sue to shut down alleged pirated book site WeLib

Reuters: “A group of major book publishers including the “Big Five” English-language book publishing houses — Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and ​Simon & Schuster — sued an alleged pirated book website for copyright infringement ‌in New York federal court on Tuesday. The publishers said in the complaint, opens new tab that WeLib hosts …

Subjects: Copyright, Digital Rights, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal Research, Libraries

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 20, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 20, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Google Is Tracking You by Default: Change These 3 Settings to Stop It

PCMag: “Google can log your searches, watch history, and activity across its various services. That might sound handy for a quick review of your browsing history or revisiting locations on Google Maps, but the company’s data collection practices can also feel very invasive. Your data helps Google serve faster searches and better location tracking, but …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

Federal appeals court hears challenge to Arkansas library law

KARK.com – June 10, 2026 – “A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Thursday in the ongoing legal challenge to Arkansas’s Act 372 of 2023, which would amend the law concerning libraries and obscene materials made available to minors. Opponents say Act 372 would criminalize librarians and expand censorship of library materials. The …

Subjects: Censorship, Courts, Education, Free Speech, Legal Research

As Censorship Expands, Autonomous Libraries Are Springing Up to Fill the Gaps

Truthout – “Su Casa Liberation Library is part of a flourishing anarchist library scene that includes the Tamarack Library in Oakland, California; Legacy Library on Chicago’s South Side; and the mobile Free Society People’s Library (FSPL) in Portland, Oregon. These autonomous libraries build on the values of the traditional public library — connecting people to …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Knowledge Management, Libraries

White House App Uses Code From Tech Vendor Still Operating in Russia

The Newsground: “Leaked Russian records obtained by The Newsground show that the founders of a technology company embedded in the White House’s official mobile application continued using sanctioned Russian banks after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Following the invasion, its founders continued to travel to Russia, even after one of them complained on Telegram that …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Social Media