Day archives: May 26th, 2021

The Threat of Deepfakes in Litigation: Raising the Authentication Bar to Combat Falsehood

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2021: “Deepfakes are all over the internet—from shape-shifting comedians and incoherent politicians to disturbingly realistic fake pornography. Emerging technology makes it easier than ever to create a convincing deepfake. What used to take significant time and money to develop is now widely available, often …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

How to take your best ever photos with your iPhone or Android phone

CNET – “Taking stunning, professional-standard photographs that’ll rack up the Instagram likes isn’t just for the realm of wealthy photographers with the best dSLRs. Today’s superphones like the iPhone 12 Pro Max, Galaxy S21 Ultra or other great Android phones can take awesome images that’ll rival many proper cameras. Or perhaps you’re using an older phone …

Subjects: Education

Critical Legal Research: Who Needs It?

Mignanelli, Nicholas, Critical Legal Research: Who Needs It? (April 20, 2021). 112 Law Library Journal 327 (2020), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3830748 “This article builds on prior works to develop a framework for practicing and teaching Critical Legal Research in such a way as “to prepare a free relationship” between the researcher and AI-powered legal research. …

Subjects: AI, Education, Legal Research

Embedding Graduate Resilience into Legal Education for a Disrupted 21St Century

Susler, Ozlem and Babacan, Alperhan, Embedding Graduate Resilience into Legal Education for a Disrupted 21St Century (January 22, 2021). International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3192288 “A fundamental role of education in legal education is to ensure that graduates are adequately prepared for professional practice as …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management

Videoconferencing and Procedural Doctrine

Dodson, Scott, Videoconferencing and Procedural Doctrine (May 20, 2021). Southwestern University Law Review (symposium), Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3850320 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3850320 “Enduring post-pandemic reliance on, and normalization of, videoconferencing in federal civil litigation and throughout society and commerce ought to have downstream effects on legal doctrines that depend upon contacts, burdens, and conveniences. Videoconferencing facilitates …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

EU Commission presents guidance to strengthen the Code of Practice on Disinformation

“Today, the Commission publishes its guidance on how the Code of Practice on Disinformation, the first of its kind worldwide, should be strengthened to become a more effective tool for countering disinformation. It sets out Commission expectations, calls for stronger commitments by the signatories and foresees a broader participation to the Code. Based on a …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

US Government Hides Some Of Its Darkest Secrets At Department Of Energy

The Department of Energy controls many ‘black projects’ that live outside of the limelight that is intrinsic to the DoD and the intel community. “…the fact that there is a wholly separate cabinet-level department of the U.S. government that is arguably even more opaque in terms of secrecy and oversight than the Department of Defense. …

Subjects: Defense, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research